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.
WASHINGTON — High school and college students are competing for Michelle Obama to come to their schools to share her wisdom about moving on to higher education and adulthood.
The Caribbean nation's Minister of Education, Tim Gopeesingh, said in an interview that his ministry was looking into the regulations on this matter according to the Education Act.
An Indian-origin taxi driver has been jailed in Britain for a sex attack on a young woman passenger while she was drinking.
In an incident of mistaken identity in Australia's Perth city, a Gurdwara was spray-painted by vandals with anti-Muslim graffiti.
An Indian citizen residing illegally in the US has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for allegedly trying to provide material support to Hezbollah, a designated foreign terrorist organisation.
An Indian-origin doctor in Australia, jailed last year for raping two patients, has been found not guilty of raping a third woman, media reported Thursday.