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378 killed in Thailand's road accidents during Songkran festival

Atotalof378peoplehavebeenkilledandmorethan3,500othersinjuredinThailand'sroadaccidentsinasix-daytimeduringSongkranfestival,accordingtoanofficialreportreleasedonT

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Two persons killed, seven injured in road crash in central Sri Lanka

TwopersonswerekilledandsevenothersinjuredonFridayinaroadcrashinvolvingacabandalorryintheareacalledWelikandaineasternSriLanka,localpolicesaid.Thepolicesaidtheacc

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7 die as boat sinks in central Mozambique

Sevenpeople,includingtwopolicemen,weredrownedafteraboatsanktothebottomofZambeziRiverduetobadweatherincentralprovinceTeteinMozambiqueonMondaynight.Speakingtothep

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Road accidents kill 428 in Kuwait in 2017: statistics

About428peoplewerekilledinroadaccidentsinKuwaitin2017,theKuwaitinewspaperAl-JaridadailysaidTuesday.AccordingtoanannualstatisticsissuedbytheKuwaitiGeneralDirecto

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At least 6 dead and 17 injured in bus-truck collision in Cote d'Ivoire

Acollisionbetweenamini-busandatruckleftatleast6peopledeadand17injuredontheAbidjan-DabouaxisonSunday,accordingtoasecuritysourceissuedonSundaynight.Theclashbetwee

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6 killed, 20 injured in SW Pakistan's road accident

AroadaccidentoccurredonTuesdayinPakistan'ssouthwesternBalochistanProvince,leavingsixpeoplekilledand20othersinjured,accordingtolocalmedia.Theincidenthappenedwhen

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Vietnam's traffic accidents decline in first 5 months

​Between January and May, 8, 374 traffic accidents occurred in Vietnam, killing 3,588 people, severely injuring 2,403 people, and lightly hurting 4,936 others, the country's Traffic Police Department said Tuesday.

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Thailand water festival sees 25,516 treated for road injuries and rising death poll

A total of 25,516 people with road accident injuries have received medical care from public hospitals nationwide during Thailand's Songkran water festival, of whom 3,815 were seriously hurt, Thai Public Health Ministry revealed on Sunday.

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Road accidents kill 47 Cambodians during lunar New Year travel

Forty-seven people were killed in road accidents during the last four days of the Cambodian New Year holiday this year, up 9 percent from 43 deaths over the same period last year, a report from the Interior Ministry's public order department showed on Sunday.

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Road crashes kill 38 in Cambodia during Chinese New Year holiday

Road traffic crashes killed 38 people and injured 127 others in Cambodia during the three-day travel of Chinese New Year, compared with 21 deaths and 131 injuries in a year earlier, said a National Police report on Wednesday.

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171 deaths in China coal mine gas accidents in 2015

China's National Energy Administration (NEA) said Thursday that 171 people were killed in 45 coal mine gas accidents last year.

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Corruption behind accidents deserve harsher penalties: authority

​Corruption that leads to accidents should be subject to harsher penalties, according to a new judicial interpretation on endangering production safety.

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20 killed in car accident in Iran

​At least 20 people were killed and 10 others were injured in a car accident on a road linking capital city of Tehran to Iran's religious city of Qom on Sunday, state IRIB TV reported.

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74 killed in traffic accidents across Turkey during religious holiday

​At least 74 people were killed and 375 others injured in traffic accidents across Turkey during the four-day long Eid al-Fitr holiday, private Dogan News Agency reported on Sunday.

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Traffic accidents claim 199 lives in Vietnam during 6 days of lunar New Year vacation

Traffic accidents claimed 199 lives and left 326 others injured during the first six days of the lunar New Year holiday from Feb. 15 to 20, according to Vietnam's National Traffic Safety Committee on Saturday.

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42 injured in bus accident near Egypt's Red Sea resort

​A total of 42 Egyptians were injured on Monday when a passenger bus flipped over on a high way heading to Egypt's Red Sea resort city of Hurghada, the state-run al-Ahram newspaper reported.

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China imposes harsher punishment to ensure workplace safety

China's top legislature on Sunday adopted a revision to the Workplace Safety Law which imposes harsher punishment on offenders.