Rescuers have found the bodies of all four people on board a small plane which crashed into an active Philippine volcano last week. Authorities on Thursday confirmed the deaths of…
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New Caledonia: Australian man killed by shark at popular beach in New Caledonia
An Australian tourist has been killed by a shark in front of horrified onlookers in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia. The 59-year-old was swimming about 150m (500ft) from…
Panama: Bus plunges off road killing 39
At least 39 people died in Panama when a bus carrying migrants hoping to reach the US plunged into a ravine. The bus was heading north and was near the…
Peru: Machu Picchu reopens as protests shift to capital
The Inca citadel of Machu Picchu will reopen on Wednesday, Peruvian officials have announced. The Unesco World Heritage site, which is visited by thousands of tourists a day, was closed…
Germany: Strikes shuts down seven airports
Seven major German airports have been brought to a standstill after hundreds of ground crew walked out on strike in a row over pay. Aircraft are grounded at Frankfurt, Munich,…
Fiji: Australian boy, 8, dies of suspected electrocution at a resort
An eight-year-old Australian boy has died from suspected electrocution while on holiday in Fiji. The boy, identified by family as Cairo Winitana from Sydney, was staying with his parents at…
South Africa: Tour bus crash kills 20 in Limpopo province
A head-on collision between a tour bus and an armoured cash-in-transit van has killed 20 people and wounded 68 others in South Africa. The vehicles collided on a motorway bridge…
Tibet: Avalanche kills 28 as search is called off
A rescue operation to find people trapped in an avalanche on a Tibetan highway has now ended, with Chinese state media reporting the death toll to be at least 28.…
Japan: Avalanche kills two skiers in Nagano region
The bodies of two men caught in an avalanche on Sunday have been found in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Extensive searches took place after the incident, which happened on the east…
Alps: Weekend avalanches kill 10 in Austria and Switzerland
Ten people have been killed in several avalanches across the Austrian and Swiss Alps over the weekend. Tourists from New Zealand, China and Germany were among the dead at a…