Police investigate death of foreign national at Ho Chi Minh City hotel
Ho Chi Minh City 16:38 20/02/2026Police in Ho Chi Minh City are investigating the death of a foreign man found at a hotel in the city’s Hanh Thong Tay Ward, Phap Luat Thanh Pho Ho Chi Minh (Ho Chi Minh City Law) reported on Friday, citing authorities.
In Vietnam, woman jailed for 3 years for causing fatal crash after downing 8 cans of beer and driving home
Vietnam News 09:30 14/02/2026A court in Dak Lak Province, central Vietnam on Friday sentenced a woman to three years in prison for violating road traffic regulations, causing a fatal traffic accident after drinking eight cans of beer and driving home.
More than 200 killed in coltan mine collapse in east Congo, official says
World 12:28 31/01/2026More than 200 people were killed this week in a collapse at the Rubaya coltan mine in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Lumumba Kambere Muyisa, spokesperson for the rebel-appointed governor of the province where the mine is located, told Reuters on Friday.
Deputy chief minister of India's Maharashtra state among five dead in air charter crash
World 15:02 28/01/2026DELHI - The deputy chief minister of India's wealthiest state of Maharashtra, Ajit Pawar, died on Wednesday, along with four other people on board, when his charter aircraft went down in flames, the aviation regulator said.
Risking death, Indians mess with the bull at annual festival
World 16:42 19/01/2026A construction worker by trade, Saravanan B waited all year to celebrate his true passion -- daring bare-hands bullfighting that has never gone out of fashion in India's south.
At least 19 killed after crane falls on train in Thailand, 80 injured
World 14:09 14/01/2026BANGKOK - A train derailed in northeastern Thailand on Wednesday after a construction crane fell on three of its carriages, killing at least 19 people and injuring about 80, police said.
Contaminated water kills 9 and hospitalises 200 in India's Indore city
World 15:26 02/01/2026NEW DELHI - At least nine people have died and more than 200 have been hospitalised in the central Indian city of Indore after a diarrhoea outbreak that officials said was linked to contaminated drinking water, according to a lawmaker and local health authorities.
Around 40 killed as fire ravages Swiss ski resort New Year party
World 11:10 02/01/2026Several dozen people are feared dead and around 100 others injured after a fire tore through a crowded New Year’s celebration at Le Constellation bar in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana, forcing hospitals in Wallis to declare an emergency.
At least 15 dead, 19 injured in Guatemala bus accident
World 15:35 28/12/2025GUATEMALA CITY - At least 15 people were killed and 19 injured after a passenger bus plunged into a ravine on the Inter-American Highway in western Guatemala, authorities said on Saturday.
Foreigner found dead at Da Nang hotel
Vietnam News 10:07 25/12/2025Authorities in Da Nang City, central Vietnam are investigating the death of a foreign national whose body was discovered in the lobby of a hotel in the city on Wednesday.
Ambulance fire kills 3 on Vietnam expressway
Vietnam News 10:55 18/12/2025An ambulance caught fire after crashing into the rear of a container truck on the access road to a rest area along Ho Chi Minh City - Long Thanh - Dau Giay Expressway in Dong Nai Province, southern Vietnam in the wee hours of Thursday, killing three people who were trapped inside.
Father and son behind Bondi Jewish festival shooting that killed 15, Australian police say
World 10:51 15/12/2025SYDNEY - 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.
