At least 50 people are reported to have died amid heavy thunder and lightning that battered parts of northern India on Tuesday, 

 Several people have died or were injured after a military airport in Syria came under missile attack, the country's state media reported.

 A major earthquake has struck eastern Nepal, two weeks after more than 8,000 people were killed in a devastating quake.

 Female trafficking a growing problem in Nghe An; Hanoi expands methadone treatment for drug addicts; First EkoCenter launched to promote community well-being; Urban train project creates traffic chaos in Ha Noi