The foreign affairs ministries of Thailand and Cambodia have issued statements confirming the approval of initial work toward constructing an eight-kilometre security fence along a contested part of their border.

Many low-lying areas in the Central Plains are experiencing flooding triggered by increased water discharges from the Chao Phraya barrage, with parts of Ayutthaya province still inundated after three months, residents say.

The Doulos Hope, an international floating book fair, has anchored at Klong Toey Port in Bangkok until Nov 30.   The vessel carries more than 2,000 educational and cultural titles across various fields. It is open to the public from 1pm to 8.30p...

Raids spanning seven locations in Chon Buri and Phuket disrupted a major narcotics network and led to the arrest of its mastermind on Saturday, police said.

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump has granted Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban a one-year exemption from sanctions for buying Russian oil and gas after the close right-wing allies held a chummy White House meeting on Friday.

Red-shirt core member Nisit Sindhuprai has surrendered to police after years of evading arrest in connection with the Asean Summit protest in Pattaya in 2009, where demonstrators stormed a hotel to disrupt the regional meeting.

MANILA — Philippine disaster agencies and local government units started preparing for the arrival of Typhoon Fung-Wong, with the pre-emptive evacuation of residents from vulnerable areas and the storing of equipment and relief supplies.

China suspended an array of export control measures it imposed on October 9, including expanded curbs on some rare earths materials and equipment, as well as lithium battery materials and super-hard materials, the Commerce Ministry said in a statemen...

Police said on Friday (November 7) they had arrested 13 people accused of belonging to the first cell of Venezuela's "Tren de Aragua" crime gang detected in Spain, following raids in five cities. The group is considered one of Latin America's most vi...

Two British nationals who were in Indonesia on drug offenses, including one on death row, flew back to London on Friday (November 7) after Jakarta and London reached a deal to repatriate them on humanitarian grounds. - REUTERS