Germany

It is a dream come true for Bollywood actress and diva Priyanka Chopra - she has been invited to attend the 54th Grammy Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday evening.

Check out a slideshow of some of her more glamorous off-court moments...

With the Anti-Acta 11 February Day of Action looming, the International Business Times UK looks at why Anonymous, the Pirate Party and activists in general are so up in arms.

A part of the wider Anti-Acta movement, within the UK protests have been confirmed in London Glasgow and Nottingham.

Anonymous' latest operation against an American nationalist party, the American Third Position (A3P) is part of a wider, loosely organised effort against far-right movements in Europe and the US.

Real Madrid, Barcelona and Manchester United named richest clubs in the world.

Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany have reconstructed the entire genome of a Denisovans, - an extinct type of humanoid.

Madonna 2012 World Tour Schedule Announced with official prices starting at £50.

Here is a little background of the six venues and their association with football...

The national airline of the Republic of Namibia - Air Namibia - has ordered two new Airbus A319 aircraft, according to a statement issued by Airbus, on Monday.

Vatican to apologise publicly to victims of child sex abuse by churchmen in conference aimed at healing wounds.

Apple is once again allowed to sell its full range of iPhones and iPads in Germany, after it won a temporary suspension against a sales ban brought on by Motorola.

Heathrow airport cancels half number of flights as snow brings transport grinding to a halt, despite airport bosses saying they are on top of situation.

Hans Feldmeier, a German retiree, received a tub of lard from the U.S. Aid program in 1948. It was still lying around, unopened, 64 years later, when he opened and ate it.

Speaking at the 48th Munich Security Conference in Germany, on Saturday, U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, said Europe and Washington D.C. must work together to recover from the ongoing crisis and reassured European nations the U.S. would not turn away from the continent. The last point comes in the wake of U.S. President Barack Obama's focus on Asia.

Though the government denied any involvement in the violence, there was a war-like atmosphere in the city, according to civil rights groups.

Jewish communities remain targets as recession and conflicts in Middle East stoke fires of aggression.

Kim Dotcom assaulted by arresting officers, owner of file-sharing site tells New Zealand court.

Nearly third of 35 infected people ate potentially contaminated fruit in few days before infection.

Swedish high-end retailer Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) has announced Danish designer Stine Riis as the global winner of the 2012 H&M Design Award.

Artefacts that were stolen from the National Museum of Iraq and archaeological sites during the chaos following the U.S. occupation in 2003 have been returned by Germany.

India's decision to buy 126 French-made Rafale fighter jets for its airforce may boost re-election chances of Nicolas Sarkozy.

Is German Chancellor Angela Merkel prepared to relinquish her country's competitive advantage to help struggling partners?

Anti-Acta petition attracts more than one million signatures in less than a week.

UK ignores protests online and offline and accepts Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, leaving it just five signatures shy of universal EU approval.

Confirmed Arsenal target Marco Reus has explained his decision to stay in Germany this year, with the midfielder citing playing alongside Mario Gotze as one of a few reasons for committing to the Bundelisga for his future.

Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, in Bad Nauheim, Germany, have created artificial heart tissue from the silk produced by tropical silkworms.

Surgeons have been alerted by Nuffield Hospital about cancer risk arising from the German breast implants.

Twitter has apparently planned to comply with the U.S. government's instructions to filter offensive and sensitive user-generated content on its site. The decision could also hint at the social networking Web site's intentions of re-entering the Chinese market, from which it has been banned since 2009.

Twitter has announced that it can withhold tweets from users in entire nations, in an attempt to satisfy every country's interpretation of freedom of speech.