KHOST, Afghanistan -- At least four people were killed late Saturday night in a gas cylinder blast in eastern Afghanistan's Khost province, a local official confirmed Sunday.
Khost provincial government spokesman Mustaghfir Gurbaz told Xinhua that the incident took place in a residential apartment located on the outskirts of Police District 2 in Khost City, capital of the province, leaving four people dead, including a woman and three children. (Afghanistan-Cylinder Blast)
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SEOUL -- All the 179 people aboard a passenger jet that crashed while landing at an airport in southwest South Korea were confirmed dead except only two rescued, multiple media outlets said Sunday, citing the fire authorities.
The fire authorities were quoted as saying that the bodies of 179 victims were retrieved from the scene at 8:38 p.m. local time, with only two crew members being rescued. (South Korea-Airplane Crash)
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SYDNEY -- One person died and another was seriously injured in a light plane crash north of Sydney on Sunday, police said.
Emergency services, including police, ambulance crews and a rescue helicopter, were deployed to reports of a recreational aircraft crash at an airfield on Palmers Island, over 500 km north of Sydney in the state of New South Wales (NSW), at about 11:20 a.m. local time. (Australia-Plane Crash-Death)
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SEOUL -- South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol on Sunday turned down the third summons request to call him in for questioning in an investigation into his botched martial law imposition, Yonhap news agency reported on Sunday, citing an investigation body.
The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) handling the case said Yoon did not appear at its office in Gwacheon, just south of Seoul, at 10 a.m. local time on Sunday as requested, the report said. (South Korea-President-Summons)
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TOKYO -- Japan's average temperature in 2024 is likely to hit a record high for the second consecutive year, local media reported.
The average temperature through November was 1.64 degrees Celsius warmer than the annual average for the 30-year period until 2020, hitting the highest level since the country's weather agency started releasing data in 1898, Kyodo News reported, citing preliminary figures released by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). (Japan-Temperature) ■
