PARIS: Bikes with alligator skin saddles, frames adorned with 24 carat gold leaf, or just two wheels designed to your very own personal...
PARIS: Bikes with alligator skin saddles, frames adorned with 24 carat gold leaf, or just two wheels designed to your very own personal...
Behzad Omrani (centre) of Iranian band Bomrani performs at a concert in Tehran. TEHRAN: Behzad Omrani grew up in Tehran, in a house...
Snow-covered summits of the Nordkette mountains are seen behind the city of Innsbruck, Austria, in this long exposure photo.
KROMMENIE: The Nethe-rlands yesterday unveiled the world’s first solar bike path, a revolutionary project to harvest the sun’s energy that could eventually also...
Revellers wearing colourful costumes celebrate the start of the carnival season in Cologne, Germany, yesterday. The season traditionally starts on November 11 at...
People look at a pair of giant stainless steel spectacles titled ‘Perceiving Freedom’, a sculptural tribute to former South African president Nelson Mandela,...
The fireworks show during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Beijing yesterday.
ROME: Cristina Scuccia (pictured), the singing nun who won Italy’s version of The Voice, today releases a first album containing an unlikely cover...
From Left: Actress Susan Sarandon, and honourees Harry Belafonte, Hayao Miyazaki, and Jean-Claude Carriere pose onstage during the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts...
An artist’s impression of Rosetta’s lander Philae (back view) on the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. PARIS: One of the biggest gambles in space...
Lightning strikes over Lake Maracaibo in the village of Ologa. LAKE MARACAIBO, Venezuela: When Venezuelan environmentalist Erik Quiroga was five years old, his...
LONDON: Four decades ago, folk legend Cat Stevens converted to Islam, changed his name to Yusuf Islam and all-but-vanished from the stage. Now...
FUJAIRAH: There are no matadors or picadors, but bulls locking horns with each other draw big crowds to bullfights in the United Arab...
TOKYO: A talk show host peering out of a man’s stomach and a piece of skin peeling away from a hand to unveil...
NEW YORK: A celebrated 1881 portrait by French Impressionist Edouard Manet smashed the record for the artist when it sold for $65.1m at...
SINGAPORE: A luxury pet hotel featuring air-conditioned suites, spa services and gourmet meals was unveiled yesterday in Singapore, further raising the level of...
PARIS: Australian writer Lily Brett (pictured) yesterday won France’s Prix Medicis literary award for best foreign book for Lola Bensky, a novel drawing...
A fan of Dominican-born fashion designer Oscar de la Renta leaves messages of condolence in the window of a store carrying his brand...
