Vatican surprised by bank's credit card block
A senior Vatican official says he is "truly surprised" that the Bank of Italy ordered credit card payments suspended in the tiny city-state and ...

Ferragamo winter silhouette: dark, edgy, urban
Ferragamo's winter silhouette is dark, edgy and urban. Collars up and layered for any eventuality, the Ferragamo man is on the move.

Versace challenges men to lacy lingerie
Versace's menswear collection for next winter is nothing if not eclectic. Macho rocker, nostalgic creative, pampered metrosexual, life-of-the-party: ...

Bottega Veneta enhances classics with details
Superlatives don't work with Tomas Maier, a designer of discretion, just like his collections for Bottega Veneta. And yet one is tempted is to gush ...

Milan Fashion Week starts on somber note
Milan Fashion Week started off on a somber note Saturday, as the design world maintained a vigil for the missing CEO of the family-run Missoni fashion ...

Zegna innovates the classics at Milan Fashion Week
Cyber-kinetic patterns give energy to classic looks by Ermenegildo Zegna. Zegna signals a push for innovation in the title of the collection presented ...
Vatican criticizes court ruling on gays' children
The Vatican is pressing its opposition to gay marriage, insisting Saturday that children should grow up with a father and a mother after Italy's high ...

Burberry marries tradition and innovation
Tradition meets innovation in Burberry Prorsum's new winter looks for men. The "I Love Classics" collection — or made more technology-friendly, I ...

Dolce&Gabbana offer masculine romanticism
Dolce and Gabbana's menswear collection for next winter is pure masculinity, infused with southern romanticism. With motifs of winter roses, ...
Fashion world keeps pressure on Missoni search
The fashion world is urging authorities to keep searching for the missing CEO of Missoni as Milan Fashion Week gets under way. The Italian National ...

Jil Sander back with minimalist, not austere, look
Tall, almost Puritan collars gave gravitas to Jil Sander's first winter menswear collection since returning to the label she founded. The ample lapels ...

Pakistani Shiites refuse to bury 50 bomb victims
About 3,500 Pakistani Shiites protested in southwestern Pakistan for a second day on Saturday, blocking a main road with dozens of coffins of ...

Pakistani Shiites protest after attack kills 86
Shiite Muslims hit by a twin bombing that killed 86 people refused to bury their dead Friday, demanding the Pakistani government do more to protect ...

Markets temper enthusiasm after Japan stimulus
World markets see-sawed Friday between hope and concern for the world economy, as investors weighed a massive spending package meant to reinvigorate ...

Pakistani Shiites protest after bombings kill 120
Shiites in a southwestern Pakistani city hit by a brutal terror attack refused to bury their dead Friday in protest, demanding that the government do ...
Getty museum to return ancient artifact to Sicily
The J. Paul Getty Museum said Thursday it plans to return to Sicily a terra-cotta head depicting the Greek god Hades after determining it was ...

Bombings kill 115 people in Pakistan
A series of bombings killed 115 people across Pakistan on Thursday, including 81 who died in twin blasts on a bustling billiards hall in a Shiite area ...

French taxi drivers' strike clogs roadways
Taxi drivers across France clogged traffic, slowed access to airports and forced would-be passengers to find alternate transport as they held a strike ...
Egypt traffic accident injures 5 French tourists
An Egyptian security official says five female French tourists were injured, two critically, when their minibus overturned on snow-covered mountain ...
Spanish fashion designer Manuel Mota dies at 46
Manuel Mota, a Spanish dress designer specializing in bridal gowns for top models and high society, has died. He was 46. Mota had been the creative ...

Tattooed artist runs for Czech president
He's tattooed from head to toe, a warrior-like mix of blue, green and red. He's also running in a surprising third place ahead of this week's Czech ...

Zorb ride in Russian mountains proves deadly
It was supposed to be a thrilling ride down a ski slope inside a giant inflatable ball that is to be one of the symbols of next year's Winter ...