At least 60 militants have been killed after the Pakistani army launched air strikes on two Taleban training camps in north-west Pakistan, the army says.

A roadside bomb hit a Pakistan air force bus in a northwestern city Tuesday, killing at least 11 military personnel and wounding 10, police said.

The explosion hit the vehicle on a bridge on the outskirts of Peshawar, provincial police chief Malik Naveed Khan said. The bus was heading from the city to the nearby air force base in Badaber.

The floods affected 10 Vietnamese provinces of Lao Cai, Yen Bai, Phu Tho, Quang Ninh, Ha Giang, Tuyen Quang, Bac Can, Lang Son, Thai Nguyen and Lai Chau, the Young People newspaper reported.

ONE person has been killed in an accident after a magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck off the island of Rhodes in southeast Greece, but there were no other reports of casualties or damage.

At least 16 Pakistani paramilitary soldiers and one militant were killed yesterday as pro-Taliban fighters ambushed a security convoy in Pakistan's restive North-West Frontier Province.