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Seventeen people were killed and 20 were injured after a bus carrying school children fell off a cliff in a rural area in northern Colombia, the local governor said on Sunday night, Reuters reported. 

In a post on X earlier in the day, the governor of Antioquia, Andres Julian, said the bus was traveling from the Caribbean town of Tolu to Medellin after a school trip and was carrying students from the Antioqueno High School.

The students had been celebrating their graduation on the beach, he added on Sunday night, according to Reuters. 

Two alleged gunmen who killed 15 people at a Jewish celebration at Sydney's Bondi Beach were a father and son, police said on Monday, as Australia began mourning victims of its worst gun violence in almost 30 years, Reuters reported. 

The father, a 50-year-old, was killed at the scene, taking the number of dead to 16, while his 24-year-old son was in a critical condition in hospital, police said at a press conference on Monday. Officials have described Sunday's shooting as a targeted antisemitic attack.

Forty people remain in hospital following the attack, including two police officers who are in a serious but stable condition, police said. The victims were aged between 10 and 87, according to Reuters. 

Two US soldiers and a US civilian interpreter have been killed in Syria in an ambush by an Islamic State (IS) gunman, the US Central Command (Centcom) has said, BBC reported. 

Officials said three other service members were injured in the attack, during which the gunman was "engaged and killed". Syria's state news said two Syrian service personnel were also injured.

US President Donald Trump wrote on social media that it was "an ISIS attack" against the US and Syria and said there would be "a very serious retaliation". Syria's president sent condolences to Trump after the attack, according to BBC. 

Chile has elected the far-right wing Jose Antonio Kast to be its next president, after an election campaign that was dominated by themes of security, immigration and crime, BBC reported. 

Kast won decisively with more than 58% of the vote in his third attempt at running for president.

It marks the biggest shift to the right since the end of Chile's military dictatorship in 1990. Kast has openly praised Chile's former right-wing dictator, Augusto Pinochet, according to BBC. 

The CPN-UML has announced the election schedule to elect the new leadership from the party's 11th National Congress.

The Chairman of UML Central Election Commission, Dr Bijaya Subba, made public  the election schedule this evening. 

As per the schedule, the namelist of voters will be made public at 7 this evening, while the complaints over the voters' namelist could be filed until 9 am on Monday.

The final namelist will be published at 10:15 am on Monday and the candidates will be given the nomination form from 9 am to 12 in the afternoon on Monday.

The candidates can register their forms from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm and the preliminary namelist of the candidates will be released at 2:30 pm. 

Dr Subba said that complaints on the candidates could be filed from 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm on Monday. 

Likewise, the final namelist of the candidates will be made public at 6 pm on Monday.

The  voting will be held from 11 am to 5 pm on December 16. 

The inaugural session of the UML's 11th National Congress was held in Bhaktapur on Saturday. 

The closed-session of the party's National Congress is going on in Bhrikutimandap from this afternoon.   

President Ram Chandra  Paudel has suggested that the government should entirely focus on holding the forthcoming House of Representatives (HoR) elections scheduled for March 5.  

Receiving the annual report of the National Security Council of the fiscal year 2081/82 BS at the Office of the President on Sunday, the President asked the government to discharge its responsibility without impacting the upcoming polls, President's Press Advisor Kiran Pokharel said.

On the occasion, the President directed the security bodies including the Nepal Army to pay much attention to security issues being more prompt than before.

Likewise, President Paudel expressed confidence that the National Security Council will work further effectively in coming days by analyzing the possible new security threats.  

Prime Minister and Chair of National Security Council Sushila Karki submitted the report to the President, it has been  said.  

Bollywood actor Arjun Rampal announced his engagement to long-term partner, model and actress Gabriella Demetriades, following six years of dating. The couple shared the news with fans after a candid conversation with actor Rhea Chakraborty, in which Demetriades clarified they are “not married now,” and Rampal confirmed they are “engaged.”

Rampal and Demetriades, who began dating in 2019, are parents to two sons, Arik and Arav. Gabriella, a South African model and actress, has worked on major fashion runways and high-profile campaigns while also pursuing acting projects. They have shared the glimpse of their life online with pictures. The engagement has seen an amazing support and celebratory messages, marking the next chapter in their life together.

Kasmire Pachhyauri, a Nepali song which was released on 18 Jan 2024 has hit 100m just a few days ago. The song struggles in the beginning due to the ban of the TikTok in Nepal. Once the ban was lifted, it became a song to trend everywhere. The song features vocals of Babukrishna Pariyar and Deepika Byambu, with lyrics and music by Nischal Dawadi. 

The music video, directed by Mausam Himali, highlights the acting and dancing of Babukrishna and Kepina Gotame, adding visual appeal to the song. The viral success of Kasmire Pachhyauri marks a new chapter for Nepali music in the global digital space