The yearly observance was created by Congress in 1952.
A Nigerian governor said he feared the women and girls impregnated by Boko Haram militants could be giving birth to future terrorists.
The third officer on the Cook Islands-flagged ship died and other crew members were wounded in the attacks.
The crew reportedly asked the passengers if there was a doctor among them to help the Canadian woman.
A 750 million euro debt repayment to the IMF falls due on Tuesday.
The proposal comes at a time when migrant flow from North Africa, especially Libya, is increasing by the month.
Ten rival militias agreed to disarm and move toward reconciliation after two years of conflict that has killed thousands of people.
Authorities reportedly said that about 30 percent of the city of Van in northeastern Texas suffered some kind of damage.
Julian Assange had appealed to the Swedish Supreme Court to revoke a 2010 detention order for alleged sexual offenses.
Google, Apple and Microsoft revealed earlier this year they were under review by the Australian Tax Office.
A film studio's reconstruction of the Old Summer Palace has been criticized for trivializing history but the owner says it will promote patriotism.
The other three people convicted by a lower court, along with former Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa, were also acquitted on Monday.
After Xi Jinping's visit to Russia, Moscow has accepted China's invitation to Russian troops to march at a Victory Day parade on Sept. 3.
At least 50 of the migrants believed to be from Bangladesh and Myanmar were taken to hospital for medical attention.
A kilogram of rhino horn reportedly sells for up to $100,000 in Vietnam, which is almost double the price of gold.
North Korea announced Saturday that it has successfully tested a ballistic missile from a submarine.
While small, the protests have been unusually provocative for Afghanistan.
The latest Amnesty International report finds that the country's worsening situation has helped "people smugglers" step up their trade.
Francois Hollande's visit marks the first by a French leader to the communist nation in over a century.
The news comes a day after Houthi fighters in Yemen accepted a five-day humanitarian ceasefire proposed by Saudi Arabia.
The European Union's 28 member nations would be required to share the responsibility of housing thousands of refugees.
Cameron dismissed the idea that Scots might get another independence referendum any time soon.
Sunday’s results, which are the worst for the SPD since World War II, underline ongoing dissatisfaction with the party.
Saudi Arabia's interior and defense ministers will visit Washington this week, after King Salman canceled his trip.
The duo are accused of selling software that grants illegal access to private photos on the Photobucket website.
A district attorney will announce Tuesday whether he plans to file criminal charges against Officer Matt Kenny, who shot and killed teenager Tony Robinson.
Of the 49 European countries measured, U.K. scored the highest with 86 percent.
Cornelius Clark was the fourth person arrested in connection with the killing of two police officers in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
Hollande spoke at the inauguration of a memorial for slavery and the slave trade.
Likely presidential candidate Jeb Bush said he too would have invaded Iraq, as President George W. Bush did in 2003.