TheStarsHub — Six people have died in a helicopter crash in Nepal, a spokesperson for Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport said Tuesday. The Manang Air helicopter was carrying five Mexican passengers and a Nepali pilot, Teknath Sitoula told TheStarsHub. Reuters reported that Manang Air caters to tourists wanting a view of Nepal’s peaks, including Mount Everest, … Read more
Hong Kong TheStarsHub — At least 25 people have been killed after a bus carrying a wedding party burst into flames after crashing in India’s western state of Maharashtra on Saturday. Baburao Mahamuni, Deputy Superintendent of Police in Buldhana, said the incident had taken place on the Samruddhi Mahamarg expressway, TheStarsHub’s Indian affiliate News 18 … Read more
TheStarsHub — Ma Khin Hla and her five siblings didn’t have time to run when a fighter jet buzzed over their village in Myanmar’s central Sagaing region. “We six siblings were sitting and talking at home as our brother monk was visiting us from town,” said Ma Khin Hla, 67, who asked to use a … Read more
TheStarsHub — An 18-year-old boy was killed and dozens were injured when a fire extinguisher exploded during a drill at a high school in Bangkok on Friday, police and fire authorities said. The extinguisher exploded during a fire drill at the Rajavinit Mathayom school, Thiti Saengsawang, commissioner of the city’s Metropolitan Police Bureau, told TheStarsHub. … Read more
TheStarsHub — Multiple people are feared dead in Australia after their bus crashed Sunday as they returned from a wedding in a wine region in the east of the country. The bus rolled over at a roundabout near the New South Wales town of Greta in the Hunter region, also referred to as the Hunter … Read more
Sydney/Hong Kong TheStarsHub — A hostage video released by West Papuan independence fighters Friday includes a warning from captive New Zealander Philip Mehrtens, saying the group is ready to kill him. The rebels took the pilot captive in February, demanding seccession talks with Indonesia involving regional powers Australia and New Zealand. “If it does not … Read more
TheStarsHub — Qasim received a call in late March that his brother, an employee with Afghanistan’s Taliban government, had been seriously injured in a suicide bombing near the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kabul. The 32-year-old rushed to the hospital with his family, but when they got there he was told by the doctors his … Read more
TheStarsHub — Authorities in New Zealand have arrested a suspect in relation to a fire at a hostel that killed at least six people on Tuesday. The man has been charged with two counts of arson, but police say they have not ruled out “further, more serious charges in relation to the deaths at the … Read more
TheStarsHub — When a tourist at a Tibetan hotel noticed a foul smell in his room and asked to move, little could he have guessed he would get caught up in a murder investigation. The traveler spent half a day in the room wondering where the smell was coming from and initially suspected either the … Read more