Mexico cartel leader “El Mencho” killed in military operation, unrest spreads across multiple states
JALISCO, MEXICO — Mexico’s most wanted drug lord, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as “El Mencho”, has died at the age of 59 following a...
Thai man breaks legs fleeing hospital cable theft
TRANG — 22 February 2026, A 43-year-old man suspected of cutting and stealing electrical cables from Trang Hospital was seriously injured after crashing his...
Phetchabun wildfire still burning after 48 hours
PHETCHABUN — 19 February 2026, A forest fire that broke out on a mountain in Tha Phon subdistrict, Muang Phetchabun district, in Phetchabun province...
Thai police arrest suspect in child exploitation case
YASOTHON — Thailand’s Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) has arrested a 23-year-old suspect accused of human trafficking and producing child sexual abuse material involving two...
3 Cambodians and 1 Burmese held in mule account scam
BANGKOK — 15 February 2026, Thai cybercrime police have arrested four foreign nationals accused of operating mule bank accounts, withdrawing cash and sending it across...
Online sting leads to cross-border arms ring dismantling
NAKHON SI THAMMARAT — 12 February 2026, Thai police have dismantled an alleged transnational arms trafficking network, arresting three men accused of selling military-style...
Phuket police raid Russian poker den in villa
PHUKET — 12 February 2026, Police on the southern Thai island of Phuket have raided an alleged illegal Russian-run poker den operating from a...
Tributes pour in for school director who died after shielding students in Hat Yai...
HAT YAI — Tributes have poured in for Mrs. Sasipatchara Sinsamosorn, director of Patong Prathan Khiriwat School, who died after being shot while volunteering...
Phayao shooting: Man arrested after setting fire to shop, shooting father-in-law
PHAYAO — 12 February 2026, A Phayao shooting suspect was arrested after allegedly setting fire to a grocery shop and firing more than eight...
Teen gunman shoots school director, takes 300 students hostage in Hat Yai
HAT YAI — An 18-year-old gunman shot and wounded a school director and held more than 300 students hostage at a school in Hat...
