Pop superstar Beyonce pleaded Thursday for an end to the "war" on minorities in the United States after another two contentious killings by police of African-Americans.

The singer, who has been increasingly outspoken on police brutality, provided a link to her legions of fans to contact US legislators to protest the deaths of motorist Philando Castile in Minnesota and Alton Sterling in Louisiana.

Disgraced US television star Bill Cosby lost another bid Thursday to have a sexual assault case against him tossed, clearing the way for a trial to eventually begin over the claims dating back to 2004.

The pioneering black comedian faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted in a Pennsylvania court of assaulting Andrea Constand at his home in the Philadelphia area. The actor's lawyers insist his relations with Constand were consensual.

Snoop Dogg, the rap superstar and outspoken marijuana aficionado, will perform in support of Hillary Clinton on the sidelines of the Democratic Party convention later this month.

Snoop Dogg will headline a "convention unity party" in Philadelphia on July 28, a day after Clinton is expected to accept the presidential nomination.

French celebrity magazine Voici was ordered Tuesday to pay symbolic damages to President Francois Hollande's alleged girlfriend, actress Julie Gayet, for publishing pictures of the couple inside the presidential palace.

American singer Jennifer Lopez and Broadway's Lin-Manuel Miranda -- writer and star of the hit musical "Hamilton" -- have recorded a tribute song to benefit victims of Orlando's June 12 nightclub attack.

The two artists both tweeted Monday a behind-the-scenes video of themselves recording "Love Make the World Go Round."

Eight men have been charged over heists of millions in luxury goods from Chanel and Chopard boutiques in Paris, a source close to the investigation said Saturday.

Robbers made off with one million euros ($1.1 million) from the Chopard shop, just off the Champs-Elysees, during a December hold-up, said the source who spoke on condition of anonymity.

The US company Six Flags is holding talks with Saudi Arabia to build theme parks in the conservative Muslim kingdom, which aims to provide more entertainment options for its residents.

Iranian police cancelled a catwalk show set to mark the opening of an unofficial Levi's store in a Tehran shopping center, the Tasnim news agency reported Thursday.

The event was cancelled by "a last-minute police intervention" just before male models were set to walk on stage before a crowd of about 150 on Wednesday night, the hardliner-linked news agency said.

A Ukrainian opera singer who performed for two decades in France before joining Kiev's volunteer forces fighting pro-Russian insurgents has been killed in the separatist east, officials said Wednesday.

Poker faces were in short supply after Lady Gaga met the Dalai Lama, with Chinese social media users erupting in fury Monday.

The pop star met with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader at the United States Conference of Mayors in Indiana, where the Nobel laureate gave the keynote speech.