10 Mountaineers Killed

A minibus carrying mountaineers in Iran plunged into a ravine, killing 10 people and injuring eight, the state media reported.

Flash floods triggered by heavy rains washed away a remote mountain camp in Bhutan on Wednesday killing 10 people and injuring five, while floods in neighbouring Nepal left seven people missing, authorities said.

At least 10 climbers have died and several more are missing in mountains north of Iran's capital Tehran after heavy snowfall, state media reported on Saturday, and the seven crew members of a ship are also missing after storms in the Gulf.

At least 10 pilgrims, including teenagers, headed for Punyagiri or the mountain of good deeds, were killed when a speeding mini-truck rammed their group in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district this morning, police said. The driver of the truck fled after the accident.

Champion sailor Florence Arthaud, Olympic gold medalist swimmer Camille Muffat and Olympic boxer Alexis Vastine were among those killed when two helicopters filming the survival series "Dropped" crashed into each other in the rugged mountains of La Rioja province.

At least twelve Nepalese climbing guides have been killed after an avalanche struck Mount Everest early Friday , in the worst accident to hit the world's highest peak.

At least 10 people were killed and more than 100 injured when an auditorium packed with students collapsed at a resort near the southern South Korean city of Gyeongju.

A bus carrying Hindu pilgrims skidded off a mountain road and fell down more than 300-metre in eastern Nepal, killing at least 10 people, police said today.

Pakistan's once thriving mountaineering industry is reeling from the killing by militants of 10 foreign climbers, a massacre likely to drive away all but the hardiest adventurers from some of the world's tallest and most pristine peaks.

Seven students were killed and 10 others injured when a school bus skidded off a mountain road and fell into a 300-feet gorge in Anantnag district of south Kashmir on Thursday, official sources said.

Ten people, including five children, were killed and 10 others injured after a minibus fell into a mountain valley on Friday in south China.

At least 11 Peruvians were killed and 10 more are missing after a mudslide on Wednesday slammed into a small village in a mountainous jungle region, officials said.

Police in the northern Philippines said that an overloaded minibus with passengers riding on the rooftop has plunged into a 150-meter (500-foot) deep ravine. Eleven people are dead and another 10 injured.Provincial Police Chief William Bequeno said that the vehicle lost control on Sunday while negotiating a rough patch of a mountain road.

A clash in Turkey's mostly Kurdish southeast has left 15 Kurdish rebels and two Turkish soldiers dead, officials said Tuesday. The governor's office in Sirnak province said the clash took place in a mountainous area northeast of Sirnak after troops detected rebel hideouts late Monday. Earlier, state television TRT had reported that troops, reinforc...

A helicopter chartered by an Australian mining company slammed into a mountain in eastern Indonesia, killing all 10 passengers and crew, the head of the search and rescue team said on Thursday.

A minibus carrying mountaineers in Iran plunged into a ravine, killing 10 people and injuring eight, the state media reported.

Flash floods triggered by heavy rains washed away a remote mountain camp in Bhutan on Wednesday killing 10 people and injuring five, while floods in neighbouring Nepal left seven people missing, authorities said.

At least 10 climbers have died and several more are missing in mountains north of Iran's capital Tehran after heavy snowfall, state media reported on Saturday, and the seven crew members of a ship are also missing after storms in the Gulf.

At least 10 pilgrims, including teenagers, headed for Punyagiri or the mountain of good deeds, were killed when a speeding mini-truck rammed their group in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district this morning, police said. The driver of the truck fled after the accident.

Champion sailor Florence Arthaud, Olympic gold medalist swimmer Camille Muffat and Olympic boxer Alexis Vastine were among those killed when two helicopters filming the survival series "Dropped" crashed into each other in the rugged mountains of La Rioja province.

At least twelve Nepalese climbing guides have been killed after an avalanche struck Mount Everest early Friday , in the worst accident to hit the world's highest peak.

At least 10 people were killed and more than 100 injured when an auditorium packed with students collapsed at a resort near the southern South Korean city of Gyeongju.

A bus carrying Hindu pilgrims skidded off a mountain road and fell down more than 300-metre in eastern Nepal, killing at least 10 people, police said today.

Pakistan's once thriving mountaineering industry is reeling from the killing by militants of 10 foreign climbers, a massacre likely to drive away all but the hardiest adventurers from some of the world's tallest and most pristine peaks.

Seven students were killed and 10 others injured when a school bus skidded off a mountain road and fell into a 300-feet gorge in Anantnag district of south Kashmir on Thursday, official sources said.

Ten people, including five children, were killed and 10 others injured after a minibus fell into a mountain valley on Friday in south China.

At least 11 Peruvians were killed and 10 more are missing after a mudslide on Wednesday slammed into a small village in a mountainous jungle region, officials said.

Police in the northern Philippines said that an overloaded minibus with passengers riding on the rooftop has plunged into a 150-meter (500-foot) deep ravine. Eleven people are dead and another 10 injured.Provincial Police Chief William Bequeno said that the vehicle lost control on Sunday while negotiating a rough patch of a mountain road.

A clash in Turkey's mostly Kurdish southeast has left 15 Kurdish rebels and two Turkish soldiers dead, officials said Tuesday. The governor's office in Sirnak province said the clash took place in a mountainous area northeast of Sirnak after troops detected rebel hideouts late Monday. Earlier, state television TRT had reported that troops, reinforc...

A helicopter chartered by an Australian mining company slammed into a mountain in eastern Indonesia, killing all 10 passengers and crew, the head of the search and rescue team said on Thursday.