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Amazing Phitsanulok: Visitors Heart Meter-Wide Neck of Nan River

PHITSANULOK — Spread your arms across the narrowest spit of land separating the Nan River from itself, where residents and tourists were flocking Tuesday...
National Police Chief Chakthip Chaijinda talks during a press conference Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018, in Bangkok. Photo: Sakchai Lalit / Associated Press

Police Dismiss British Woman’s Koh Tao Rape Allegation

KOH TAO — Police said Tuesday they have dismissed a 19-year-old British tourist's claim that she was raped on a resort island after their...
Australian Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison, second left, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, center, and former Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton, right, leave the chamber at Parliament House in August in Canberra. Photo: Lukas Coch / Associated Press

Australia Considers Moving Embassy to Jerusalem

CANBERRA — Australia has raised the prospect of following the United States by relocating its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in...
U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, left, and South Korea's Defense Minister Song Young-moo hold a joint press conference after the Security Consultative Meeting (SCM) at the Defense Ministry in 2017 in Seoul, South Korea. Photo: Jung Yeon-Je / Associated Press

Mattis: Trump Says Defense Chief’s Job Is ‘100%’ Safe

HO CHI MINH CITY — Amid speculation that he may soon be replaced, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said President Donald Trump told him he...
An investor monitors stock prices at a brokerage house in Beijing in February. Photo: Mark Schiefelbein / Associated Press

Asian Shares Up on Hopes That US, China Will Solve Dispute

SINGAPORE — Asian markets were mostly higher on Tuesday, though Chinese benchmarks fell after the government reported inflation rose for the fourth straight month.   Keeping...

Fire Ravages TMB Bank Branch

BANGKOK — Bank employees returned to work Tuesday after a long weekend to find their Chatuchak office on fire. A Bang Khen branch of TMB...

Paul Allen, Microsoft Co-Founder, Dies at 65

SEATTLE — Paul G. Allen, who co-founded Microsoft with his childhood friend Bill Gates before becoming a billionaire philanthropist who invested in conservation, space...
Protesters rally in 2014 in front of the Israeli embassy in Bangkok to voice their anger at Israeli air strikes in Gaza, despite the Thai military junta’s existing ban on public gatherings.

When Embassies Become Places of Terror, Not Sanctuaries

CAIRO — Embassies, consulates and diplomatic missions worldwide are often considered places of sanctuary, however, not all have been impervious to horrific incidents. When Saudi...

Czech Arrested On Koh Tao After Overstaying Visa 6 Years

SURAT THANI — A european man was arrested and charged Monday with overstaying his visa for six years on Koh Tao. As part of a...

Review: Chazelle’s ‘First Man’ Is at Once Intimate and Grand

Nearly a half-century has passed since the majestic moment when Neil Armstrong stepped carefully onto the lunar landscape, left foot first, taking that giant...

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