WWII bomb defused in Hong Kong
Hong Kong: The Hong Kong Police on Sunday successfully defused a World War II bomb after an hour-long operation. No casualties or loss of property was reported.
Pak killer peak claims Polish climber's life
Islamabad: A Polish climber was presumed dead after rescuers called off efforts to recover him from Nanga Parbat, one of the highest mountains in the world, a Pakistani official said on Sunday.
Tomasz Mackiewicz of Poland and Elisabeth Revol of France were trying to climb the 8,126-metre-tall Himalayan peak located in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan and known as the 'killer mountain' among the mountaineer community.
Fresh attack kills four Malian soldiers
Bamako: Suspected jihadists killed four Malian soldiers today in the second deadly attack thisweekend in the country's troubled north, local and military officials said.Mali's deteriorating security situation is of growing concern as Al-Qaeda-linked groups mount increasingly ferocious attacks on domestic and foreign forces.“Terrorists have killed four soldiers in Menaka in an attack," a Malian military source told AFP.