SONGKHLA: A headless human body, decomposed to the bones, was found on an ocean beach by a man out for a walk on Tuesday morning in Muang district.

BERLIN: German police and special forces on Wednesday launched an operation in the eastern city of Dresden after death threats were issued against a top politician who backs coronavirus vaccines, authorities said.

Thailand's digital finance will be a major boost to economic growth next year, helping smaller businesses gain more access to credit after a struggle to stay afloat during the pandemic, the finance minister said on Wednesday.

There were 29 more Covid-19 fatalities and 3,370 new cases registered during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry said on Wednesday morning.

At least 11 Indonesian migrants died and 27 are believed to be missing after a boat sank Wednesday in stormy weather off southern Malaysia, authorities said.

MANILA: The Philippines has detected two imported cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant of concern, its first reported cases, the Department of Health said on Wednesday.

KUALA LUMPUR: The United States is considering new measures to pressure the Myanmar junta to return to a "democratic trajectory", Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday, as alarm grows over an escalating crackdown on dissent.

KUALA LUMPUR: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday the United States was looking at what additional steps to take against Myanmar's junta and said Southeast Asian leaders had been invited to hold talks at a summit with President Joe...

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia has detected the country's first case of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus in a local woman who had travelled from Ghana, the Health Ministry said.

TAK: Para-military rangers and administrative officials were deployed to Mae La refugee camp in Thung Song Yang district after a riot there on Tuesday night caused considerable damage.