The Real Stakes in the Burkini Mess and other top stories.

• The Real Stakes in the Burkini Mess

  

  Editor's Note: Bernard-Henri Levy's opinions are his own and do not represent those of The WorldPost. PARIS -- This burkini business is deplorable. Deplorable -- and grotesque -- is the image of a France where the vice squad forces women not to cover up but to take it off. Lamentable -- and, alas, predictable -- is the spectacle of the Conseil d'Etat, France's highest court, overturning, to the great delight of the provocateurs, bans imposed by mayors in the south of France that were justifie..

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• Islamic State bombing kills 54 government recruits in Yemen

  

  A suicide car bombing claimed by the Islamic State in Yemen's southern city of Aden on Monday killed at least 54 pro-government recruits, officials said, underscoring how the militant group has been able to exploit Yemen's civil war to stage large ...

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• Lightning Strike Kills More Than 300 Reindeer in Norway

  

  Video Lightning Kills Over 300 Reindeer A herd of reindeer was struck by lightning in Norway, killing at least 323 of the animals, officials say. Reindeer are known to huddle together during storms. By TV2, VIA REUTERS on Publish Date August 29, 2016. Photo by Havard Kjotvedt//Norwegian Environment Agency, via European Pressphoto Agency. ..

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