ISLAMABAD -- At least 313 people have died and over 150 others are still missing in northwest Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in the past three days after flash floods triggered by days of torrential monsoon rains, a senior official said on Sunday.
"As many as 150 people may still be trapped under debris in Buner district, where 213 deaths and 126 injuries have been confirmed," said Asfandyar Khattak, director general of the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA), at a press briefing in provincial capital Peshawar. (Pakistan-Flood-Death)
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SYDNEY -- Two people suffered minor injuries after a light aircraft made an emergency landing on a golf course in northern Sydney on Sunday afternoon.
The Piper PA-28 Cherokee made the emergency landing on the course in Mona Vale, 23 kilometers northeast of central Sydney, shortly after 2:00 p.m. local time on Sunday. (Australia-Emergency Landing)
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SEOUL -- Two people were killed and 13 others were injured on Sunday in South Korea's apartment fire, according to Yonhap news agency.
The fire broke out at the 20-story apartment building in Seoul at about 8:10 a.m. local time (2310 GMT Saturday). (South Korea-Apartment Fire)
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SYDNEY -- One man was dead and another has been hospitalized with serious injuries following a shooting outside a hotel in Sydney's inner west.
Police in the Australian state of New South Wales said in a statement that emergency services were called to reports of a shooting outside a hotel in the inner-western Sydney suburb of Forest Lodge around 6:40 p.m. local time on Sunday night. (Australia-Shooting) ■
