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Seventeen Malaysians are among hundreds of foreigners unaccounted for following catastrophic flash floods in Nepal's Rasuwa district. The Malaysian Embassy in Kathmandu is coordinating with local authorities as Nepalese rescue teams deploy to locate the missing nationals.
Thai authorities rescued three Indian tourists from a Pattaya townhouse where they were allegedly abducted and held for ransom by a transnational criminal network. Police are pursuing five suspects believed responsible.
A 60-year-old man was arrested in Athens after attacking two Greek-American tourists with a knife near the Acropolis, the site of Greece's most renowned ancient monuments.
Laotian authorities have indicted the owner of Tiger Vodka distillery and staff from Nana Backpackers Hostel following the deaths of six foreign tourists in Vangvieng late last year, though limited autopsies complicate legal conclusions.