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.
Polio workers continued to administer polio drops Thursday under the protection of the army in Pakistan's Khyber tribal region in the fourth phase of polio vaccination drive.
Three family members brutally killed a woman with a sickle for marrying a man from a different caste in the eastern town of Sahiwal in Pakistan, a police source told Efe Thursday.
A Sudanese woman was sentenced to death Thursday after she was convicted of apostasy - the renunciation of one's faith - for marrying a Christian, a media report quoted officials as saying.
The death toll in Turkey's horrific coal mine accident rose to 238 Wednesday with hundreds of miners still trapped underground.
At least 41 Boko Haram fighters were killed after village vigilante groups ambushed two trucks in Nigeria, media reported Wednesday.
An Indian-origin member has quit a political party in Britain, branding it "racist" and "terrifying".