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Thai Rescue Diver Dead After Running Out of Oxygen

BANGKOK — A Thai diver died after running out of oxygen while assisting in the rescue of 12 boys and their football coach trapped inside the Tham Luang in Northern Thailand, an...

Dozens missing after boat capsizes off southern coast of Thailand

Dozens of people are reported missing after a tourist boat capsized on rough seas late Thursday off the southern coast of Thailand, according to authorities. The boat, carrying mostly Chinese tourists, overturned...

IS announces death of leader al-Baghdadi’s son

The son of the Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has died in a suicide attack mission in the city of Homs in western Syria, according to the IS media al-Nashir...

South Korean basketballers arrive in North to mix sports, diplomacy

A group of male and female South Korean basketball players will play their North Korean counterparts in a series of games aimed at furthering the growing ties between Seoul and Pyongyang. A...

Thai youth football team in cave receive badly needed supplies

Divers have supplied the 12 Thai teenage football (soccer) players and their adult coach trapped in a flooded cave complex with edible high-energy gels and medicine to sustain them as they...

Ex-Malaysian PM Najib arrested amid embezzlement scandal probe

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has been arrested in connection with multi-billion dollar scandal involving sovereign wealth fund 1MDB. Sources say Najib was arrested at his home Tuesday by agents with...

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