The 12 Thai boys and soccer coach who were rescued from a flooded cave will be discharged from hospital and hold a news conference the same day to satisfy huge media interest in their story, a government official say.

Five marines are killed and one injured when a South Korean military helicopter crashes at a marine base in the country's southeast, the defence ministry says.

An intense heatwave kills at least 14 people over a three-day long weekend in Japan, media reports, and high temperatures hamper the recovery in flood-hit areas where more than 200 people died last week.

France winning the World Cup trophy in Russia, Chinese kitchen and bathroom appliance maker Vatti Corp is now in the spotlight -- it is time for the company to deliver on a bold promise.

The stunning rescue operation of 12 young footballers and their coach from a flooded cave in Thailand is turned into a documentary by the Discovery channel.

Twelve young footballers and their coach rescued from a Thai cave will be released from hospital, health officials say, offering psychological support and urging the group to avoid media interviews despite huge interest in their against-the-odds survival story.

An Air China jet made a rapid emergency descent after a co-pilot mistakenly turned off air-conditioning systems in a bid to conceal his e-cigarette smoke, Chinese media quoted the country's civil aviation authority as saying yesterday.

South Korean president Moon Jae-in said yesterday he is confident a diplomatic thaw between Washington and Pyongyang will continue, despite "bumps and bruises" on the path to denuclearising the Korean peninsula.

An explosion at a chemical plant in southwest China left 19 dead and injured another 12, authorities said yesterday, the latest industrial accident in a country where lax regulations often lead to tragedy.

Officials of the Thai Royal Navy SEAL narrate how they planned and conducted the rescue operation for 12 boys and their soccer coach inside a cave complex in Thailand's mountainous north meticulously - but quickly, as more rains threatened.

After their traumatic ordeal deep inside a dark and flooded mountain cave, Thailand’s 12 rescued boys and their young soccer coach will now have to navigate a fresh challenge: Fame.

Japan risks more severe weather and must find ways to alleviate disasters, a government spokesman says, as intense heat and water shortages raised fear of disease among survivors of last week’s floods and landslides.

The water pumps fail, and Commander Chaiyananta Peeranarong heard shouts of alarm as the final stage of an unprecedented operation to rescue 12 Thai boys and their coach from a flooded cave almost tips into disaster.

A cave complex in Thailand where 12 schoolboys and their soccer coach were trapped for more than two weeks before they were safely brought out will be turned into a museum to showcase the rescue, the head of the operation says.

The Canadian High Commission has presented birthday boy Dr Mahathir Mohamad a photograph of his meeting with the young Justin Trudeau in 1982.

The Thai Navy SEAL Facebook page releases a video clip that shows for the first time how the 13 Mu Pa Academy football team members were evacuated from the Tham Luang cave.

The United Nations' humanitarian chief said yesterday he had seen "clear evidence" of need in North Korea -- where one fifth of children are malnourished -- during a rare trip.

The first video of the Thai boys rescued from a flooded cave after 17 days is released, showing them smiling and waving from their hospital beds, looking thin but fine after an ordeal that has gripped the world.

English Premier League side Manchester United invites the Wild Boars football team, like the Chilean miners rescued in 2010, to visit Old Trafford following their dramatic rescue.

A video clip shows the moment last night when Thai Navy Seal divers, who had accompanied the last members to be rescued from deep in the Chiang Rai's flooded cave complex, leave the cave, with army medic Dr Pak Loharnshoon being the last person to get out.