Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, May 3

Death toll from the massive earthquake in Nepal reached 7,240, while the number of injuries stood at 14,122, the Ministry of Home Affairs said on Sunday.

Four persons, including a 105-year-old woman, were rescued alive from the debris of collapsed buildings in Nepal on Sunday, the police said. (Nepal-Quake)

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RIYADH -- Saudi Arabia on Sunday denied media reports that troops were deployed to Yemen's Aden to start a ground operation there.

"There are no foreign forces in Aden, but the coalition continues to help fight against the Houthi militia," spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition Ahmed al-Asiri said in a statement. (Saudi Arabia-Yemen-Ground Operation)

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LOME -- The constitutional court of Togo declared on Sunday elected the outgoing president Faure Gnassingbe for a third five-year term in office as winner of the 25 April presidential election with 58.77 percent of votes. (Togo-Election)

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DAMASCUS -- The Syrian army on Sunday wrested back control over an important town in eastern countryside of capital Damascus, cutting a key rebel supply route, according to the official SANA news agency.

The government forces captured town of Maidaa' and its surrounding orchards in east of Damascus, said SANA, adding that the town served as a supply route for rebels between the hotbed towns of Douma and Dumair. (Syria-Army)

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ADEN, Yemen -- The Saudi-led coalition forces dispatched its first special unit of ground troops to Yemen's southern port city of Aden on Sunday morning, a Yemeni government official told Xinhua.

"The first Saudi-led coalition troops arrived in Aden and have engaged in the fighting alongside with tribal militia allied with Yemen's President Abdu-Rabbu Mansour Hadi in Aden's neighborhood of KhorMaksar," the senior government official based in Aden said on condition of anonymity. (Yemen-Ground Troops-Aden) Endi