A man accused of killing three North Carolina college students - their family says because they were Muslim - is scheduled to appear in court for a hearing to determine whether he could face the death penalty.
Thirty-nine of the 100 junior middle school graduates enrolled in the quasi-military aviation training program in five key high schools across China four summers ago joined the People's Liberation Army Air Force as flying cadets last year.
Becoming air force pilots was a dream of many boys born in the 1950s, my father says, because the State provided for everything a pilot needed to soar higher. The pilots' "diet and leather jackets" had an unimaginable hold over the boys growing up in the shadow of the great famine in early 1960s and living a hand-to-mouth life under the planned economy.
Being dazzled by the enormous number of Chinese and Western eateries in Beijing, we decided to try something different to tempt our taste buds. Our recent visit to an Indian restaurant near the Workers Stadium turned out to be a great discovery. The exotic flavors in a seductive setting made us feel like we had stepped back in time.
When Usha Mantri moved into a retirement village, she became a pioneer for a generation of Indians who are increasingly breaking the custom of multigenerational households.
More than three decades ago, a 3-year-old South Korean boy and his sister flew to the United States to become the adopted children of US citizens, but their life together didn't last long.
US President Barack Obama's willingness to extend Iranian nuclear talks at least twice this week has laid bare the dilemma he faces as he pursues a high-stakes accord.
A week of bombing by a Saudi-led coalition has failed to force Yemen's Shiite Houthis to the negotiating table or break their alliance with a powerful ex-president, and the defiant militia could now claim the second city of Aden as its next prize.
US-led air support broke the deadlock in Iraq's operation to retake Tikrit from the Islamic State group, a senior military official in the coalition carrying out the strikes said on Thursday.
In deeply religious Thailand, monks have long been revered. But badly behaved clergy, corruption scandals, and the vast wealth amassed by some temples has many asking if something is rotten at the heart of Thai Buddhism.
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