A Thai Navy SEAL who rescued a football team trapped in a flooded cave last year has died from an infection he picked up during the operation.
According to a statement issued by the Royal Thai Navy, Petty Officer Beiret Bureerak, who had been receiving treatment for the blood infection, died on Friday after his condition worsened.
The Wild Boars football team, aged between 11 and 16, and their 25-year-old coach were trapped in Tham Luang cave for 17 days before they were rescued.
School bus accident in Colombia kills 17, injures 20
Seventeen people were killed and 20 were injured after a bus carrying school children fell off a cliff in a rural area in northern Colombia, the local governor said on Sunday night.
Father and son reported behind Bondi shooting that killed 15
Two alleged gunmen who killed 15 people at a Jewish celebration at Sydney's Bondi Beach were a father and son, police said on Monday, as Australia began mourning victims of its worst gun violence in almost 30 years.
Shooting at Australia's Bondi Beach kills 12
At least 12 people were killed and almost 30 wounded when gunmen opened fire at Sydney's Bondi Beach on Sunday in what Australian police and officials described as a terrorist attack.
Police hold person of interest after Brown University shooting leaves two dead
A man has been taken into custody on Sunday at a Rhode Island hotel and held as a "person of interest" in the Brown University shooting that left two students dead and nine wounded amid year-end final exams at the Ivy League school, authorities said.
UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has discussed enhancing cooperation with Niko Christodoulides, President of Cyprus, as part of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between the two nations.
The UAE has inaugurated the Emirates Medical Centre in Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, that aims to support the health sector across the territory by delivering urgent medical care.
UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has started his official visit to Cyprus with a reception ceremony held by President of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides, at the Presidential Palace in Nicosia.
