1. About 25 people were feared dead in Thailand when a school bus carrying students and teachers on a field trip caught fire on the outskirts of the capital Bangkok, with 16 passengers hospitalized.

2. Taiwan mobilised nearly 40,000 troops o be on standby for rescue efforts as powerful Typhoon Krathon approached its populous southwest coast which is bracing for a storm surge.

3. Indian police had detained 912 Samsung Electronics workers and union members for organising a street protest.

4. Israel said intense fighting erupted with Hezbollah in south Lebanon at the start of a ground incursion.

5. In the US, North Carolina officials mount a massive search and rescue operation in the wake of Hurricane Helene, and striking dockworkers halt half the nation's ocean shipping.

6. Euro zone inflation dipped below 2% for the first time since mid-2021 in September.