ISLAMABAD -- Two people were killed and 10 others injured when a bomb went off in a market area in Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province on Sunday night, officials said.

The incident happened at about 9:40 p.m. local time (GMT 1640) when an improvised explosive device planted in a motorbike exploded in Khuzdar district of the province, police sources from the province told Xinhua. (Pakistan-Balochistan-blast)

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MAPUTO -- At least 91 people died after an overloaded boat capsized near the Island of Mozambique in Mozambique's northern province of Nampula on Sunday, the state-run Radio Mozambique (RM) reported.

The fatal victims include children, and another 34 people were missing, the report said, adding that five survivors were found. (Mozambique-Nampula-Shipwreck)

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PARIS -- Three people died on Sunday after a fire broke out in an eight-storey building in the eastern part of Paris, local media reported.

According to French news channel BFMTV, the fire started at around 8 p.m. (1800 GMT) in the building located at 146 rue de Charonne in the 11th arrondissement of Paris. (France-Paris-Fire)

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YANGON -- Four people were killed and eight others injured in a car crash in eastern Myanmar's Shan State, an official from the Myanmar Fire Services Department told Xinhua on Monday.

The incident occurred in Taunggyi Township of Shan State at around 7 p.m. local time on Sunday. (Myanmar-Car Crash)

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JAKARTA -- Twelve people were killed and two others injured in a fatal crash involving three vehicles on a highway in the Indonesian province of West Java on Monday, police said.

According to the preliminary report, the accident occurred on a highway in Karawang regency when a minibus with nine people on board was about to pull over on the road shoulder, but was suddenly hit by a bus behind. (Indonesia-Road Accident) Enditem

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