foxnews.com/AP reportedPolice in Thailand have issued arrest warrants for two Americans they say stole human body parts from a local medical museum and attempted to mail them to the United States. Police on Tuesday issued the warrants for Ryan McPherson, 31, and Daniel Tanner, 33 on charges of theft, possessing stolen items and falsely declaring the items on shipping documents. Read Article
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foxnews.com reported…When Stacey Addison left Portland, Ore., in September for a solo journey around the world, she was anticipating adventure. What she got was a nightmare with no end in sight. The 41-year-old veterinarian is sitting in a jail cell in East Timor, the victim of a legal misunderstanding that poses daunting diplomatic challenges to […]
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GORKHA, OCT 14 – A French tourist went missing in the Budi Gandaki River here in Gorkha district on Tuesday. According to District Police Office, the missing tourist identified as Emily Alanin, 67, of France, was swept away by the Budhi Gandaki River after she slipped and fell from a cliff known as Ganaune-bhir in […]
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scmp.com reported oOne dead and a dozen injured, including two Chinese nationals, in blast outside a pub in bustling tourist district of Kuala Lumpur. A man was killed and a dozen others wounded, including two Chinese nationals, when a hand grenade exploded early yesterday in a tourist section of Malaysia’s capital. Police suspect the attack […]
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PHUKET: Police are hoping that the speedy arrest of a knife-wielding thief who targeted a Bahrain couple on Monday will raise tourists’ confidence in their safety. Patong Police arrested Ismael Pomalee, 30, from Pattani, less than 24 hours after the robbery. “We received a call at about 9:30pm on Monday saying that the couple had […]
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A 40-year-old Dutchman wanted in Thailand on suspicion of beating his 35-year-old Thai wife to death with a tablet computer was arrested Wednesday morning by Koh Kong military police at a hotel in Smach Meanchey district. Matthew Mannen was arrested by two military police officers shortly after he checked out of the Apex Kohkong Hotel, […]
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shanghailist.com reported a middle-aged woman was beaten with a brick to her head after she cut in line at the entrance to a public restroom in Xiamen, NetEase reports. According to witnesses involved, a woman around 50 years old had wanted to cut in line at a restroom near the Galangyu market street as she […]
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tuotirenews.vn reported an Argentinean tourist was killed in a fire that hit a hotel in downtown Ho Chi Minh City on Wednesday. The foreigner has been identified as 21-year-old Argentinean national Julieta Kohner, police said. A preliminary probe found that at 6:00 am the same day, Julieta Kohner came to Budget Saigon Hostel close to […]
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travelandtourworld.com reported an overloaded bus in Nepal travelling from Jogbuda to Dhangadi in the Doti district about 800km west of Kathmandu met with an accident. It fell off a road into a gorge killing 29 people and leaving a dozen others injured. The people in the bus were tourists who were travelling to meet their […]
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bbc.com reported the bodies of 31 hikers have been found near the top of Japan’s Mount Ontake a day after a sudden volcanic eruption.The hikers were not breathing and their hearts had stopped. The search for a total of 45 missing climbers has now been called off for the night. The volcano, about 200km (125 […]
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