DHUNCHE: A Belgium girl who had been missing for 16 days in Langtang area of Rasuwa district was found dead today. According to district police office, locals found body of Debbie Maveau, 23, at Deurali area of Syafru VDC this morning. “An aerial search was conducted after a tip-off from the locals,” Deputy Superintendent of Police Achyut Prasad Pudasaini said, adding that a police team had reached the area to bring her body back to Dhunche. The cause of her death is still unknown and investigation is underway. Read article
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A nine-year-old New South Wales girl has allegedly been raped while holidaying in Bali with her family. Australian authorities confirmed that Indonesian police are investigating the alleged sexual assault. Read article
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HANOI, June 14 (Xinhua) — The hand-foot-mouth disease (HFM) and dengue fever have developed quickly and unexpectedly across Vietnam’s southern Dong Nai province, warned the provincial preventive medicine center in its report released on Thursday. According to the report, the HFM disease spread to 169 out of 171 communes in Dong Nai province, about 1,120 […]
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The Atatürk Airport SecurityCommission and the Istanbul deputy governor have banned all labor protests on airport property, Doğan news agency reported today. The commission, which made the decision in a monthly meeting, announced that authorities would put an to end to all ongoing protests at Atatürk Airport that are being conducted in response to Turkish […]
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Four Nigerians who had overstayed their Visas were arrested in Negombo by the tourist police. Among those arrested were two men, one woman and a small girl. Read article
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The Mehr News Agency reports on Sunday that the head of the Pasteur Institute labs in Tehran announced that since the beginning of the Iranian year in March, 29 people have contracted the Crimean Congo fever and seven of them have died from it. He confirmed that the virus has been identified in 27 provinces.The […]
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Young and old residents of the Chinese metropolis of Wuhan were advised to stay indoors on Monday after a thick haze blanketed the city of nine million people, official media said. Described by residents as opaque with yellowish and greenish tinges, the fug descended suddenly in the morning, prompting people to rush to put on […]
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Myanmar president Thein Sein has declared a state of emergency in the country after sectarian tensions between Buddhists and Muslims led to deadly riots. So far, seven people have died in the unrest – which flared up in the coastal region of Rakhine state on Friday – with a further 17 wounded. Hundreds of houses […]
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Leading Seaman Timothy MacColl, 27, from Gosport, Hampshire, was last seen by a shipmate getting into a taxi in the early hours of May 27 after a night out. The sailor, originally from Killin in Stirlingshire, had arrived in Dubai on HMS Westminster only the day before, and had just left the Rock Bottom Bar […]
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MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Police say gunmen in the volatile southern Philippines opened fire on a packed minibus this week, killing four people and wounding another two. The attackers began shooting as the vehicle approached Parang town on Jolo Island early Tuesday. The area is a stronghold of al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf rebels notorious for bomb […]
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