Friday, 17 October 2014

Death toll rises in Nepal avalanche area

October 17

Rescuers have widened their search for trekkers missing since a series of blizzards and avalanches battered the Himalayas in northern Nepal earlier this week, leaving at least 29 people killed. The...

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Pentagon report faults efforts to find MIAs

October 17

The Pentagon's effort to find missing service members from past wars is wracked within inefficiencies, lacks a clear mission and fails to differentiate remains that can be recovered from those lost...

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16 killed in collapse at South Korea pop concert

October 17

At least 16 people are dead and nearly a dozen injured after the ventilation grate they were standing on collapsed at an outdoor pop concert in South Korea today, officials said. The crowd had climbed...

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