Thai boys wait to be freed from cave as rescuers replenish supplies
Eight boys and their soccer coach who remain trapped in a flooded cave in northern Thailand waited for a rescue operation to resume on Monday as the first four unidentified boys freed were said to be in good health and recovering in hospital.
Rescuers dig through mud, rubble for survivors after Japan floods kill over 100
Rescuers in western Japan dug through mud and rubble on Monday, racing to find survivors after torrential rains unleashed floods and landslides that killed more than 100 people, with dozens missing.
Japan’s PM Abe cancels overseas trip after floods kill over 100
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will cancel an overseas trip from Wednesday that would have taken him to Belgium, France, Saudi Arabia and Egypt, after torrential rains killed more than 100 people in western Japan, a source briefed on the matter tol…
Myanmar court presses secrets act charges against Reuters reporters
A court in Myanmar on Monday charged two jailed Reuters journalists with obtaining secret state documents, moving the landmark press freedom case into its trial stage after six months of preliminary hearings.
Two dozen die as Turkish train derails after rain, landslide: state broadcaster
Twenty-four people were killed in northwest Turkey when five carriages of a train headed for Istanbul derailed following heavy rain and a landslide, state broadcaster TRT Haber quoted Deputy Prime Minister Recep Akdag as saying on Monday.
Japan hunts for survivors of floods that killed nearly 100
Rescuers in western Japan dug through mud and rubble on Monday, racing to find survivors after torrential rains unleashed floods and landslides that killed nearly 100, with dozens missing.
Olympic equestrian tycoon saddles up to join Mexican leftist’s cabinet
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s new chief of staff is a tycoon and former Olympic equestrian show-jumper whose gamble on Mexico’s leftist president-elect paid off politically, but who must now tread carefully to avoid conflicts of interest.
U.S. Military identifies soldier killed in ‘insider attack’ in Afghanistan
A U.S. soldier killed in Afghanistan was identified late on Sunday as Cpl. Joseph Maciel of South Gate, California, the Department of Defense said in a release.
Myanmar court charges Reuters reporters with official secrets offense
A court in Myanmar on Monday charged two jailed Reuters journalists with obtaining secret state documents, moving the landmark press freedom case into its trial stage after six months of preliminary hearings.
New Zealand to buy Boeing P-8 aircraft in $1.6-billion deal to boost monitoring of Pacific
New Zealand has agreed to buy four Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance aircraft through the United States’ foreign military sales program, its defense minister said on Monday.
