A Belgian court ruled there will be no extradition of Spanish rapper Valtonyc, who was sentenced to jail in Spain for ‘glorifying terrorism’.

Concertgoers at a Dua Lipa show in Shanghai were forcibly removed by security staff, reportedly for dancing and waving pro-gay rights flags.

Turkish filmmaker Ali Avci was jailed for six years and three months over his feature film portraying President Erdogan at gunpoint.

Theatre duo detained by Iranian authorities over a video trailer for their production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

A family discussing artworks at the state-owned Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow has been caught up in the gallery's crack down on illegal guided tours.

As US-Turkey relations deteriorate, the Turkish state-run broadcaster TRT has stopped showing classic cowboy films on Sunday mornings.

Ugandan musician Bebe Cool has decided to stop performing publicly until further notice after he was “pelted with bottles and stones” at a festival.

Israel’s public broadcaster has apologised to listeners after playing part of an opera by anti-Semitic German composer Richard Wagner.

  Lagos state police in Nigeria arrested 57 men, including a dancer preparing to perform at a party, for alleged homosexual activities on 26 August 2018, reported News Agency of Nigeria. Imohimi Edgal, the state police commissioner, said officers stormed the Kelly Ann Event Centre in Egbeda at 2am after …

The mayor of Gorinchem in the Netherlands banned urban music from the historic city’s 2018 end of summer festival, citing safety reasons.