Why are the burqa and burkini being banned?
Burqas and the swimwear equivalent, burkinis are under more scrutiny in Europe this summer. Germany has announced plans to ban full-face veils in some circumstances, while in a small number of French towns burkinis were banned on beaches.
Images of Omran and Alan reveal so much of Syrian horror
Omran Daqneesh is among the lucky ones -- rescued alive after his home was turned to rubble in a bombing.
What parents in Aleppo tell their children about war
I try very hard to explain to my kids, especially those who were born after the war began, what is going on around them, but it's not easy.
India: Two children, man dead after sharp kite strings slit throats
Sharp kite strings have killed three people in India in a single day, according to police.
Donald Trump's 27-day spiral: From convention bounce to campaign overhaul
Twenty-seven days after his coronation in Cleveland and post-convention bounce, Donald Trump's prospects appear to be dwindling -- a precipitous decline he sought to reverse on Wednesday with a major shakeup of top campaign staff.
US: North Korea shrinks warning time for nuclear attack on America
The US government is increasingly concerned that advances in North Korea's weapons program have dramatically decreased the warning time for a nuclear attack on America or its allies, according to US officials.
Inside Syria's prisons, where an estimated 17,723 have died since 2011
The beatings would begin as soon as they were arrested, and they continued at a "welcome party" at the detention center.
Shut down offshore detention camps, Nauru and Manus staff urge Australia
More than a hundred former and current staff members at Australia's offshore detention camps have called for all refugees to be moved immediately, saying children's lives are being "destroyed."
Russia launches Syria airstrikes from Iranian base
Russians warplanes have conducted missions over Syria from an airbase in Iran -- the first time a major power has done so since the Islamic Revolution there in 1979.
Escaped Chibok girl: I miss my Boko Haram husband
Escaped Chibok girl Amina Ali Nkeki says she misses her Boko Haram fighter husband and is still thinking about him three months after escaping the militants' camp.
