AN EARTHQUAKE measuring at least magnitude 5.9 shook a sparsely populated area of southern Iran yesterday, flattening seven villages and killing 10 people, officials said.

Thousands of students rioted at a college in southern China to protest against fees and other campus issues, a Hong Kong newspaper reported today.

A BUS in southern China carrying a group celebrating International Women’s Day ran off a cliff yesterday, killing at least 22 people and injuring 22 others.

A bus in southern China carrying a group celebrating International Women’s Day ran off a cliff today, killing at least 22 people and injuring 22 others.

Authorities downstream on the Yangtze River braced themselves for high water racing towards them today as the city of Wuhan escaped flooding.