Asia
Deaths rise as Nepal issues more permits for Mount Everest
Namche, May 29 (AP/UNB) — Scaling Mount Everest was a dream few realized before Nepal opened its side of the mountain to commercial climbing a half-century ago. This year the government issued a record number of permits, leading to traffic jams on the world's highest peak that likely contributed to the greatest death toll in four years.
Amnesty Int'l charges Myanmar military with new abuses
Bangkok, May 29 (AP/UNB) — Myanmar's military, accused of massive human rights violations against the Muslim Rohingya minority less than two years ago, is committing war crimes and other atrocities as it engages in new military operations in the western state of Rakhine, the human rights group Amnesty International said Wednesday.
India's Modi faces foreign pressures in 2nd term
New Delhi, May 28 (AP/UNB) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi won a second term in office after responding to a suicide attack on Indian paramilitary forces in troubled Kashmir with an airstrike inside Pakistan, allowing him to turn voters' attention away from the country's highest unemployment rate in decades.
Tainted liquor kills 6 in northern India
Lucknow, May 28 (AP/UNB) — At least six villagers died and five others were hospitalized after drinking tainted liquor in northern India, police said Tuesday.
Knife-wielding man attacks schoolgirls in Japan, killing 2
kawasaki, May 28 (AP/UNB) — A man carrying a knife in each hand and screaming "I will kill you!" attacked a group of schoolgirls and adults near a bus stop just outside Tokyo on Tuesday, killing two and injuring 16 before killing himself, officials said.
Taliban attacks kill 10 Afghan troops, 4 police
Kabul, May 27 (AP/UNB) — A roadside bombing claimed by the Taliban killed 10 Afghan soldiers in the country's west while insurgent attacks on security checkpoints in northern Afghanistan killed four policemen, local officials said Monday.
North Korea calls Bolton 'war monger' over missile comment
Seoul, May 27 (AP/UNB) — North Korea on Monday called U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton a "war monger" and "human defect" after he described its recent tests of short-range missiles as a violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.
BJP activist shot dead in India's West Bengal
New Delhi, May 27 (Xinhua/UNB) -- An activist of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was shot dead by unknown gunmen in eastern Indian state of West Bengal, police said Monday.
Explosions in Nepal's capital leave 3 dead, 8 wounded
Kathmandu, May 26 (AP/UNB) — Three explosions killed three people and wounded at least eight in different parts of Nepal's capital on Sunday, with police suspecting that an outlawed communist group was responsible.
Nepal's record-setting Everest guide returns hero
Nepal, May 26 (AP/UNB) — Family, friends and supporters welcomed a veteran Sherpa guide upon his return to Nepal's capital on Saturday, days after his 24th climb of Mount Everest extended his record.