French authorities foiled three plots to attack the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris and other cities that hosted the summer events, the national counterterrorism prosecutor said Wednesday.
A case unfolding in France isn't significant only because of the nature of the crimes, which Gisèle Pélicot's husband filmed and has confessed to, but because we know her name at all.
Francine became a hurricane Tuesday evening as it barrelled toward south Louisiana, strengthening over extremely warm waters as those in possible harm's way rushed to complete storm preparations, filling sandbags, buying gas and stocking up on necessities for an expected landfall in the coming day.
Israeli missiles set ablaze a tent camp for displaced Palestinians in southern Gaza, killing or wounding dozens of people, the enclave's civil emergency service said on Tuesday, in what the Israeli military called a strike on a Hamas command centre.
A crew of four private astronauts ascended into space early Tuesday on a risky SpaceX mission to attempt the first-ever private spacewalk using the company's new spacesuits and a redesigned spacecraft.
