The pair are well cast as a real-life married couple who work as Neil Diamond tribute singers, but the tragedies and struggles that befall them are framed poorly by director Craig Brewer
The ‘Peep Show’ and ‘Ghosts’ star talks to Ellie Harrison about the festive special of ‘Here We Go’, his career in British comedy and why the BBC is worth fighting for
The festive period is the competition’s most intense endurance test – and it still reveals just how prepared clubs really are, says Miguel Delaney in the latest Inside Football newsletter
The United States airstrikes targeting militants affiliated with the Islamic State in northwestern Nigeria are a major escalation of an offensive that Nigeria’s overstretched military has struggled with for years
Shares are mixed in Asia, with Tokyo's Nikkei 225 trading near record high levels after Japan's Cabinet approved a record defense budget plan exceeding $58 billion for the coming fiscal year
Bethany Clarke’s friend was one of six foreigners who died after drinking tainted vodka at a Laos hotel. More than a year later, the family and friends of those killed are calling for changes to protect travellers – and justice for their deaths. Alisha Rahaman Sarkar reports
Through the decades, downtown Kabul’s Ariana Cinema had weathered revolution and war, emerging battered and bruised but still standing to entertain Afghans with Bollywood movies and American action flicks
Filmmaker’s 2003 documentary about an Israeli military operation in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin during the second Palestinian intifada was banned by Israel
Myanmar will hold the first phase of a general election on Sunday, its first vote in five years and an election framed by the ruling military as a return to multi-party democracy
Fighting has caused the spread of illnesses like malaria and cholera. In a worst-case scenario, the situation could threaten regional health security, experts say.
People wait at the Mae Tao Clinic in Thailand near the Burmese border. The number of patients has soared after a coup in Myanmar ignited a civil war.
The far right juggernaut known as the R.S.S. and its most prominent member, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, are remaking secular India as a Hindu-first society, pushing aside minorities.
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