LONDON — Comedian Russell Brand, once one of ​Britain's most high-profile broadcasters and star of several Hollywood movies, faces a lengthy jail term ‌after being convicted in a London court on Thursday of raping a woman and sexually as...

Rice export prices in Vietnam and Thailand climbed to their highest levels in nearly two years this week on concerns over supply disruptions and strong demand, while Indian prices eased as ​new-season arrivals improved supply.

LISBON - Portuguese football legend Cristiano Ronaldo announced on Thursday he was retiring from international football at the age of 41.

ROME — Italian, French and Bulgarian fighter jets scrambled Thursday as at least 14 European flights were hit by hoax bomb alerts for the third day this week, authorities and airlines said.

Thanachai Khumdee is carrying on his grandfather’s nang talung (shadow puppetry) tradition while adapting it for modern audiences. His central Thai performances combine puppetry, music and dance and keep an increasingly rare art form alive.