PHUKET -  This southern tourist island's nine-day vegetarian festival concludes on Sunday  with closing parades throughout the day and a final ceremony at night. 

PARIS  - Smashing shop windows and snatching boxes of goods, migrant looters poured into stores across the French capital on Saturday, facing no resistance from authorities as nationwide protests degenerated into violence.

Thailand has called for stronger international cooperation to help economies navigate geopolitical tensions, rising energy costs and technological disruption, arguing that global partnerships must turn investment and innovation into tangible benefits...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is updating its Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) to help member countries protect their financial systems against modern threats, including AI, cyberattacks, rising public debt and geopolitical tensions...

The Industry Ministry is pushing to establish dedicated recycling industrial estates to manage growing volumes of solar panel and electric vehicle (EV) battery waste, while tightening controls on hazardous industrial waste disposal.

The Pollution Control Department (PCD) is investigating pollution in Rangsit canal in Pathum Thani after mass fish deaths and reports of dark, foul-smelling water.

Confusion has arisen over trademark applications for the stage name of Thai teen rocker Nene Royal, after a woman whose connection to the America’s Got Talent winner is unclear filed to register the name and logo — even before the artist&...

SINGAPORE - Fires in Indonesia that have sent toxic smoke disrupting daily life across Southeast Asia has triggered the highest-level alert by the regional bloc’s meteorological monitor.

International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva said on Saturday that this year’s annual meetings with global policymakers were marked by “optimism and worry” about the global economic outlook as the event wound down in Bangk...

Former Democrat MP Sirichok Sopha is demanding a deeper investigation into the blocking of the crypto gambling website Shuffle.com and the role played in the business by the husband of Bhumjaithai MP Suchada Zhang Thaensap.