rescue operation

The Japanese Coast Guard said Sunday that rescue helicopters found nine of the 26 people from a tour boat missing in the frigid waters of northern Japan.

A 5-year-old boy who was trapped for four days in a deep well in Morocco has died, the royal palace said Saturday.

Over 80 people went missing in a jade mine landslide in Myanmar's Kachin state in the early hours of Wednesday, Xinhua quoting a local village administration official reported.

At least 12 people died and dozens were injured in a blast in Pakistan's Sindh province on Saturday afternoon.

At least 15 people died and over 100 others went missing in India's southern state of Andhra Pradesh due to flash floods following incessant rainfall, local media reported Saturday.

Mandip Gurung, an international mountain guide, who developed altitude sickness has been airlifted to Kathmandu from Lukla today.

ANNFSU and NYA, both close to ruling CPN (UML), have mobilised separate teams to launch rescue operations and provide reliefs to flood victims at Melamchi and Helambu areas in Sindhupalchowk district.

At least 19 people were killed and many others injured in several states across the western coast of India due to the impact of cyclone Tauktae, local media reported on Tuesday.