Airlines, airports and tour operators are urging the European Union to suspend new security checks causing long delays for Australian and other foreign travellers.

Thai police are investigating whether an Australian man charged with murdering a 17-year-old girl could be connected to two unsolved deaths involving women whose bodies were also found in suitcases.

A pet pig was rescued after a detached garage caught fire Tuesday morning in Fresno, according to the Fresno Fire Department.