China urges Japanese authorities to stop playing with fire on issue of nuclear weapons:...
BEIJING, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Japanese authorities should listen to the call of the people, fulfill the country's obligation under international law of...
Myanmar rebuffs ASEAN call to free Aung San Suu Kyi, questions need for envoy
BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military-backed government has rejected the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ renewed call for the unconditional release of detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi...
Hunter Biden says his father’s prostate cancer is causing him pain even as he...
LONDON (AP) — Former U.S. President Joe Biden ’s prostate cancer has spread to other parts of his body and is causing him pain, even as...
Ex-foreign English teacher posts gun threats, Hatyai school shifts online
Hatyaiwittayalai School in Songkhla will switch to online classes on 10-11 August following alleged threats by a former foreign English teacher who posted images...
Laos declares five-day mourning after National Assembly president Xaysomphone dies
Xaysomphone Phomvihane, president of Laos’ National Assembly and a member of the Politburo of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party, died on 8 August at...
UN envoy says Thailand received draft but did not respond
BANGKOK — UN Special Rapporteur Tom Andrews has defended his recent statement on the human rights situation in Cambodia, saying the Thai government was...
Thailand FM accuses UN envoy of bias in Cambodia rights report
BANGKOK — Thailand has criticised a United Nations special rapporteur’s report on Cambodia, accusing the UN rights mechanism of lacking balance and relying on...
Thailand’s Eiamsaard sisters reach Korea Masters final
SEOUL — 8 Auguts 2026, Thailand’s badminton sisters Nuntakan “Anna” Eiamsaard and Benyapa “Muna” Eiamsaard defeated a South Korean pair in straight games to...
Archaeologists uncover ancient layers beneath Korat city wall
NAKHON RATCHASIMA — Archaeologists have uncovered an Ayutthaya-era city wall and evidence of human settlement dating back as far as 2,500 years during a...
Thailand sets 90-day school safety plan after fatal shooting
BANGKOK — 8 August 2026, Five ministries are joining forces to introduce a 90-day national school safety standard following the fatal shooting at Debsirin...
