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Cannes bans full-body 'burkini' swimsuits from beaches

Mayor David Lisnard recently signed a ruling that prohibits anyone from wearing a bathing suit deemed disrespectful of "good customs and secularism". But in F...

Philippine leader wants to talk with 2 rebel groups, China

Negotiators for the two sides said the weekend talks in Malaysia would discuss details of Duterte's peace road map. "We'd like to see it also as test bed, a...

Daley gunning for gold at Rio 2016 Olympic Games

Goodfellow, 19, moved into Daley's London apartment two months ago so they could train together, live out of each other's pockets and reinforce the wavelengths ...

ANC suffers poll defeat in capital Pretoria

DA's first black leader Mmusi Maimane on Saturday claimed victory on the national executive capital of Tshwane (Pretoria). Encompassing Port Elizabeth and t...

Thai police say bombs set off in another town, killing 1

Tourism accounts for at least 10 percent of Thailand's economy, which the military government has struggled to invigorate since its 2014 power grab. The Unite...

Putin: All want dialogue & relations restored in interests of Turkish & Russian people

Erdogan sees strategic importance in a renewed relationship with Russian Federation, he said. Even Bulgaria's pro-Russian government at the time, headed by Plam...

US Approves $1.15 Billion Sale to Saudi Arabia Of Tanks And Equipment

Smoke rises from a snack food factory after a Saudi-led air strike hit it in Sanaa, Yemen, August 9, 2016. On Tuesday, the Saudi-led military coalition conduc...

Final day of swimming in Rio, 4 golds to be won

Medals of Honor are awarded to the three most outstanding athletes in any competition in ascending order of the gold medal given to the best, the silver to the ...

US men's basketball survives Serbian scare

Cleveland Cavaliers and Team USA star point guard, Kyrie Irving, reveals that he was very close to playing for Team Australia, after the "Boomers" gave Team USA...

A look at Hostess' new "Deep Fried Twinkies"

This Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016, photo, shows boxes of Twinkies in the freezer of Associated Press reporter Anne D'Innocenzio in NY. Deep Fried Twinkies mark the...

Williams County reports Zika virus case

Zika has been tied to a severe birth defect known as microcephaly , in which babies are born with abnormally small heads and under-developed brains. All of the...

Va. plane crash dead were from Indiana, Kentucky, Germany

The plane, 1969 Beech 95-B5As5 twin-engine, fixed-wing aircraft was attempting to land at the Shannon Airplane touched down midway down the runway and then atte...

Majlinda Kelmendi wins Kosovo's first Olympic gold medal

Defending Olympic men's tennis champion Andy Murray will be Great Britain's flag bearer inside Rio's Maracana stadium on Friday. Legendary Brazilian marathone...

Trump Tries To Explain Away ISIS Remark As 'Sarcasm'

It was a claim that he repeated in two separate interviews Thursday, adding in one that his Democratic presidential rival Hillary Clinton was "co-founder of ISI...

Venezuela recall referendum timeline

The difference between having a recall election in 2016 and 2017 is that, if Maduro is ousted next year, his fellow socialist vice-president would take over a...

IS frees hundreds of human shields in Syria

Kurdish sources and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which monitors Syria's five-year-old conflict, later said around 500 cars had left Manbij carryin...

'Making a Murderer' subject Brendan Dassey's court rulling overturned

At the age of 16, Brendan was sentenced to life without parole in 2007 on homicide and sexual assault charges. "We know when an unbiased court reviews all of th...

Pelosi warns colleagues of harassing calls and messages

The cyber attacks, which mainly targeted presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and her allies in the DNC, resulted in a trove of internal emails released by th...

Man wanted in Ohio arrested; New Mexico cop dead

Sheriff's deputies spotted the Cruze, pursued it and were able to slow it down with "stop sticks"; the suspect crashed the vehicle into a pile of wood and brief...

Judge Overturns Conviction Of 'Making A Murderer' Subject Brendan Dassey

Stating that she was thrilled for Dassey as a result of the fact that the State of Wisconsin "willfully destroyed his life", she warned that she believes that A...

Families, advocates concerned about missing, murdered indigenous women inquiry

Bridget Tolley from the Kitigan Zibi reserve near Maniwaki, Que., said she has searched for answers for 15 years. A National Inquiry into Missing and Murde...

US declares health emergency in Puerto Rico due to Zika

US Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell said there was "a public health emergency of national significance" in Puerto Rico, with Zika posing a p...

At Least 7 Injured In Swiss Train Attack

Police later said three 17-year-olds were among the injured, as well as a 50-year-old man, as well as the six-year-old child. Swiss police have ruled out te...

Uganda not to contribute troops to regional force in South Sudan

He says as a child he saw things that no child should see, and now he hopes Prime Minister and the people of Canada can speak out and do something to help the ...

Japan warns citizens to be wary in China as tensions rise

Former Philippines President Fidel Ramos expressed the country's desire to hold formal discussions with Beijing on the disputed South China Sea during a vis...

Air strikes pound Syrian opposition forces in Aleppo

But the ferocity of government and Russian airstrikes the past 24 hours suggests the rebels have managed to deliver a major blow, one the regime now is desperat...

Hillary Clinton to Lay Out Economic Agenda and Attack Donald Trump

She argued the result of a series of "outlandish Trumpian ideas" would be a swelling national debt, massive cuts to domestic priorities and a slide back into a ...

Meteor shower with 'double normal rates' peaks on Thursday

According to the American Meteor Society, the meteors or "shooting stars" are in fact glowing columns of air resulting from the burn of these particles. What is...

Trump on Hillary: 'Her Temperament Is the Temperament Of a Loser'

Clinton frequently mentions Trump's returns as a way of underscoring how his economic plans would benefit his personal interests and questioning whether he's ...

Air strikes kill 18 in rebel-held Aleppo in Syria

Allegations of war crimes by pro-government forces have been flying around for over a year, but the situation on the ground precludes a thorough investigation...

Will open a brewery-themed hotel in Escondido

The hotel is estimated to cost $26 million with 100,000 square feet. San Diego-based Stone Brewing, the 10th largest craft brewer in the United States, is cas...

USA Basketball got what they needed

It will be sad if Anthony, who has been one of the league's best players for 13 years, doesn't get a chance to play for a title. Anthony finished with 31 points...

Trump Spokeswoman Says He Was 'Very Serious' About Obama 'Founding ISIS'

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump waves after speaking to the National Association of Home Builders, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016, in Miami Beach, Fla. ...

Koch Brothers Double Down On Decision To Not Back Trump

Indeed, although he previously admitted it's "possible" Clinton is the best choice for president in November, he called the notion he would support her "blood...

The two Simones: Biles and Manuel share more than a name

Manuel clocked in at a stunning 52.70 seconds. And as she physically made history in Rio, she symbolically swam upstream against the longstanding history of exc...