News brief: Big stories of the day

The Thai rescue operation is in full swing after reports said two more boys were pulled out from the cave on Monday afternoon after one boy was rescued earlier.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a Metro ride to Noida  Samsung plant. 

Hours after Supreme Court dismissed the review pleas filed by three of the four convicts seeking reduction of their death sentence to a life term in Nirbhaya case,  Nirbhaya's parents said that the decision reaffirmed their trust in the court.

Tokyo will now host an EU-Japan summit on July 17 to sign a free trade accord after the Japanese premier cancelled the talks in Brussels because of deadly floods at home, the European Commission said Monday.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made a surprise visit to Kabul Monday for talks with Afghan leaders, an Afghan official said, amid renewed optimism for peace in the war-weary country.