US drone attack kills 9 militants in Pakistan
Islamabad: At least nine militants were killed on Friday in a US drone attack in Pakistan's restive North Waziristan tribal region bordering Afghanistan. The pilotless CIA-operated drone targeted a rebel hideout in Shawal area near the Afghanistan border. A security official said that two missiles were fired at a house used by the militants.
Flash floods kill 16 in South-west Pak
Quetta, Pakistan: Flash floods caused by torrential rains in South-West Pakistan killed at least 16 people including 14 women, officials said on Saturday. The floodwaters swept away many people in two remote villages of Khuzdar district in Baluchistan, around 370 kilometres (230 miles) south of the provincial capital Quetta. Nuclear-armed but economically underdeveloped Pakistan regularly battles natural calamities such as floods.
300th mild tremor felt in Nepal
Kathmandu: A mild tremor was felt on Saturday felt in quake-hit Nepal in the wee hours, taking the total number of aftershocks with 4 or more magnitude to 300. The 4.2-magnitude aftershock was recorded at 2.33 am by National Seismological Centre here with epicentre at Tibet- Sindhupalchowk area in the northern Nepal.
China ship disaster toll jumps to 400
Jianli: The death toll in the Chinese cruise ship that capsised in the mighty Yangtze river on Saturday jumped to nearly 400 as hundreds more bodies were found by disaster teams, making it China's deadliest boat disaster in 70 years. Hundreds more bodies from the Eastern Star were found after disaster teams stabilised the cruiser in an upright position, according to officials in the rescue headquarters in Jianli, central China's Hubei Province.
S Korea MERS virus cases reach 50 people
Seoul: South Korea on Saturday confirmed nine more cases of the MERS virus, which has killed four people, but said it did not represent a spread of the outbreak as the infected were already in quarantine. The additional cases brought the total number of people infected to 50.
Selfie gives location of ISIS terrorist
Washington: A selfie, bragging about the command and control capabilities of the Islamic State, posted on social media by a terrorist helped the US forces track and destroy its headquarters in Syria in less than 24 hours.