French lawmakers back extension of emergency rule after attack

French lawmakers approved a six-month rollover of emergency rule on Wednesday in the wake of last week's truck attack on the city of Nice, the third deadly assault in 18 months for which the Islamic State militant group has claimed responsibility.

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For Rio, get your Portuguese ready

Most Brazilians speak no other language but their own, yet another hurdle for the Olympics

Centuries-old count of queen's swans begins

The annual count of Queen Elizabeth II's mute swans has begun amid worries that dog attacks may have taken their toll on the monarch's waterfowl in the River Thames.

Signs of normalcy returning to Nice's coast after Bastille Day carnage

Joggers, cyclists and sun-seekers are back on Nice's famed Riviera coast, a further sign of normal life returning on the Promenade des Anglais where dozens were killed in last week's Bastille Day truck attack.

In rare move, family barred from forgiving son for 'honor killing'

Pakistani authorities have barred the family of a murdered social media celebrity from legally "forgiving" their son for strangling her, sources said, in a rare stand against the so-called practice of "honor killings".

Tiny robot could solve stomach troubles

Has your child swallowed a small battery? In the future, a tiny robot made from pig gut could capture it and expel it.

Ankara vows to root out allies of exiled cleric Gulen

PM Yildirim accuses Washington of double standards in its fight against terrorism

4 Chinese injured in ax attack on train

Four Hong Kong citizens were injured, including two seriously, in a Monday ax-and-knife attack on a regional train near Wuerzburg in the southern German state of Bavaria, the Chinese Consulate General in Munich confirmed on Tuesday.

Melania Trump hit by plagiarism controversy

Melania Trump - until now only a minor presence on the campaign trail - found herself caught in an embarrassing plagiarism controversy on Tuesday after a prime-time defense of her husband that appeared to be lifted in part from a speech given by first lady Michelle Obama.

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THE PHILIPPINES

Sex industry under fire from tourism minister

Thailand's infamous sex industry is under fire, with the tourism minister pushing to rid the country of its ubiquitous brothels and a spate of police raids in recent weeks on some of the largest establishments providing sex services in Bangkok.