SHAH ALAM, Oct 26 — Two brothers were found drowned after falling into a drain while playing near a village in Bagan Tengkorak, Tanjong Karang, yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 26 — A Malaysian student in the United Kingdom, who put her newborn baby in a cereal box in March and hid the box in a suitcase, has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 17 years.

BANGKOK, Oct 1 — At least 23 people died in Thailand when a school bus carrying more than 40 students and teachers on a field trip caught fire in the outskirts of the capital Bangkok, police said today.

UNITED NATIONS, June 12 — United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres yesterday named and shamed Israel’s armed and security forces, Palestinian militants Hamas and Islamic Jihad, and Sudan’s warring parties for killing and maiming children last year, adding them to an annual global list of offenders for violations against children.