Villagers and rescue teams today searched for survivors on an Indonesian island hit by floods and landslides, as the number of dead reached 201, officials said.

Villagers and rescue teams today searched for survivors on an Indonesian island hit by floods and landslides, as the number of dead reached 190, officials said.

Police and government officials are today struggling to assess the level of damage from a powerful earthquake that rocked the northern fringe of Afghanistan, but said initial reports indicated it was relatively light.

AN AFGHAN infant taken to the US for critical heart surgery died yesterday, two days after his joyous homecoming.

A PRINCE who is heir to the fabulous fortune of the oil-rich sultanate of Brunei married a 17-year-old half-Swiss commoner yesterday in Asia’s wedding of the year, attended by royalty and dignitaries from around the world.

Afghan warlords have a long tradition of changing sides in mid-battle, and none has switched teams more often than Rashid Dostum, the gruff and burly leader of an ethnic Uzbek faction.