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A French court has overturned a ban on "burkinis" in Nice, the last of a series of similar decisions regarding local bans of the full-body swimwear adopted by some Muslim women.

Three small opposition parties are calling for a boycott of a government-sponsored referendum seeking support for opposing any future European Union plans to resettle refugees among member countries.

The Latest on Syria's conflict (all times local): 3:00 p.m.

The U.S. State Department has designated a Somali Islamic extremist, Abdiqadir Mumin, as a global terrorist.

Pakistan's military says a key border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan has reopened nearly two weeks after it was closed in response to Afghan protesters burning the Pakistani flag at a border rally.

The Czech Republic's counter-intelligence agency says there's a threat of a potential attack by Islamic radicals on Czech territory.

Opposition activists say warplanes have carried out several airstrikes in Syria's Hama, killing at least 25 people, amid a lightning advance by insurgents on government-controlled areas of the central province.

Swiss federal prosecutors say they are conducting an "ongoing operation" in an investigation of the 2006 World Cup organizing committee as part of a wider probe of corruption linked to FIFA.

Turkey's state-run news agency says one Turkish soldier was killed and one wounded after Kurdish militants shot at security forces during a military operation in the southeastern province of Siirt.

Israel's military says a soldier was shot and moderately wounded while guarding Jewish worshippers at a flashpoint West Bank prayer site.

On a recent afternoon, the lobby of one of Mogadishu's most popular hotels was nearly empty, a stark contrast to the days when one could hardly find a seat.

Archaeologists in Berlin have unearthed a large number of human bones from a site close to where Nazi scientists carried out research on body parts of death camp victims sent to them by sadistic SS doctor Josef Mengele.

Pope Francis is proposing adding care for the environment to the traditional, Gospel-inspired seven works of mercy that Christians are called to perform.

Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency says more than 800 further personnel have been discharged from the military in the latest crackdown following July's abortive coup.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says a new cease-fire in eastern Ukraine is holding, after months of fighting.

Germany's military is starting a pilot project to help Syrian refugees learn civil reconstruction skills, in hopes that they'll eventually be able to help rebuild their homeland.

British Airways is set to resume direct flights to Iran as some sanctions are lifted and tensions ease.

Police say they have arrested an armed Danish man following a Copenhagen shootout during which two police officers, a bystander and the gunman were wounded.

An official survey has found that Chinese manufacturing activity grew at its fastest pace in nearly two years in August.

Gabon opposition leaders say one person has been killed and more than 20 injured after the presidential guard attacked the party's headquarters overnight following protests against the re-election of the president.