PARIS — French mayors are drawing international anger for banning the burkini, an all-encompassing swimsuit worn by a small minority of Muslim women. The Associated Press explains the core of the ...

The "burkini," a bathing suit for Muslim women who want to keep their hair and bodies covered while swimming or at the beach, has been around for more than a decade, but it caused a worldwide outcry ...

PARIS, France (AP) – The French resort of Cannes has banned full-body, head-covering swimsuits from its beaches, citing security reasons – a measure some are decrying as a discriminatory anti-Muslim ...

Though a court on the French island of Corsica has upheld a local ban on the burkini, France's highest court just overturned a controversial ban on the swimwear enforced in Villeneuve-Loubet, setting ...

The French Riviera city of Cannes has banned beachgoers from wearing a swimsuit designed for Muslim women, called a burkini, citing the recent Islamist violence. Going into effect late last month, a ...

Bikini, topless, swimsuit, wetsuit, burkini - what women wear to go swimming in France is apparently the business of the Interior Minister. Here's why. It's a row that erupts regularly in France - the ...

PARIS (AP) — While worn by only a small number of primarily Muslim women in France, the burkini draws intense political debate in the country. PARIS (AP) — France’s top administrative court ruled ...

PARIS (AP) — French mayors are drawing international anger for banning the burkini, an all-encompassing swimsuit worn by a small minority of Muslim women. The Associated Press explains the core of the ...

PARIS: France's top court has ruled that banning burkini swimsuits violate people's fundamental rights, setting a legal precedent after a swimsuit crackdown that elicited shock and anger in other ...