Thailand receives 12.46 mln foreign tourists in January-June

Thailand received over 12.46 million foreign tourists between January and mid-June, on course to meet the country's whole-year target of 25 million, data showed on Tuesday.
7 missing in southwest China landslides
Seven people have been unaccounted for after landslides hit a county in southwest China's Sichuan Province in the wee hours of Tuesday.
House collapse amid heavy downpour claims 2 lives in western India
A 65-year-old woman and an eight-year-old girl died, and another person was injured when a house collapsed amid heavy rains in India's western state of Rajasthan late Monday night, confirmed local police on Tuesday.
Lightning strikes kill 4 in India's Rajasthan
At least four people were killed and four others injured in lightning strikes in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, officials said Monday.
Flooding displaces over 92,000 people in southern Philippines
The Philippine government has evacuated at least 92,319 people in three flood-hit towns in south-central Mindanao, a government agency said Monday.
10 killed, 6 injured as lightning strikes parts of Pakistan's Punjab
Ten people were killed and six others injured when lightning struck parts of Pakistan's east Punjab province on Sunday, rescue officials said.
South Africa reports 197 cholera cases, 43 deaths
A total of 197 cases of cholera have been confirmed in South Africa with 43 deaths, said the Department of Health on Sunday.