In August, the Transportation Security Administration imposed at U.S. airports an additional security screening of persons wearing head coverings such as turbans, scarves, cowboy hats or berets, and people who refused to remove them could be denied boarding. However, in October the guidelines were modified.

Those wearing such head coverings now may be subjected to secondary screening, including pat-downs, wandings or passing through a portal designed to check for explosive traces. If...

With half a million new residents each year, New Delhi, India, is sprawling into the natural habitats of Rhesus macaques, and now the monkeys are moving into neighborhoods and wreaking havoc.

They have ransacked apartments and even the office of the Ministry of Defense, scattering secret files outside. In the Shastri Park neighborhood, monkeys have bitten several people. They have even attacked patients being rolled into the hospital, taking IV bottles to drink the fluids.

The...

In 2008, subways that serve Seoul, South Korea, will include cars for women only. The move is an effort to tackle subway crime, nearly half of which is sexual in nature.

In Tokyo and Osaka, Japan, women-only cars have been used on subway lines during rush hour.