KANCHANABURI: Sixteen Myanmar migrant workers – 10 men and six women – were apprehended by soldiers in Sangkhlaburi district on Saturday.

JAKARTA: An Indonesian cathedral was rocked by a suicide bombing on Sunday with body parts littering the chaotic scene as Christians inside celebrated the start of Holy Week.

Crowds of people visit the 42nd Bangkok International Motor Show at Impact Muang Thong Thani. The event, showcasing new car models and giving promotional offers to shore up the slump in sales brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic, runs until April 4. -...

MINNEAPOLIS, US: Opening arguments begin on Monday in the trial of the white police officer accused of killing George Floyd, a Black man whose death was captured on video and touched off protests against racial injustice across the United States and ...

Thailand on Sunday added 77 new coronavirus cases, 58 of them locally transmitted, bringing the accumulated number of confirmed infections since the pandemic began to 28,734. One death was reported, raising the toll to 94.

PHETCHABURI: An auto tire repairman pummelled his young wife to death with a steel bar before shooting himself in the head with a shotgun in Khao Yoi district on Saturday night, police said.

YANGON: Defence chiefs from a dozen countries on Sunday jointly condemned the bloodbath in Myanmar a day earlier, when at least 90 people -- including several children -- were killed after security forces opened fire on protesters.

A large majority of people are worried about the presence of migrant workers, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic, saying they could cause many problems, according to an opinion survey by the Suan Dusit Rajabhat University, or Suan Dusit Poll.

A protest site set up near Government House to press demands for democracy was cleared and 70 demonstrators rounded up in an operation at dawn on Sunday by the Metropolitan Police Bureau (MPB).

PARIS: Cities around the world were turning off their lights Saturday for Earth Hour, with this year's event highlighting the link between the destruction of nature and increasing outbreaks of diseases like Covid-19.