Gas leak in major Istanbul hotel poisons 23 people

Around 23 people, mainly tourists, have been hospitalized after a gas leak in the Modern Sultan Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey.

According to the local newspaper, Today's Zaman, the incident happened at the hotel, located in İstanbul's Fatih district, early on Monday. 21 of the people affected are foreign tourists and two are hotel employees.

Four people are apparently in a critical condition and ambulances rushed them to local hospitals. Apparently the patients were described as unconscious, with white foam coming from their mouths.

The tourists were taken to the Haseki Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul University Hospital, and other hospitals in Istanbul, Okmeydani, Taksim and Sisli Etfal.

Firefighters and gas experts are on the scene, investigating the cause.

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New tourism trend: Israeli tourists head for Syria border (video)

The latest destination on the Israeli tour map is the border with Syria. Tourists are flocking there, armed with cameras and binoculars.

This is, apparently, the latest craze with tourists, where they can hear, and sometimes see, the Syrian civil war blazing away on the other side - but from a safe distance in the Golan Heights... read more and watch video.

Video: Bulgaria suicide-bomber caught on CCTV at Burgas airport

The suicide bomber who blew up a tourist bus carrying Israeli tourists in Bulgaria, has been caught on the CCTV camera in the Burgas airport.

Bulgarian police have released a video taken with CCTV cameras at Burgas airport showing the suicide bomber. They hope that by doing so, more information can be gathered on what happened.

The number of dead from the suicide bombing of a tourist bus filled with Israel tourists in Burgas, Bulgaria is now at least six... read more and watch video.

Bus rolls off cliff in Taiwan — 15 people injured (video)

A bus carrying tourists from South Korea was visiting Taiwan's Taroko National Park in Hualian county when the accident occurred.

The video, filmed from another vehicle, shows the bus veer off the highway and roll off a cliff in the Taroko National Park in Eastern Taiwan on Wednesday. The bus was apparently crossing the Chinwen Bridge in the park when it overturned at 1:48 p.m.

The tour bus then rolled onto its side, but luckily did not fall down to the river below.

Apparently the cause of the accident was engine failure while navigating the steep mountainous road... read full article and view video.