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.
Ariana Miyamoto hadn't planned to enter a Japanese beauty contest because she figured her multiracial origins meant she couldn't win. Then a close multiracial friend committed suicide.
The Germanwings co-pilot suspected of deliberately crashing a plane in the French Alps lied to doctors, telling them he was on sick leave rather than flying commercial planes, the German daily newspaper Bild reported on Thursday.
At least 56 crew members aboard a Russian fishing trawler died and 13 were missing after the vessel sank in freezing waters off the Kamchatka Peninsula in the western Pacific Ocean early on Thursday, officials in the area said.
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