A roadside bomb killed 15 passengers in a van and wounded 12 others in north-west Pakistan near the Afghan border today, police said.

Aid workers helping survivors of a tsunami disaster in the Solomon Islands complained today that the relief efforts were chaotic and lacked resources.

International aid trickled to survivors today after the earthquake and tsunami that devastated parts of the Solomon Islands.

A massive undersea earthquake sent a tsunami crashing into the South Pacific nation of Solomon Islands today, destroying at least one town and killing eight people, including six children, officials said.