AT least 40 people were killed and 60 others injured in a stampede at a Hindu temple in the western Indian city of Jodhpur, a top local official said today
FIVE people were killed and 25 others injured today in two suspected bomb attacks in the western Indian states of Gujarat and Maharashtra, Indian media reported
POLICE in northern China have detained 22 people after smashing a network that made and sold the industrial chemical melamine and added it to milk, state media said today
FLOODS triggered by Typhoon Hagupit have now claimed at least 41 lives in northern Vietnam, as rescuers continued to search for five people reported missing, disaster officials said today
A YACHT with four US citizens aboard went missing today in waters south of the East China Sea as Typhoon Jangmi pounded the area, the Japanese coast guard said
CHINA set its sights today on a manned trip to the moon and a space station after completing an historic mission that included the country`s first space walk
THREE Chinese astronauts returned safely to earth today after making the country`s first spacewalk, with a hero`s welcome awaiting the men whose exploits captivated the nation
A SUICIDE bomber on a motorbike blew himself up near two police vehicles in a border town in southern Afghanistan overnight, killing six people and wounding 17, police said
