Civilians on five South Korean border islands were ordered today to take shelter after Seoul announced it would stage a live-fire drill despite North Korean threats of retaliation.

Seoul, Nov. 27: North Korea on Saturday accused South Korea of using civilians as human shields at an island the North attacked this week, saying the South was publicizing the deaths of two of the civ

The number of casualties in the MiG 27 fighter plane crash in West Bengal rose to three on Sunday after two children hit by splinters of the aircraft died at a hospital here, police said.

Latika Roy