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`No chance` of finding 159 Nepal landslide victims

Last Updated: Sunday, August 3, 2014, 20:32

There is no chance of finding any of the more than 150 people who are believed to have been buried by a massive landslide in northern Nepal, an official said today as rescuers struggled to dig through piles of rock, mud and trees.

Four killed in Afghanistan

Last Updated: Sunday, August 3, 2014, 13:56

At least four people were killed and three injured during a gun battle between Taliban and security personnel in Afghanistan, an official said Sunday.

Foreign soldier dies in Afghanistan

Last Updated: Sunday, August 3, 2014, 13:42

A soldier of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) died in eastern Afghanistan Sunday, a security official said.

`No hope` of survivors in deadly Nepal landslide: Official

Last Updated: Sunday, August 3, 2014, 12:55

Rescuers on Sunday ruled out finding any more survivors of a landslide in northeast Nepal that is feared to have buried dozens of people under tonnes of mud and rocks.

Afghanistan hits a deadlock again, halts presidential poll audit

Last Updated: Sunday, August 3, 2014, 12:38

A recounting of votes in the Afghan presidential elections, which was scheduled to begin on Saturday after several delays, has been put on hold again.

10 killed in Karachi after first monsoon shower

Last Updated: Sunday, August 3, 2014, 11:51

At least ten people died in roof collapse or were electrocuted in different areas in the Pakistani port city of Karachi after the first monsoon shower, media reported Sunday.

Sri Lanka illegally returning Pakistani asylum seekers: UN

Last Updated: Sunday, August 3, 2014, 01:03

Sri Lanka must stop deporting Pakistani asylum seekers, a practice banned under international law, the UN refugee agency UNHCR said.

Two new polio cases found in Pakistan

Last Updated: Saturday, August 2, 2014, 16:35

Two new cases of crippling polio virus have been reported in Pakistan`s troubled northwestern region, bringing the total number of victims detected this year to 104, a health official said on Friday.

37 bodies recovered after Karachi bathing deaths

Last Updated: Saturday, August 2, 2014, 14:34

Rescuers recovered two more bodies from rough seas off Pakistan`s biggest city Karachi as the search for a group of bathers who drowned earlier this week continued Saturday, officials said, raising the death toll to 37.

Eight killed as landslide hits Nepal, sparking flood fears

Last Updated: Saturday, August 2, 2014, 13:07

A massive landslide in northeastern Nepal left at least eight people dead and dozens missing Saturday, burying a hydropower plant and putting several villages at risk of flash floods due to debris blocking a major river, officials said.