One person was killed and 77 injured during a second night of rioting at an Australian immigration detention centre on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island, officials said on Tuesday.

SEOUL: A resort auditorium's roof loaded down with snow and rain collapsed during a welcoming ceremony for South Korean university freshmen, killing 10 and injuring more than 100, officials said on Tuesday.

 LONDON: The River Thames has burst its banks after reaching its highest level in years, flooding riverside towns upstream of London.

UNITED NATIONS: Russia is blocking Western efforts to push through a security council resolution that would raise the prospect of sanctions against Syria unless the government gives unrestricted access to deliver humanitarian aid.

NANJING, China: China and Taiwan will hold their first government-to-government talks on Tuesday since they split 65 years ago after a brutal civil war — a symbolic yet historic move between the former bitter rivals.

WASHINGTON: The US Transportation Security Administration is temporarily banning carry-on liquids, aerosols, gels and powders on flights between Russia and the United States, a department of homeland security official said on Thursday.

 BEIRUT: The Syrian government reached an agreement with the United Nations on Thursday to secure the evacuation of hundreds of trapped civilians from besieged parts of the central city of Homs, according to Syria's state-run TV.

WASHINGTON: The US Homeland Security Department is warning airlines flying to Russia that terrorists may try to smuggle explosives on board hidden in toothpaste tubes.

WASHINGTON: The United States has growing concerns that China's maritime claims in the disputed South China Sea are an effort to gain creeping control of oceans in the Asia-Pacific region, a senior US official said on Wednesday.

Airlines were canceling thousands of flights on Wednesday as snow and freezing rain crippled the US northeast and midwest for the second time in a week.