1. Pablo Picasso, Women of Algiers - $160 million (2015)
2. Francis Bacon, Three Studies of Lucian Freud - $142m (2013)
3. Alberto Giacometti, Pointing Man...
Pablo Picasso's Les Femmes d’Alger (Women of Algiers) has become the most expensive painting to sell at auction after fetching $160 million at Christie's...
Secular blogger Ananta Bijoy Das has been killed in north-eastern Bangladesh in the country's third such deadly attack since the beginning of 2015.
Ananta Bijoy...
A 7.3-magnitude earthquake has struck eastern Nepal, near Mount Everest, killing at least four people.
The new tremor hit the country two weeks after more...
Francois Hollande has arrived in Havana to meet former Cuban leader Fidel Castro on a historic trip to the Communist island.
The French president is...
The Greek government has started the transfer of €750 million ($834 million) in debt interest to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The move was carried...
Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has expressed remorse over the bombings, a defense witness testified as his lawyers finished their case to spare his...
New Zealand police dog Thames has been found alive in the bush after spending seven days on the run.
Four-year-old, sable-colored German Shepherd Thames went missing...
Speaking to graduates at Tuskegee University in Alabama, Michelle Obama has talked about having to fight misperceptions when Barack Obama started running for president...
EU countries should take in refugees under a quota scheme, according to a European Commission proposal.
According to the UN, 60,000 people have already tried...
During the second day of his visit to New Zealand, Prince Harry has met his reptilian namesake, a 100-year-old Tuatara lizard called Henry.
The Tuatara...
Greece is hopeful that Eurozone ministers will recognize the fiscal progress it has made.
Eurozone finance ministers are meeting in Brussels on May 11 to...
Several restaurants, retailers and attractions will be offering freebies, deals and sweepstakes for moms on or around Mother's Day on Sunday, May 10.
The modern...
Poles are voting to elect the country’s president for the next five years.
Poland's presidential elections on May 10 have a colorful cast of candidates...
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