It is too early to rule out a criminal element in the death of Nóra Quoirin, her family’s lawyer has insisted.

For more than a week, Nóra Quoirin’s parents have waited anxiously for news of their missing daughter — but this morning they hope to hear how their beloved 15-year-old girl died.

A newborn baby died after being snatched by a monkey from a family’s living room, according to Malaysian news reports.

One Indonesian woman drowned and 14 other suspected illegal immigrants were missing after a boat capsized off Malaysia's west coast, police said today.