Accidents

Anxious families await news of missing in China’s worst mining disaster in 16 years

A relative of a missing miner waits for news outside the Liushenyu coal mine, where an explosion killed dozens.

Shark kills man at Australia’s Great Barrier Reef in third fatal attack in 2026

There are around 20 shark attacks in Australia every year, but the vast majority are not fatal.

Dozens injured in head-on German tram collision

More than 50 people were injured when two trams collided in the German city of Duesseldorf on May 23.

Segar LRT death: LTA probe ongoing, improvements to safety to be made ‘as needed’

Staff inspecting the train tracks at Segar LRT station on May 18, after a man fell onto the tracks and died.

Italian divers in Maldives may have got lost in underwater cave: Recovery firm

Divers conduct search and recovery operations for the remaining bodies of Italian tourists in the waters of Vaavu Atoll, Maldives, on May 20.

Bodies of last two Italian divers recovered in Maldives

The bodies of two Italian divers being transferred from a police boat to an ambulance in Male on May 19.

Woman dies after manhole plunge on busy New York street

Police officers near a manhole in New York on May 19, where a 56-year-old woman died after she fell into it.

Police looking for driver of minibus involved in Holland Road accident with motorcycle

A hit-and-run accident involving a minibus and a motorcycle along Holland Road towards Ulu Pandan Road on May 18, 2026.

Thailand orders rail safety overhaul after deadly Bangkok crash

Thai rescue workers search for victims following a collision between a freight train and a bus at the Airport Rail Link's Makkasan station in Bangkok, Thailand, on May 16.

Bodies of 4 missing Italian divers found in undersea Maldives cave

Members of the Maldivian military prepare to search for four Italian divers who drowned inside an underwater cave.

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