Traveling between the capital, Dhaka, in central Bangladesh, and Sylhet, in the northeast, a passenger train derailed while crossing a bridge over a canal on June 23, killing five people and injuring at least 100. The train was carrying at least 2,000 people at the time of the accident, the cause of which was under investigation at press time.

A sightseeing boat carrying 33 South Korean tourists and two Hungarian crew on the Danube in Budapest, Hungary, collided with a Viking River Cruises boat on May 29 and sank. At least seven people were killed, with 21 still missing at press time. Only seven people were rescued, all South Koreans. No passengers or crew aboard the river cruise boat were injured.

Surveillance video shows the stricken boat, the Mermaid, was passing underneath the Margit (Margaret) Bridge when it appeared...

In Gwadar, Balochistan province, southwestern Pakistan, gunmen attacked the Zaver Pearl-Continental Hotel on May 11, killing four employees. The Pakistan military responded to the scene, and three of the attackers and one soldier were killed.

A separatist group, the Balochistan Liberation Army, which opposes foreign influence in the province, claimed responsibility for the attack, saying the hotel was targeted because it is part of a larger, China-backed infrastructure project in the...