Landslide and Flash Floods Hit Indonesia’s Sumatra, Leaving 16 Dead and 6 Missing
Rescuers in Indonesia recovered 16 bodies under tons of mud and rocks or that were swept away in flash floods that hit mountainside villages on Sumatra Island, officials said Monday.
Deadly Alcohol Poisoning Casts Shadow Over the Laotian Backpacker Town
A little town known as a backpacker paradise in northern Laos has come under spotlight for a mass poisoning case that has killed at least six tourists and potentially injured scores of others.
Laos Government Pledges Justice in Mass Alcohol Poisoning Case that Has Killed 6 Tourists
The Laotian government on Saturday officially acknowledged the mass poisoning that has killed at least six tourists, promising it would bring perpetrators to justice.
Second Australian Teen Dies in Tainted Alcohol Case in Laos that Has Killed 6...
A second Australian teenager who fell critically ill after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos has died in a hospital in Bangkok, her family said Friday, bringing the death toll in the mass poisoning of foreign tourists to six.
American and Australian Tourists Die, Raising Toll to 4 in Laos Alcohol Poisoning Incident
An Australian teenager has died after drinking tainted alcohol in Vang Vieng, Laos, in what Australia's prime minister on Thursday called every parent's nightmare, and the U.S. State Department confirmed an American also died
US Defense Chief Regrets China’s Decision Not to Meet During Southeast Asian Security Talks
JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI, VIENTIANE — U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin expressed regret Wednesday that his Chinese counterpart chose not to hold talks with him...
Southeast Asian Defense Chiefs Meet in Laos as Maritime Disputes with China Are Flaring
Southeast Asian defense chiefs and representatives are meeting in the Laotian capital on Wednesday for security talks at a time of increasing maritime disputes with China in the Asia-Pacific
Typhoon Man-Yi Worsens Crisis From Back-To-Back Storms That Devastated the Northern Philippines
Typhoon Man-yi left at least three villagers missing, destroyed houses, knocked out power in entire towns and displaced large numbers of villagers before blowing away from the northern Philippines
Thailand Leads Southeast Asia in Road Fatalities, UN Special Envoy Warns
Southeast Asia is the second most-affected regions in the world when it comes to road accidents, after Africa, and Thailand “tragically leads in this statistics”
Volcanic Eruption Burns Houses in Indonesia, Killing at Least 10 People
Indonesia’s National Disaster Management Agency said Monday that at least 10 people have died as a series of volcanic eruptions widens on the remote island of Flores.
