How flammable decor and lax rules turned Bangkok pub into a death trap
World 17:34 14/07/2026BANGKOK - At first, only thick smoke billowed out of the front entrance of the bar in northern Bangkok. It was around midnight.
Heatwave linked to more than 5,000 deaths in Germany, RKI says
World 11:56 10/07/2026BERLIN - Germany has recorded an estimated 5,120 heat-related deaths so far this year, most of them in late June when weekly average temperatures far exceeded 20 degrees Celsius, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for public health said on Thursday.
Eight killed in successive Hungary highway crashes, police say
World 15:45 12/06/2026BUDAPEST - Seven people were killed and two injured in western Hungary early on Friday when a minibus carrying nine individuals crashed into a truck idling in traffic caused by an earlier accident on the M1 highway, police said.
Hanoi police charge stepfather with murder in death of 4-year-old girl
Vietnam News 17:17 07/05/2026Hanoi police have arrested and charged a 22-year-old man for murder after a four-year-old girl died following repeated abuse allegedly carried out by her stepfather and biological mother.
Man charged over death of Australian Indigenous girl that sparked outback riots
World 10:44 03/05/2026SYDNEY - Police in Australia's Northern Territory said on Sunday they had charged a man with murdering an Indigenous girl, days after the 5-year-old's death sparked violent clashes in an outback town.
Mass poisoning suspected as 18 wolves die in Italian national park
World 09:18 24/04/2026ROME - Italian authorities are investigating the deaths of at least 18 wolves and several other wild animals found in recent days in a national park, in what conservation groups say is one of the worst attacks on wildlife in Italy.
Vietnam’s Ca Mau reports 1 death linked to suspected meningococcal infection
Vietnam News 17:31 11/04/2026Health authorities in Ca Mau Province, southern Vietnam on Friday confirmed one death linked to suspected meningococcal meningitis after three suspected cases were identified and treated at a provincial hospital, prompting intensified disease monitoring and preventive measures.
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.
