By Lucas Shaw NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Oscar winner Christoph Waltz has joined the cast of "The Candy Store," an upcoming crime film from "Traffic" writer Stephen Gaghan, Lionsgate and Good Universe announced on Tuesday. Gaghan wi... [Full Article]
CAIRO (AP) - Amnesty International has called on Egyptian authorities to release a Coptic Christian schoolteacher held for contempt of Islam. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
By Patricia Reaney NEW YORK (Reuters) - Actor Leonardo DiCaprio, the star of the new film "The Great Gatsby," and his foundation have teamed up with Christie's for a charity auction next week to benefit environmental causes. Thirty-thr... [Full Article]
BEIRUT (AP) - Syria has condemned the Israeli airstrikes against targets around Damascus, saying the attacks aim "to give direct military support to terrorist groups" fighting the government. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
CAIRO (AP) - Pope Tawadros II led his first Easter Mass as head of the ancient Coptic Church in Egypt praying for security and prosperity on Saturday at the same cathedral that was the site of sectarian clashes weeks earlier. (Source: Associated Pres... [Full Article]
BEIT JALA, West Bank (AP) - Palestinians in this Christian village are hoping the new pope can succeed where others have failed - pressing Israel to drop plans to build a stretch of its West Bank separation barrier through their picturesque valley. (... [Full Article]
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) - Despite North Korea's warnings that the threat of war on the Korean Peninsula is so high it cannot guarantee the safety of foreign residents, it literally trotted out athletes from around the world on Sunday for a m... [Full Article]
LONDON (AP) - Viscount Timothy Torrington's story reads like a real-life version of "Downton Abbey," the hit period drama about the family of an earl who has no direct heir to inherit his title. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
CAIRO (AP) - The leader of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church has blasted the country's Islamist president over his handling of the recent deadly sectarian violence, including an attack on the main cathedral in Cairo. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]