MANILA -- A flight instructor and his female student-pilot survived without injuries after their trainer plane crash-landed in a rice field in Talavera town in Nueva Ecija province of the Philippines on Monday.

Police said the two were piloting a two-seater Cessna plane from Lingayen, Pangasinan province when the engine conked out midair around 7:35 a.m. local time. The plane was headed for a roundtrip to Cabanatuan City and back to Lingayen, police added. (Philippines-Plane crash)

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MANILA -- The number of cases and deaths due to an outbreak of measles continued to rise in the Philippines, according to the data culled by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

As of March 2, OCHA said 16,349 measles cases including 261 deaths were reported by the Philippine Department of Health (DOH). (Philippines-Measles)

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NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD -- A key train service, Samjhauta Express between India and Pakistan, was resumed on Monday, officials said.

The rail service between Lahore and Delhi was suspended in wake of the recent tension between the two neighboring countries. (India-Pakistan-Cross border train)

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TOKYO -- Japan's new emperor is scheduled to greet the public on May 4, just days after Crown Prince Naruhito takes the Chrysanthemum Throne, the Imperial Household Agency officials said on Monday.

The agency had originally decided to open the Imperial Palace to congratulatory visits from the Japanese people after a ceremony on Oct. 22 to announce the enthronement. (Japan-Emperor) Enditem

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