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Bangkok blast accused`s extradition hearing adjourned

A Malaysian court on Monday adjourned till June 25 the hearing of an extradition application by auth...

Thai King makes 1st trip outside Bangkok in years

Thousands of Thais lined the roads from Bangkok to the historic capital Ayutthaya to catch a glimpse...

Myanmar `slaves` rescued in Thailand

Currently four million Myanmar migrant workers are in Thailand and only half of them have travel doc...

Thai nationals could be involved in triple bombing

Arrest warrants have been filed against five Iranians, three of them in police custody and two othe...

Thai police identifies 2 more suspects in Bangkok blasts

Thai police said they have identified two more suspects in last month`s triple explosions in centr...

Three more Iranians held in Bangkok bombing case

The three suspects -- two men and a woman -- were identified as Madani Seyed Mehrded, Rahimi Rad Ira...

Thai police question another Iranian in bomb probe

Explosions in Bangkok have been linked to an attack on the wife of an Israeli diplomat in India and ...

Bangkok bombers planned to use motorcycle for attacks?

Thai police are probing if the Iranian suspects planned to use the motorcycle for targeting Israeli ...

Thailand questions `open door` after terror plot

Thailand`s tourism industry brings in more than USD 25 billion in revenues every year.

Bangkok blasts: Search on for 2 more suspects

One of the two new suspects may have been providing training in the use of explosives to three detai...

Thailand seeks handover of Iranian bomb suspect

Thailand is seeking extradition of an Iranian suspected in an alleged bomb plot against Israelis fol...

Thai blast suspect was fleeing to Iran: Malaysia

Masoud Sedaghatzadeh`s arrest showed Malaysia was very serious in addressing the threat of terrorism...

Bangkok blasts not terror attacks: Thai Deputy PM

Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister Chumpol Silapaarcha also said that the three Iranians were not link...

Iranian suspect to be extradited to Thailand

Thailand said that an Iranian national suspected to be involved in the botched bomb plot here will b...

Thai blasts: 3rd Iranian suspect held in Malaysia

Masoud Sedaghat Zadeh was arrested in Kuala Lumpur after the Malaysian authorities received a tip o...

Iranian aggression must be halted: Israeli leader

Iran`s Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said Israel was trying to damage its relations ...

Third Bangkok bomber fled to Malaysia: Thai police

Police in Thailand say the third Iranian suspect involved in a series of blasts in Bangkok has escap...

Iran denies link with Thai blasts, accuses Israel

Thai authorities were holding two Iranians in connection with a series of explosions in Bangkok on T...

Iranian bomber was ‘polite’, say hotel staff

The photographs of all the three suspects of Bangkok bombing have emerged in Thai media.

Thai bombs similar to those in India blast: Israel

Thai police found and defused two magnetic bombs that could be stuck on vehicles after Tuesday`s bla...

Iranians `targeted Israeli diplomats in Bangkok’

Three explosions shook a Bangkok residential neighbourhood on Tuesday, leading police to arrest two ...

Terror plots against Israel hatched in Iran: Envoy

Iran is behind the recent terror strikes in Bangkok as well as in Tbilisi, Israeli Ambassador Alon ...

Triple blasts rock Bangkok; 2 Iranians held

Triple explosions boomed through a busy neighborhood in the Thai capital on Tuesday, police said.

Myanmar`s Karen rebels say ceasefire `fragile`

One of Myanmar`s most prominent rebel groups warned a ceasefire deal seen as a breakthrough in rela...

Thai police say Bangkok bomb plot called off

An alleged terrorist plot aimed at Bangkok that sparked urgent warnings of danger from the US and I...

US warns of possible terrorist threat in Bangkok

The US embassy in Bangkok today warned of a possible terrorist threat against tourists in the Thai...

Thai floods death toll tops 800

The death toll from months of flooding in Thailand has risen above 800.

Thai policeman kills six fellow officers

A policeman in southern Thailand shot dead six fellow officers before turning the gun on himself af...

Thailand flood toll rises to 754

Three people are still missing from the floods that ravaged Bangkok and other provinces.

Police defuse 6 homemade bombs in Bangkok

Thai police say they have defused six homemade bombs found in Bangkok and arrested one suspect.

Thailand to issue passport for Thaksin soon

Thailand will issue a passport for its fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, angering t...

More Bangkok residents advised to flee floodwaters

Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra said people should evacuate three neighbourhoods due to surging water...

Flooding won`t devastate central Bangkok: Thai PM

Thai PM cites flood experts in saying water in the centre of the capital will not be deeper than 12 ...

Floods encircle Bangkok industrial estates

Floodwater encircled two industrial estates in the east of Bangkok on Monday and disrupted bus servi...

Floods threaten Bangkok trains; toll passes 500

Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra has ordered evacuations in 11 of the capital`s 50 districts.

Death toll from Thailand`s worst floods rises to 506

Three months of intense rainfall have fueled Thailand`s worst flooding in half a century.

Floodwaters close in on heart of Thai capital

Officials are warning that no major barriers are standing in the way to prevent the water from reach...

Thai floods threaten underground rail stations

Thailand`s worst floods in decades reached the downtown of the capital Bangkok.

Floods encroach deeper into Bangkok, risk subway

The water from Thailand`s worst flooding in more than half a century was filling Bangkok`s Lad Phrao...

Thai floods: Toll hits 400, Bangkok on alert

Most supermarket shelves are stark and empty with people in a hoarding frenzy mode.

Anger rises in flooded Bangkok as centre stays dry

Tensions were rising between Thai residents and authorities in flooded parts of Bangkok on Monday.

Bangkok flood defenses hold amid high tides

Bangkok`s northern outskirts remained inundated along with much of the rest of the country.

Tens of thousands flee Bangkok

The main concern is that Bangkok`s Chao Phraya River will burst its banks over the weekend.

Thousands leave flood-surrounded Thai capital

Floodwaters bearing down on the metropolis of nine million people have killed 373 people nationwide ...

Floodwaters enter Thai capital`s second airport

Floodwaters in Thailand on Tuesday breached barriers defending Bangkok`s second airport and have be...

Thais tense as floods set to swamp more of capital

Thailand`s worst flooding in five decades has killed at least 356 people and affected nearly 2.5 mil...

Thailand says floods may ease early next month

The flooding is the worst to hit Thailand since 1942, and the crisis is proving a major test for Tha...

Floods may last for 6 more weeks: Thai PM

Thailand`s PM called for all agencies to collaborate to protect Bangkok from a potential deluge of f...

Floods threaten Bangkok, scores killed in Myanmar

The floods have also killed at least 247 in Cambodia and displaced tens of thousands of people.

Thai floodwaters spill into northern Bangkok

Millions of nervous Bangkok residents were warned to move their belongings to safety as the kingdo...

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