Six tourists - two Australians, two Danes,a Briton and an American - have died in the incident so far in Vang Vieng, a town in Laos popular with backpackers.

Moscow attacked Dnipro city in response to the United States and United Kingdom allowing Kyiv to strike Russian territory with longer-range missiles for the first time.

Five tourists who were travelling in Laos have died from suspected methanol poisoning.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu can be arrested on sight in two-thirds of the world, but the United States and the Israeli public are behind him more than ever, says RSIS Dr James M Dorsey.

Four other tourists - an Australian, two Danes and an American - have died in the incident in Vang Vieng, a town in Laos popular with backpackers.

Although it was not the first massively multiplayer online role-playing game (a genre known as MMORPG) when it was released in 2004, World of Warcraft was an instant success, quickly attracting several million players worldwide.

The days when new carbon levies were deemed too politically impossible to be on the table are well and truly over,says the Financial Times'Pilita Clark.

From armrests to overhead bins, air travel has become a test of patience and restraint now that personal space comes at a premium and everything costs extra, says travel website founder Aaron Wong.