Kaziranga National Park
An elephant attacked a jeep ferrying tourists from a wildlife safari and injured all five of them at the famed Kaziranga National Park in Assam Monday.
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South Korea Mulls Warning For Tourists To Moscow
SEOUL - South Korea is considering issuing a travel warning for students and tourists heading to Moscow, Seoul's foreign ministry said Monday, as a South Korean student in the Russian capital remained
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At Least 36 Killed And 70 Injured
By Chip Cummins
A series of bombs targeting at least three hotels rocked Baghdad Monday afternoon, in the latest of four large-scale bombing attacks carried out since the summer and ahead of March parliamentary elect
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Airline Industry
By B.K. SIDHU
PETALING JAYA - The foiled attack on a US carrier on Christmas Day has had little impact on carriers in the Asia Pacific region, which sees a better year ahead as demand for air travel picks up.
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Behavior Does Not Represent Islam
By eTN Staff Writer
A statement was issued today by the National Council of Nigerian Muslim Organizations in the United States of America (NCNMO) condemning Friday's attempted bombing of a Northwest Airline flight into D
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Niger
By DALATOU MAMANE
NIAMEY, Niger – Unidentified gunmen shot dead three tourists from Saudi Arabia in an attack Monday in Niger's remote western desert, officials said.
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Mauiritania Attack
NOUAKCHOTT — Three Spanish tourists were kidnapped on Sunday in northwestern Mauritania on the road linking the capital Nouakchott to the city of Nouadhibou, a Spanish diplomatic source said.
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Pirates Attack Wrong Ship
NAIROBI – Somali pirates attempted to storm the French navy's 18,000 tonne flagship in the Indian Ocean after mistaking it for a cargo vessel, the French military said on Wednesday.
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Crocodile Attacks Tourist
A U.S. tourist got more then he bargained for when he was attacked by a crocodile while attempting to answer the call of nature in the Mexican resort of Cancun this week.
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Tourist Attacked In Melbourne
Detectives have arrested a man over the savage bashing and stabbing of an 18-year-old German tourist in Melbourne's north yesterday morning.
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Louvre
PARIS — The Louvre Museum says a Russian visitor hurled an empty terra cotta mug at the Mona Lisa.
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Amazon River
Aqua Expeditions' luxury river ship, Aqua, was raided by armed bandits on Sunday, reports industry publication Travel Weekly.
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Iraq
KHANQIN, Iraq - Gunmen opened fire at tourist buses Wednesday in Iraq, killing five Iranians, police sources say.
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Yellowstone National Park
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK - For the second time this year a tourist at Yellowstone National Park has been attacked by a bison.
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Chinese Tourists Warned
BEIJING - China's National Tourism Administration Saturday urged Chinese tourists to exercise caution when visiting Munich.
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ETA Threats
Eta, the Basque separatist group, has threatened to attack British tourists and second-home buyers in the French Basque Country for destroying the region’s culture and heritage.
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France
MOULIDARS, France - Three British women were recovering after being attacked by a huge swarm of bees in what witnesses in France described as a scene from a horror movie.
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Sri Lanka
By UPI
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Repeated wasp attacks on tourists have prompted Sri Lankan officials to close the country's famous Sigiriya rock fortress.
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Blocks Emails From Victim's Attorney
By eTN Staff Writer
Matthew Ashe of Stevenson, Washington filed a lawsuit against Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) after being assaulted during a vacation cruise on the Norwegian Star in March 2008.
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Yemen
By bbc.co.uk
A suicide bomber has attacked a South Korean delegation visiting Yemen after a deadly attack on tourists on Sunday.
Officials said no one apart from the bomber was harmed in this attack.
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