Youngsters get taste of nightlife

The music's thumping, the dance floor's packed, and the bar's bustling. Welcome to one of New York's hottest nightclubs and a new generation of clubbers: 6-year-olds.

Dark days and rich lives recalled at Jewish museum

Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski and Israeli counterpart Reuven Rivlin on Tuesday inaugurated a Warsaw museum chronicling the 1,000-year history of Poland's Jewish community, all but wiped out during the Holocaust.

Japan, DPRK talk about abductions

The special investigating committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea started talks on Tuesday with a Japanese delegation seeking an update on an investigation into abductions of Japanese nationals by DPRK agents during the 1970s and 1980s.

Opposition takes aim at scandals

Japan's main opposition party said on Tuesday it will pursue Prime Minister Shinzo Abe over a string of Cabinet funding scandals that have dented his popularity ratings, and attacked his signature "Abenomics" economic revival recipe as a failure.

Minister blames latewife for spending irregularities

Japanese Environment Minister Yoshio Mochizuki blamed his late wife when discussing allegations of illegal expenditure, at a news conference held on Tuesday.

Airstrikes add to Syria's economic woes

The middle-aged salesman sat glumly among an array of shorts, khaki leisure suits bedecked with gold belts and dresses with plunging necklines in the ancient Damascus bazaar - luxuries few can afford in today's Syria.

Survey shows decline in India's gender equality

Indian women still face some of the world's worst inequality in access to healthcare, education and work, despite years of rapid economic growth, according to a survey of 142 nations released on Tuesday.

Nobel peace laureates seek report on torture

Twelve Nobel Peace Prize laureates are urging President Barack Obama to disclose the CIA's use of torture on terror suspects since the attacks of Sept 11, 2001.

Media: Release US force-feeding videos

Videos of prisoners being force-fed at the Guantanamo prison in Cuba should be released immediately, media organizations said on Monday, but the US government argued that doing so would compromise national security.

Bizarre clown terror spreads in France

A 14-year-old dressed as a clown was arrested on Monday near Paris for attempting to attack a woman. It was the latest incident in a bizarre phenomenon spreading around France involving fake clowns who terrorize people, apparently at random.

German spy agency says IS remains potent

Islamic State militants will be able to mount operations in Iraq "for the foreseeable future" despite US-led airstrikes and efforts by Iraqi security forces to regain territory, Germany's BND foreign intelligence agency said.

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