Bangkok Fire

Bangkok nightclub fire kills 54, injures 100

Bangkok, Thailand – A fire swept through a high class nightclub jammed with hundreds of New Year's revelers in the Thai capital, killing at least 54 people and injuring about 100, officials said ear

China

Lightning injures nine tourists on Great Wall

Lightning strikes on the famed Great Wall in Beijing injured a total of nine Chinese and foreign tourists on Thursday, state media reported.

Nepal Attack

Tourist buses attacked in western Nepal

KATHMANDU - At least two tourists were injured when agitating transport workers indiscriminately attacked eight tourist buses in Kaski district in western Nepal on Tuesday.

Egypt

UK tourists injured in Egypt balloon crash

CAIRO - Seven tourists from Britain and Belgium were seriously injured on Wednesday when a balloon they were riding in fell to the ground in the southern Egyptian city of Luxor, security sources said.

The five tourists from Britain and two from Belgium had been photographing the city, home to the pharaonic Karnak Temple, when the balloon ... read more

Egypt

15 tourists injured in Egypt crash

Ten Germans and five other tourists have been injured after their bus overturned on a mountain road near St Catherine's Monastery in southern Sinai.

The Egyptian bus driver was killed and two Egyptian tourist guides were also injured in the accident.

Dominican Republic

British tourist has penis chopped in Caribbean

A British plumber is recovering after having his penis partially chopped off by attackers while he was holidaying on a Caribbean island.

Alan Reed, 43, was found lying in a pool of blood by his girlfriend Ellie Rothery, 21, after a night out in the popular resort of Cabarete in the Dominican Republic.

Philippines

32 slightly injured as tourist plane loses control at Manila airport

MANILA - Thirty-two passengers and three crew members of a small Filipino air line catering for tourists were slightly injured as the plane lost control when landing at an airport in Manila Sunday afternoon, reported local television network GMA News.