theguardian.com The death toll from the devastating earthquake in Nepal climbed above 1900 on Sunday and was continuing to rise as officials struggled to gauge the full scale of the disaster and the world rushed to provide desperately needed aid.

news.com.au Among the people who died at Everest was Google executive Dan Fredinburg. A woman who identified herself as Fredinburg's younger sister, Megan, posted on Fredinburg's Instagram page that he suffered a major head injury in the avalanche that was triggered by the quake.


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bangkokpost.com North Korea has requested a formal partnership with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, a top Malaysian Foreign Ministry official said.

theguardian.com More than 1500 people were killed by a powerful earthquake that struck Nepal. The earthquake - which measured 7.8 on the Richter scale - wrecked houses, levelled centuries-old temples and triggered avalanches on Mount Everest.



AP The United Nations secretary-general is warning Burma that stability in its most sensitive region can't be achieved unless it addresses the issue of citizenship for minority Rohingya Muslims. Ban Ki-moon told a Burma delegation that the UN has seen ''already troubling signs of ethnic and religious differences being exploited'' as elections approach later this year.



everestnews.com A massive earthquake just hit Everest. Basecamp has been severely damaged. Our team is caught in camp 1. Please pray for everyone.

stuff.co.nz The earthquake triggered an avalanche which swept down into base camp, showering those resting there before the climb in rock, ice and snow. Other avalanches followed, creating further mayhem and panic. The terror is nearly unimaginable. The result would be at least 18 people killed in Everest's base camp alone.

masslive.com A week-long intensive search for a Western Massachusetts native who disappeared off a boat while on a diving vacation in Phuket, Thailand has officially ended. ''The US Embassy told (Major) it's been the largest search ever conducted in Thai waters,'' said Alison Podworski, spokeswoman for the family.

wcvb.com Joshua Devine's mother Marie Major and sister Jennifer Bakowski returned Friday. They met with US Embassy and local officials. Devine disappeared April 11 on vacation off Phuket with his wife Thadsana. She told family members Devine, an experienced diver, went missing from a boat where he had been drinking.

nationmultimedia.com Thai Airways International Plc ( THAI) President Charamporn Jotikasthira said the airline aims to be the safest carrier in the Asia-Pacific region within this year. The airline is now running internal audit procedure in the wake of safety issues raised by the International Civil Aviation Organisation.

independent.co.uk Leaders and dignitaries from Australia, New Zealand and Turkey joined thousands of people at dawn ceremonies on Turkey's Gallipoli Peninsula, marking the 100th anniversary of the opening of an eight month campaign that helped shape all three nations.

bangkokpost.com A common time zone proposal for Asean will likely fail at an upcoming meeting of their leaders in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday as Thailand and Cambodia object.



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theguardian.com Aston Villa were quite good for much of this game and a little unlucky not to take something from it. Man City 3-2 Aston Villa.



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