JAKARTA: Indonesia has cancelled the haj pilgrimage for people in the world's largest Muslim-majority nation for the second year in a row due to concerns over the Covid-19 pandemic, the religious affairs minister said on Thursday.

Vietnam’s health ministry said the country will have nearly 125 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines this year after initially reporting it expects 120 million vaccine doses, according to an updated post on the government’s website.

Lt Gen Manas Kongpan, a convict in the country's largest human-trafficking case, died of heart attack at Medical Correctional Hospital on Wednesday night.

When restaurant owner Chirayu Na Ranong heard the Thai government announce new coronavirus restrictions in Bangkok in April, he burst into tears.

SAMUT PRAKAN: A new Covid-19 cluster of nearly 100 cases was confirmed at an ice plant in the province east of Bangkok and its products were frozen for checks of possible contamination.

A rug seized in a crackdown last week might have come from one of two clouded leopards caught on camera in the wild at the Erawan National Park in Kanchanaburi's Sri Sawat district last December.

Thailand's Ratchanok Intanon may have a higher chance of winning an Olympic medal after reigning champion Carolina Marin pulled out of the Tokyo Games due to an injury.

Parliament on Wednesday passed by a narrow margin the first reading of a 3.1 trillion baht budget bill for the 2022 fiscal year starting Oct 1, aimed at reviving an economy hit by coronavirus outbreaks.

The Covid-19 death toll rose by 39 to 1,146 while 3,886 new cases were added, bringing the total to 169,348 cases, the Public Health Ministry reported on Thursday morning.

Thailand coach Akira Nishino is focusing on securing wins in their three remaining World Cup qualifiers as the War Elephants set their sights on a place in the next preliminary stage for Qatar 2022.