Rescuers in fishing boats pulled bodies from the muddy Mekong River in Laos after a plane crashed in stormy weather, killing 49 people from 11 countries.

Johnny Murtagh plans to give Royal Diamond a workout over the weekend before making a final decision as to whether he makes the trip to Australia for the Emirates Melbourne Cup.

Michael Hourigan’s Tropical Three, backed at 4-1 in the morning and returned the 13-8 favourite, won the ITBA Fillies Scheme Hurdle at Listowel yesterday.

One-time Derby hope Indian Chief could only finish last of three in the Killarney Grand Race at the County Kerry track.

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Along Came Casey was a most impressive winner of the Listed Irish Stallion Farms EBF Hurry Harriet Stakes over an extended nine furlongs at Gowran Park last night.

Thai police have rescued about 90 famished cats that they believed were being sent to Vietnam where the animals are considered a delicacy.

China has executed four foreigners for killing 13 Chinese sailors in an attack on the Mekong River, following a live nationwide broadcast showing them being led to their deaths.

Decades after the US gave Laos a horrific distinction as the world's most heavily bombed nation per person, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pledged to help get rid of millions of unexploded bombs that still pockmark the impoverished country - and still kill.

WOW, I just long to return to Bangkok and not just for a few days en route to another destination in Asia.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton challenged Burma's leaders today to continue and expand reforms.

An overloaded river ferry capsized on its way to a Buddhist ceremony in Cambodia, killing 17 passengers in a tributary of the Mekong River, an official said.

A GECKO with leopard-like spots on its body and a fanged frog that eats birds are among 163 new species discovered last year in the Mekong River region of Southeast Asia, an environmental group said yesterday.

SCIENTISTS have discovered more than 1,000 species in Southeast Asia’s Greater Mekong region in the past decade, including a spider as big as a dinner plate, the World Wildlife Fund said yesterday.

At least 34 workers were killed and dozens of others trapped or injured today when a bridge under construction in southern Vietnam collapsed, officials said.

A bridge under construction in southern Vietnam collapsed today, killing at least 12 workers and leaving dozens more missing or injured, officials said.

Cambodia’s election committee accused parties contesting local polls for breaking campaign rules today as violence continued to mar the run-up to the vote.

A journalist in northeastern Thailand sprayed rival reporters with bullets over allegations of bribe-taking.