60 students buried as S Korea resort collapses
Seoul: A resort in a southeastern city in South Korea collapsed under the weight of heavy snow, burying around 60 university students An auditorium’s ceiling at the Mauna Ocean Resort in Gyeongju collapsed under the weight of heavy snow, Xinhua reported citing local broadcaster YTN.
Snowstorm leaves 19 dead in Japan
Tokyo: A severe snowstorm sweeping across Japan has killed 19 people and left more than 1,600 injured, media and officials said, as the extreme weather sparked widespread transport chaos.
Pak Hindus angered by ‘forced conversions’
Karachi: Pakistan’s Hindu minority is angered by “forced conversions”, with leaders of the community saying girls as young as six years were being pressured to change their religion.
Nepal plane crash kills all 18 on board
Kathmandu: All 18 people, including an infant and a foreigner, aboard a Nepal Airlines plane that crashed into the side of a snow-clad mountain in the country’s west have been killed, authorities said on Monday.
Syria Rivals Agree Truce in Damascus District
Babbila (Syria): Syria’s Army and rebels agreed a truce in the capital’s southern suburb of Babbila on Monday, the latest in a series of local ceasefires in Damascus flashpoints.
Kerry accuses Assad of stonewalling in talks
Jakarta: US Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday accused Syrian President Bashar Assad of stonewalling in peace talks and called on Russia to push its ally to negotiate with opposition leaders.
15 schoolchildren injured in Pak blast
Peshawar: At least 15 school children were injured in a bomb blast outside their school in northwest Pakistan, police said.
Karzai orders changes to draft law amid fears
Kabul: Afghan President Karzai ordered changes to a proposed law after international campaigners said the legislation would be a setback for women’s rights.