Saudi Arabia to allow cinemas to reopen from early 2018

Saudi Arabia has announced it will lift a ban on commercial cinemas that has lasted more than three decades.

Scottish minister hails migrants' contribution to local society

Scottish Minister for International Development and Europe Alasdair Allan on Thursday hailed the contribution of migrants to the local Scottish society.

Les femmes Kalash vivent dévoilées et portent des robes flamboyantes, ce qui énerve les musulmans intégristes du Pakistan

Chez les Kalash, minuscule minorité animiste dans le nord-ouest du Pakistan, les femmes sont dévoilées et leurs robes flamboyantes - au grand dam de musulmans conservateurs qui les accusent d'avoir déclenché une colère divine à l'origine, selon eux, du séisme qui a anéanti des villages entiers en octobre.

Refugees no threat to Europe (Muslim leader)

It is unacceptable to regard refugees as a threat to Europe, said Bosnia's Muslim leader Husein Kavazovic on Friday.

The first World Indigenous Games started on Friday in the northern Brazilian city of Palmas.

Over 2,200 athletes from 30 countries, including Russia, Australia, Japan, Norway and the Philippines, are expected to participate in the multisport event taking place until November 1.

Police Brutality Leave Tibetans Hospitalised in Nangchen

Several Tibetans were hospitalised on 4 August after they were brutally assaulted by Chinese police in Nangchen County, Yushul Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (incorporated into China’s Qinghai Province).

Confucius Institutes spread around the world

A total of 475 Confucius Institutes and 851 Confucius Classrooms were set up worldwide by the end of 2014, Xu Lin, director of the Confucius Institute Headquarters and director-general of China's Hanban, said Sunday.

20 Forbidden City cameras videotape nude photo shoot

At least 20 security cameras in the Forbidden City have caught the controversial photo shoot of a nude woman, the head of the historic site said on Tuesday, Beijing-based The Mirror reported.

Countries mark 10th anniversary of UNESCO Convention on Diversity of Cultural Expressions

Parties to the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Convention during their biannual Conference, which will take place at UNESCO in Paris from 10 to 12 June. The anniversary will be an occasion to take stock and plan ways to build on the achievements of the 2005 Convention in its first decade.

Tibetans in Yunnan Give Up Wearing Animal Skins, Burn Valuable Furs (VIDEO)

Tibetan villagers living in the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan have marked the beginning of the Lunar New Year by vowing to give up the wearing of animal furs and by burning those already in their possession, sources said.