Mexico disarms city's police force

Mexican federal forces disarmed a southern city's entire police corps and took over security on Monday after officers were accused of colluding with a gang in violence that left 43 students missing.

ROK, DPRK ships trade shots despite reconciliatory mood

Naval ships of the two Koreas traded warning shots near their western sea boundary after a patrol ship of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea violated the disputed maritime border, Seoul's Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.

Womb transplant mother hopes to inspire others

The parents of the first baby born to a woman who had received a womb transplant said they hoped they could be an inspiration to others struggling with infertility.

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IS nears Turkish border as airstrikes intensify

Fresh airstrikes by the US-led coalition on Tuesday hit positions held by Islamic State jihadists in the southwest part of Kobane, a key Syrian border town, according to an AFP journalist across the border in Turkey.

Japanese men questioned about plan to join group

Japanese police questioned a university student and several others on Monday about suspected plans to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State group, news reports said.

Nun gives gift of language

At an ordinary house near the Pangphu Temple in Daocheng county of Ganzi Tibetan autonomous prefecture in Sichuan province, Southwest China, young Tibetan Buddhist nun Drolma Choitso is devoted to letting the young generation of local Tibetan people master Mandarin, the main language used throughout China.

A seasonal preoccupation

They are a curiosity - fresh-water crabs with claws coated with a pelt of "hair". Because of that, eriocheir sinensis is also known as the mitten crab.

'Customized' crustaceans

Hairy crabs, or Chinese mitten crabs, are widely distributed along the estuarine deltas, inland lakes and waterways as far north as the Korean Peninsula and as far south as the river mouths in Fujian province of southeastern China.

Places less traveled

The first place we recommend is in western Jiyuan, Henan province, where the alpine splendor of the Taihang Mountains and the mighty Yellow River combine to create a spectacular scene.

Watching over fallen comrades

In 1980, Chen Jungui was dispatched with a team of soldiers to build roads in the Tianshan Mountains. The team was snowed in by a blizzard. As their food ran out, team leader Zheng Linshu sent them in different directions to find help. All died except for Chen.

Helping to keep the peace

The People's Liberation Army, which regards safeguarding world peace and promoting common prosperity as important missions, has been actively undertaking peacekeeping tasks, disaster relief as well as anti-terrorist operations.