Authorities in communist China have continued a clampdown on Christian orphanages under the guise of enforcing new regulations on religious affairs, leaving thousands of poor and disadvantaged orphans ...

BUCHAREST, Romania – Soft toys on the beds and posters on the walls. No more than three children to a room. One of the girls living in the four-bedroom house gushes about getting makeup for her ...

Woman whose father perished when his plane was shot down and whose mother died after giving birth to her makes heartfelt plea ...

Sakandar Hayat, a Pakistani whose Uighur wife was detained in Kashgar, in China's Xinjiang region, and sent to prison, hopes to reunite with his family. (Mashal Baloch / For The Times) Sakandar Hayat ...

Anna Eldridge was adopted from a China orphanage in 2000 at 6 months old. As a child, she soon wanted details. "She started asking really deep questions about her beginnings," said her adoptive mother ...

BEIJING (AP) — A fire that killed six children and one young adult at an illegally run orphanage in central China has prompted the suspensions of six local officials, a county government official said ...

BEIJING – An official in central China says six county officials have been suspended after a fire at an illegally run orphanage killed six children and one young adult. The deaths Friday in Henan ...

A large Massapequa family is adopting a Chinese girl it had fostered after another family backed out of the adoption process -- and they got approved by the foreign government just in time for the ...

the absence in China of the kind of vibrant, multifaceted NGO sector urgently needed to assist and effectively mobilize communities devastated by the AIDS epidemic, the failure of some authorities to ...