Files offer new details on JFK assassination

BOSTON - More than half a century after US president John F. Kennedy was struck down by an assassin's bullet in Dallas, Texas, the United States was due on Thursday to release the final files on the investigation into the killing that rattled a nation.

New screenings for US-bound travelers

All 325,000 passengers onboard 2,100 daily flights will be affected

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Forum offers timely reminder on ties

Cooperation between the two most important countries in the world is integral to confronting challenges ranging from trade to security, the president of the National Committee on US-China Relations said at the annual China Town Hall meetings on Tuesday.

Thailand begins 5-day funeral for King Bhumibol

BANGKOK - Thailand on Wednesday began an elaborate five-day funeral for King Bhumibol Adulyadej with his son, the new monarch, performing Buddhist merit-making rites in preparation for moving Bhumibol's remains to a spectacular golden crematorium.

UN fails to extend Syria gas attacks probe

UNITED NATIONS - Russia on Tuesday vetoed a UN Security Council draft resolution that would have extended the term of an independent panel of investigators probing who was behind the use of chemical weapons in Syria.

Einstein's hotel note fetches auction record

JERUSALEM - While Albert Einstein's theory of happiness may be relative, it fetched $1.56 million at a Jerusalem auction on Tuesday.

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US, Russia call for talks with Kurds

BAGHDAD - US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Monday that Washington was keen on dialogue between the Iraqi government and the Iraqi Kurdish region to solve recent tensions.

Peking Opera strikes a chord in London

LONDON - With lavishly embroidered costumes, elaborate makeup and acrobatics, the China National Peking Opera Company performed Mei Lanfang's masterpiece The Phoenix Returns Home on Sunday to mark the 123rd anniversary since his birth.

ASEAN will step up counterterrorism measures

CLARK, the Philippines - Defense ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations member states have agreed to step up counterterrorism measures to prevent pro-Islamic State militant groups from gaining a stronghold in Southeast Asia.

The forgotten history of Rodin's Napoleon, found in a New Jersey meeting room

WASHINGTON - Napoleon Bonaparte and Auguste Rodin are both household names, but a bust of the French emperor created by the master sculptor faded into oblivion in a town in the United States, only to be discovered by chance.