At least 24 people were killed in Bangladesh on Wednesday after a passenger bus carrying about 40 people plunged into the Padma River while attempting to board a ferry.

Eighteen people, including a foreigner, were killed when a passenger bus en route to Kathmandu from Pokhara plunged into the Trishuli River in central Nepal's Dhading district early Monday, according to local administration.

Seven people were injured in a chain-reaction traffic accident involving seven vehicles in the Çekmeköy district of Istanbul during the night, according to local media reports.

Drivers are facing major disruption on the M40 in south Warwickshire after a serious crash left a lorry overturned early this morning. The motorway has been fully closed southbound between junctions 16 (Hockley Heath) and 15 (Warwick), with long delays building in the area.

At least 21 people have been killed in a road accident in central Mexico, according to a local official.

Seven people have died in a collision between a tour bus and a truck near Yellowstone National Park.

At least 16 people were killed and several others injured after their passenger bus careened off into a ravine near the Bola Khan police station, in the Jamshoro district of Pakistan’s Sindh province, according to local police officials.