Hall has been seeking a US visa in South Africa as other African beauty queens face similar hurdles.

Several of the deceased are college students, according to local official Atul Bora, but they have not yet been publicly identified.

Passengers throughout the country were impacted over what the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) describes as “safety and communication issues”.

All passengers have been accounted for after a cargo ship collided with a docked cruise ship.

The ship was intentionally sunk off the coast of Florida in order to create the world's largest artificial ocean reef.

The world’s biggest and longest-running song contest is coming to Asia, with eleven countries competing in Bangkok, Thailand on Saturday.