Shots have been fired in the Strait of Hormuz, creating a diplomatic and logistical conundrum about what to do next. Some 11,000 crew members remain stuck on ships in the middle of the two ...

Former prison boss Khaled Mohamed Ali El Hishri was "one of the worst instigators" of torture, rape and murder in Libya's notorious Mitiga prison, prosecutors told the International Criminal Court ...

The 20th anniversary revisit to the Dartmoor folk proponent's third album Freedom Fields proves to be a demonstration of consummate musicianship You’re a few decades into your storied career, across ...

Violin makers, aka luthiers, traditionally learn from hands-on experience how to craft parts and select materials to shape an instrument’s final sound. MIT engineers hope to streamline that ...

Has a 300-year-old Stradivarius violin stolen by the Nazis during the Second World War turned up in France? Pascale Bernheim, an expert on looted musical instruments, believes so. The first clue was ...

In a stunner on the opening day of 2026 WNBA free agency, the Chicago Sky have traded Angel Reese to the Atlanta Dream in exchange for multiple first-round picks. The Sky will receive the Dream's 2027 ...

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican’s Sistine Chapel hosted a concert on a recent Sunday evening, debuting a composition focused on interactions with angels found throughout the Bible. The Vatican sometimes ...

An act of generosity by an Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra patron has inspired a family to pay it forward. Arabella Alvarez, 17, was given a violin from longtime IPO supporter Elaine MacKenzie, who ...

Conductor Harry Christopher, center, with tenor Matthew McKinney, left, soprano Elizabeth Watts, second from left, and The Sixteen present Angels Unawares byJames MacMillan in the Sistine Chapel at ...