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.
The death of 13 Sherpas and the disappearance of three more in an avalanche on Mount Everest has brought into sharp focus the danger faced by these guides who make climbing the highest mountain in the world possible.
The Australian man who sparked a hijack scare on a Bali-bound flight from Brisbane has denied that he was drunk and thought the cockpit door was the entrance to the toilet, a media report said Saturday.
An Indian origin man has been charged with simple assault for allegedly groping a sleeping fellow female passenger for about five minutes on a flight from London to San Francisco.
At least 43 people were killed and hundreds were left homeless in devastating flash floods in northern Afghanistan, a media report said Friday.
The Nigerian government Friday pledged to do everything it can to rescue 190 girls abducted from their school last week.
In a bid to monitor and stop the poaching of elephants and rhinos in all its 52 national parks and reserves, Kenya's wildlife authorities have decided to deploy drones, the Guardian reported Friday.