China is testing a new plan to make it easier for citizens do business, but also to help them trust each other more. It's called the social credit score.
The statue commemorating Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, a key figure in the Indian independence movement, stands roughly four times the height of the Statue of Liberty.
Rescue teams are searching for Lion Air Flight 610's black box and trying to recover bodies and wreckage. Finding survivors "would be a miracle," a search and rescue spokesman said.
President Maithripala Sirisena fired and replaced his former ally with a controversial former leader, Mahinda Rajapaksa. But lawmakers have rejected what they call a subversion of the constitution.
China is extending its reach into emigre communities overseas in remarkable ways. Harnessing their energy, know-how and capital is one more facet of President Xi Jinping's "Chinese dream."
The Lion Air Boeing 737-800 crashed into the sea shortly after leaving Jakarta's international airport. Indonesian television showed video of an oil slick and debris field.
An Indonesian airliner crashed into the sea shortly after takeoff from Jakarta. According to local reports, it suddenly lost altitude and disappeared from radar.
The award-winning photographer tells the stories behind the profoundly moving images in her new book, Of Love & War — and confesses that she still gets nervous before a new assignment.
The line between appreciation and appropriation can be hard to pinpoint. Experts weigh in on the writer's dilemma: Should her husband have worn a Filipino barong to a family party?