Hope has returned for the five trapped men deep inside a flooded Laos cave. For more than a week, they huddled together above the murky waters in the pitch black, more than 260 meters from the cave’s entrance, wondering if anyone would ever find them.

The villagers were searching for gold in the cave when flash flooding blocked their way out. The rescue effort includes Thai experts who aided in the dramatic recovery of a youth…

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…

Locals entered the cave in search of gold and were trapped when heavy rains flooded it; 'confident' they are still alive because there is still air inside the cave; Divers from…

"The collapse risks are high because you're constantly touching the roof, and it's hand-dug. There's no support anywhere," said Mikko Paasi, a diver who helped rescue a youth…

Five of the seven villagers trapped for a week in a flooded cave in Laos have been found alive, rescuers said on Wednesday.

Five of the seven villagers trapped for a week in a flooded cave in Laos have been found alive, rescuers said on Wednesday.

Even before the men went into the Laos cave to fossick for gold, the rain has started. Their families told this masthead that they had been warned not to go, “but they didn’t…

The search will continue, with two people still missing inside the cave.

For now they remain stuck in an underground cavern as rescuers continue to search for the two remaining people.

For now they remain stuck in an underground cavern as rescuers continue to search for the two remaining people.

An international operation to rescue a group of villagers from a cave has found five alive but organizers warned the real work had only just begun.

Five of the seven men have been found alive after a week trapped in the cave. But their ordeal is not over yet.

Rescuers say extraction efforts complicated by low oxygen supplies, dark and narrow spaces, plus more rain

Hope has returned for the five trapped men deep inside a flooded Laos cave. For more than a week, they huddled together above the murky waters in the pitch black, more than 260…

Five villagers trapped inside a flooded cave in Laos for more than a week have been found alive, while two are still missing.

A diver describes the "emotional moment" when he found a group of men alive after they were trapped for more than a week in a Laos cave, while a South Australian renowned for his…

Footage shows rescuers squeezing themselves through tiny gaps to reach five out of seven villagers that had been trapped in a flooded Laos cave for a week. Video shared on social…

Rescuers rushed on Thursday to pump water from a flooded cave in Laos, where seven Laotians have been trapped for more than a week.

Specialist divers found the five men alive and huddled in a narrow passage around 980 feet from the exit of the cave on Wednesday, but they have yet to be pulled out

Rescuers rejoiced as they found five of the seven men trapped in a Laos cave. But they caution a high-stakes extraction lies ahead, "and it ain't going to be easy".