The ruling Islamist Renaissance Party said that it had yielded control of the ministries of justice, interior and foreign affairs, bowing to a central demand of several opposition parties.

Inside the Sistine Chapel, the final preparations for the meetings to decide the next Pope are underway.

The Obama administration has signaled its disfavor for Uhuru Kenyatta, accused of war crimes, who was ahead in presidential balloting. But rejecting him could harm ties to a vital ally.

“My Amityville Horror,” a new documentary, adds to the library of books and films about a paranormal classic.

“On Approval,” Clive Brook’s sole directorial effort, offers a rare screen glimpse of Beatrice Lillie; Fritz Lang’s “Ministry of Fear” recalls his earlier movies.

Preservationists are fighting what they consider shortsighted decisions to sell architecturally distinctive post office buildings.

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art has proposed combining with the Museum of Contemporary Art.

Hilton Botha, the former lead detective in the investigation into the death of the girlfriend of the Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius, has resigned, the police said Thursday.

Two Frenchmen suspected of plotting terrorist attacks were detained amid heightened concern about threats to France over its campaign against fighters in Mali linked to Al Qaeda.

The animator Goro Miyazaki, son of Hayao Miyazaki, talks about drawing on his memories to create an idealized Yokohama for “From Up on Poppy Hill.”

The presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta, the son of Kenya’s first president, is accused of using a vast fortune to bankroll death squads that slaughtered women and children.