There were 12,697 new Covid-19 cases and 132 more fatalities registered during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Friday morning.

SONGKHLA: An army ranger was on the run after his wife and her mother were shot dead and her sister wounded at their house in Sabayoi district late on Thursday night.

KANCHANABURI: The Department of Medical Services has ordered the immediate closure of a drug rehabilitation centre at a local temple following complaints of violent abuse and extortion of addicts admitted for treatment there.

BEIJING: The former head of Chinese liquor firm Kweichow Moutai, the world's most valuable spirits company, has been jailed for life for taking more than $17 million in bribes.

SAMUT PRAKAN: A 40-year-old man was found dead in his parked car on the side of a road in Bang Sao district on Thursday night. A charcoal stove with ashes was also in the vehicle.

Exports rose less than expected in August as coronavirus restrictions affected manufacturing and logistics, Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit said on Friday, even though a weaker baht provided a boost.

Sonthiya Sawasdee, an adviser to the House committee on law, justice and human rights, on Thursday asked the Election Commission (EC) to initiate a party dissolution probe against the main opposition Pheu Thai Party for allegedly violating the politi...

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Thursday told military leaders that there is no rift between him and Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon.

LOS ANGELES: Footprints dating back 23,000 years have been discovered in the United States, suggesting humans settled North America long before the end of the last Ice Age, research published on Thursday showed.

WASHINGTON: A US judge has ordered Facebook to release posts the social network removed over their role in inciting government-backed violence against the Rohingya people in Myanmar.