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CCTV shows plane nosediving into forest killing all nine onboard in Thailand

The Cessna Caravan 208B aircraft took off from Bangkok before it plunged into the mud and explodes in Chachoengsao, eastern Thailand, on August 22 evening.

Body parts found in Thai plane crash that killed family from China

Rescuers used backhoes and pumping machines to search a the swamp where a Cessna Caravan 208B aircraft plunged into the mud in Chachoengsao province on August 22 evening.

Flood gushes into home in northern Thailand

Video shows the brown torrents spilling into a house in Phayao province on August 21.

Firemen battle to rescue shopper swallowed by pavement sinkhole in Malaysia

The shopper, believed to be a 48-year-old Indian woman, was walking along the Jalan Masjid India area of Kuala Lumpur when the pavement underneath gave way on August 23 morning.

Brave janitor catches python hunting chickens at school

The fearless employee, who stays at a nearby house, inspected the chicken coop after hearing the hens clucking loudly in their enclosure at the Wat Ku Sanamchan School in Samut Songkhram province in the early hours of August 17.

Floods kills four and force thousands from their homes in northern Thailand

Severe flooding caused by seasonal rains has wiped out more than 5,000 acres of farmland and submerged at least 5,579 houses in Chiang Rai province since August 16.

Landslide kills at least five people stuck in building in Phuket, Thailand

The landslide crashed into a residential area housing hotels and apartments in the town of Karon in Phuket in the early hours of August 23.

Beautiful Thai fitness influencer arrested over Forex trading scam

Apinya, 31, who goes by the online handle 'Yuki', was said to have used her good looks to lure her social media followers into investing in a website called 'Sulfver'.

Police nab South Korean 'call centre scammers' in Thailand

Officers raided a luxury condominium believed to be a base of operations for the suspected scammers in the Ekkamai district of Bangkok on August 21.

Boys trapped in lift for nine hours after jamming door with shoe

Faiq Adiwira, 11, and his friend, 10, were leaving the building to buy food at a nearby shop when they started playing around inside the lift cabin in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on August 19.

Bridge collapses in flood leaving villagers stranded in Thailand

Footage shows locals building a temporary walkway using bamboo poles after the Ban Nam Sod bridge was wiped out by a flash flood in Nan province on August 22.

Sailors rescued when Houthi rebels attack oil tanker off Yemen

The crew of the Greek-flagged MT Sounion vessel were bombarded with gunfire and missiles as they were travelling in the Red Sea off Hodeidah port on August 21.

House collapses as flood erodes its foundation in Thailand

Footage shows the home toppling into an adjacent canal as the ground beneath it gave way in Nan province on August 21.

Drone flies life vest to villager stranded in raging flood in Thailand

Footage shows the flying machine delivering the vest and a safety rope to a farmer named Chai while he was being battered by heavy rain in Phayao province on August 21.

Floods swamp streets in Laos as region is battered by monsoons

The deluge swamped streets in the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone in the Pheung district of Bokeo province in the land-locked Communist country.

Philippine Coast Guard shows damaged ship 'rammed by Chinese vessels' in South China Sea

Footage shows Filipino crew patching up a hole on the BRP Bagacay, which was allegedly rammed twice by China Coast Guard Vessel 21551 while sailing in the dispute Escoda Shoal on August 19.

Rescue teams battle rising water levels in search for pilots and seven tourists in submerged plane

Police believe the crew and holidaymakers are entombed inside the cabin 16ft under swamp-like mud in the wooded area in Chachoengsao, 150km east of Bangkok. They fear the nearby tidal river will submerge the area by 10pm and are using an excavator to try and reach those inside.

Pilots and seven tourists feared dead as private jet crashes into forest in Thailand

The Cessna 208B Grand-Caravan took off Bangkok carrying the European family to Trat province in the east of the country some 285 km (177 miles) away.

Pilot and seven tourists missing as private jet crashes in forest in Thailand

The Cessna 208B Grand-Caravan took off Bangkok carrying the European family to Trat province in the east of the country.

Landslide blocks road in northern Thailand

Footage shows mud and fallen trees obstructing one lane of the hillside road in Phayao province on August 21.
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