NEW YORK — The number of foreign children adopted by U.S. parents dropped by 9
The department's report for the 2014 fiscal year shows 6,441 adoptions from abroad, down from 7,094 in 2013 and about 74
Trish Maskew, chief of the State Department's Adoption Division, said it was difficult to predict when the number of foreign adoptions might start to rise again.
As usual, China accounted for the most children adopted in the U.S., but its total of 2,040 was far below the peak of 7,903 in 2005.
Ukraine Friday accused Russia of invading the country after a convoy of Russian trucks carrying humanitarian aid crossed the border allegedly without permission or supervision of the Red Cross, Efe news agency reported.
Even as the protests against the government in Pakistan by two political parties continued, the country's Senate or upper house of parliament Friday unanimously passed a resolution rejecting the demands for the resignation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and the dissolution of the assemblies.
The anti-government protests in Pakistani capital's Constitution Avenue area are peaceful demonstrations, in accordance with the constitutional rights of citizens, Pakistan's PTI and PAT parties contended during a Supreme Court hearing Friday.
At least 27 miners have been killed in a gold mine collapse in the Central African Republic (CAR), authorities said Friday.
The Austrian government has approved one million euros ($1.3 million) in emergency aid from the Foreign Disaster Relief Fund (FDRF) to the UN in northern Iraq, the country's foreign ministry said in a statement.
The Sikh community in New Zealand's Auckland is shocked by the revelation that the wife of a Sikh man, who was murdered Aug 7 in his car, is an accused, media reported....