In 1900, Paris hosted its first Olympic games. It had been the second city to host them after the first Olympics in Athens. It was also the year of the Exposition Universelle, where the city would ...

Rifaat al-Assad, known as the “Butcher of Hama” for overseeing the violent suppression of a rebellion in the 1980s, has been accused of war crimes by Swiss prosecutors. Rifaat al-Assad ...

HAMA, Syria — For more than four decades, the Assad family made sure that the horrors it committed here stayed unspeakable — killing tens of thousands of Hama residents over a savage month ...

A look at the piano designs for some of the various versions of August Wilson’s play, including the latest film adaptation. By Robert Ito Few props have played as pivotal a role in a theatrical ...

The SKIMS founder, 44, hired her ex-husband Kanye West's pianist Philip Cornish to wake her kids North, 11, Saint, nine, Chicago, six, and Psalm, five, with Christmas songs. Cornish has been ...

Six months ago, Brad first appeared on our TV screens in The Piano as the Channel 4 show headed to Lime Street Station for its quest to find the nation’s next star pianist. The 23 year-old from ...

Adrien Brody revealed he developed an eating disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after his extreme weight loss for his Oscar-winning role in “The Pianist.” “I definitely had ...

Scores of Syrian Christians protested in the capital Damascus on Tuesday, demanding greater protections for their religious minority after a Christmas tree was set on fire in the city of Hama a ...

Nearby, Bashar Assad’s house was emptied by looters, who left the water taps running to flood it. At a villa belonging to ...

QARDAHA, Syria (AP) — On the walls of the palatial mausoleum built to house the remains of former Syrian President Hafez Assad, vandals have sprayed variations of the phrase, “Damn your soul ...

A banner of former President Bashar al-Assad hanging north of Hama, Syria, was defaced after his ouster this month.Credit...David Guttenfelder/The New York Times President Bashar al-Assad ...

Unidentified gunmen attacked a Greek Orthodox church in Hama, Syria, on Wednesday, firing shots, attempting to remove the cross, and damaging the church's walls. While no one was injured, the attack ...