LOS ANGELES: A judge has ordered a probe into the welfare of late pop icon Michael Jackson's daughter, Paris, after she tried to kill herself last week, US media reported.A probate court judge has ordered an investigation into Paris Jackson's "health, education and welfare," People magazine ...

PARIS - Serena Williams won her second French Open title on Saturday, 11 years after her first triumph, defeating title-holder Maria Sharapova 6-4, 6-4 in a brief, but high-quality final. It was the 31-year-old American's 16th Grand Slam title win, taking her to within two of Chris Evert and ...

LOS ANGELES: Michael Jackson’s jailed doctor Conrad Murray has sent a consoling message to the late pop icon’s daughter Paris after she tried to commit suicide, saying he loved her like a “precious father.” “You are not alone,” the medic - convicted of ...

PARIS: The Swiss ambassador to the OECD was arrested in Paris for drunk driving after a high-speed chase in which police shot out one of the tyres on his car, a police source said on Tuesday.The diplomat was arrested in the early hours of Monday morning after being caught speeding in his Mercedes ...

PARIS - Serena Williams buried the ghosts of her 2012 Roland Garros horror show to storm into the French Open second round Sunday as Roger Federer enjoyed an untroubled start to his 54th consecutive Grand Slam. The 31-year-old Williams, bidding for a 16th Grand Slam title, suffered her worst defeat ...

PARIS -French anti-terror investigators on Sunday probed the stabbing of a soldier in Paris in an attack that echoed the grisly killing of another soldier in London, where British police were holding three new suspects.French soldier Cedric Cordier was in hospital in a stable condition after the ...

PARIS - A French soldier patrolling a business neighbourhood west of Paris was stabbed in the neck on Saturday by a man who quickly fled the scene and is being sought by police, President Francois Hollande said.The soldier was patrolling in uniform with two other men as part of France’s ...

PARIS- Old foe Novak Djokovic and damp weather conditions are the most likely obstacles to claycourt machine Rafael Nadal's bid for a record-extending eighth French Open title over the next two weeks.Nadal, who last year beat Bjorn Borg's record of six Roland Garros crowns, has lost only one ...

NEW YORK: Paris Hilton will release her second album on record label Cash Money with the hotel heiress saying that the record is “really going to be house music”. Some new material has been produced by Afrojack and Lil Wayne is said to feature on some of the tracks. The Cash Money label ...

New York (Agencies): Socialite Paris Hilton wants to get married with 21-year-old Spanish friend River Viiperi. The 32-year-old, jailed in 2007 after being caught driving with a suspended license while on probation for driving under the influence of liquor, says she is no longer a party girl, ...

PARIS (AFP):Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika was in aParishospital Sunday after suffering a mini-stroke, raising media doubts about his ability to govern less than a year before a presidential election. The 76-year-old, in power since 1999, suffered a “transient ischaemia” ...

THE 66th Cannes Film Festival has announced its official lineup.Ryan Gosling's Only God Forgives, his reunion with Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn, will have its world premiere in competition at next month's prestigious festival, while new films from Steven Soderbergh (Behind the Candelabra), ...

ROUBAIX Switzerland’s Fabian Cancelllara of RadioShack won the prestigious Paris-Roubaix Spring Classic in a record time on Sunday. The winner from 2006 and 2010 took the gruelling 254km “Queen of the Classics” race in a sprint climax ahead of Belgian Sep Vanmarcke, in the process ...

PARIS (AFP) - Four little black sheep on Wednesday left the countryside and began their new careers in the city: working as eco-friendly lawn mowers in a largely working-class district in northeastern Paris.Between April and October, the new "park workers" will graze grounds the size of eight ...

PARIS (AFP) - Women in Paris can finally wear trousers without fear of criminal prosecution after the government said a more than 200-year-old ban no longer had any legal effect.Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, France’s minister of women’s rights, said in a statement that the ban, imposed on ...

It appears that the Chinese have tired of imitating objects, so they’ve now moved on to entire cities. How else could you explain the gated community of Tianducheng that boasts its very own Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe and European-style villas?Located near Hangzhou, the capital of the ...

PARIS  - Armed robbers targeted an Apple Inc store in central Paris on New Year’s Eve, taking thousands of euros (dollars) worth of goods, a police official said late on Tuesday.The robbery took place at about 9 p.m. (1900 GMT) on Monday, three hours after closing time at one of ...

The three-day Paris conference ended on Saturday with Taliban calling for the foreign troops in the country to leave, with the Taliban delegation saying that that was a precondition for the stability of the country. The conference was the first occasion when the Taliban talked to representatives of ...

New York (WO)Paris Hilton’s younger brother Conrad Hilton has been arrested in Los Angeles, according to a report released on Sunday. The 18 year old is said to have been detained by police on Friday for a probation violation after allegedly testing positive for marijuana, reports TMZ.com. ...

MOSCOW - Russia’s answer to Paris Hilton has emerged as a surprise critic of Vladimir Putin in a protest movement that has pitted the wealthy socialite against the man her father once mentored.Ksenia Sobchak, a Playboy cover girl and television compere with a reputation for hard partying, has ...

PARIS – The Ambassador of Pakistan Shafkat Saeed has said that Pakistan’s Textile products have great potential of finding more space in European markets. He was talking to Mr. Sherppe, the president of Taxworld Fair being held here. The Ambassador visited Pakistan’s pavilion and ...

PARIS - Top seed Maria Sharapova crashed out of the WTA Paris Open in the quarter-finals on Friday after falling 6-4, 6-4 to German ninth seed Angelique Kerber.Sharapova had breezed past Kerber in straight sets en route to the Australian Open final last month but the 24-year-old exacted sweet ...

PARIS (AFP) - Rising Russian star Elizaveta Tuktamisheva eclipsed her more titled rivals with a red hot latin routine giving her a second figure skating gold of the season here on Saturday. The 14-year-old won the women's title at the Trophee Eric Bompard, the fifth in the six-leg ISU Grand Prix ...

PARIS (AFP) - Self-service electric cars appeared on the streets of Paris Sunday, as a French group launched a public car-hire scheme modelled on the capitals popular bicycle-sharing system and designed to become the worlds largest of its kind. The Autolib venture set up by Vincent Bollore, a ...

Lady Gaga is returning to Paris Fashion Week to debut a top-secret short film at designer Thierry Muglers runway show. The Paparazzi hitmaker has been working on the project with Dutch photographers/filmmakers Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, the duo behind the video for her latest single, ...

A fire has ripped through a 200-year-old theatre in northern Paris that is said to be a birthplace of French cabaret-style cancan dancing. The blaze gutted the building whose internal structural supports were designed by Gustave Eiffel, the man who designed the Eiffel Tower. The fire on the second ...

PARIS (AFP) - French police have arrested five alleged militants in Paris and at Charles de Gaulle airport suspected of having trained in Pakistani-Afghan tribal areas, a source close to the enquiry told AFP. Those arrested are interesting people in the context of the recently mentioned global ...

Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from next week's Paris Masters due to a minor case of tendinitis in his left shoulder, the world number one said. The Spaniard, who has had serious problems with tendinitis in his knees over the past few years, said he sustained the injury practicing his serve at home in ...

PARIS (AFP) Top seeds Roger Federer and Serena Williams, with 28 Grand Slam titles between them, enjoyed a French Open cruise on Monday as Andy Murray toiled through a five-set marathon in blistering sunshine. Defending champion Federer began his campaign for a 17th major with a comfortable 6-4, ...

LAHORE (PR) - Mekaal Hasan Band (MHB) is performing at the 'Pakistan in Paris festival being held on Thursday (tomorrow) in Paris. MHB will be the main act as they take the stage for what is bound to be a meticulous performance. The tour is arranged in collaboration with Alliance Francaise ...