A 43-year-old Nepali guide died and a British climber was injured on Monday when an earthquake triggered an avalanche on the Himalayan peak they were climbing, an expedition operator said. They were part of a 13-member team climbing the 6,812-metre (22,349-foot) Ama Dablam peak in the Everest region when the ...
Philippine police defused a bomb found in a rubbish bin near the US embassy in Manila Monday, authorities said. The police chief of the national capital region told AFP an improvised explosive device composed of a cellphone, blasting cap, 9-volt battery and 81-millimetre mortar was found by a street sweeper ...