A dangerous operation to rescue seven villagers trapped in a flooded cave for a week continues to unfold in a mountainous region of Laos, where experts are trying to beat bad weather and deteriorating ...

Hungry and weak, the Laos cave survivors huddled together in damp darkness for 11 days, clinging to hope as a wall of water blocked their way out. When they noticed the water finally start to recede, ...

Two of the seven people who became trapped in a flooded cave a week ago are still missing, rescuers have said. "We've found five people alive and all safe. There are still two people we are searching ...

BANGKOK, May 30 (Reuters) - Rescuers pulled four people from a flooded cave in Laos on Saturday, Thai volunteer rescuers said, hours after ‌another man was brought out late on Friday. The five are ...

Bangkok — Five villagers stuck in a flooded cave in central Laos for more than a week were found alive, rescuers said Wednesday, but two others are missing. The villagers entered the cave in ...

An international effort to free the trapped men brought attention to the country’s informal mines, where panning for gold can pay more than minimum wage. By Francesca Regalado and Muktita Suhartono ...

One gold miner in Laos was brought out of a flooded cave in a perilous two-hour operation where monsoon rains have trapped a group for over a week, one of the divers involved in Friday's rescue told ...

Rescuers pumped water from the flooded cave, enabling four miners to crawl out. One used diving gear to escape earlier, and two remain missing. By Isabella Kwai Four more miners trapped in a cave in ...

For tens of thousands of years, these Palaeolithic artworks were unseen. When they were rediscovered, onlookers marvelled at their vivid beauty. One of the world’s leading experts took me up close The ...

Rescuers in central Laos are racing to find two men feared to be trapped in a flooded cave network for almost two weeks, as storms batter the dense jungle. The men are thought to have entered the cave ...

Man is ‘safe and sound’ after perilous operation, leaving four inside a small chamber and two still to be located The first of seven men who have been trapped in a flooded cave in Laos for more than a ...