Thailand

Multiple blasts hit Thai capital as it hosts top US diplomat, key security meet

Aug 02, 2019 03:48

Six explosions have reportedly rocked Thailand’s capital, Bangkok, as it plays host to a major Southeast Asian security summit of top diplomats from the US, the UK, China, Russia and a number of other countries.
Iranian free-style wrestlers crowned Junior Asian Champions in Thailand

Jul 14, 2019 09:55

Iranian free-style wrestlers claimed the title at Junior Asian Championships 2019 in the Thai city of Chon Buri with 3 gold medals and one silver.
Iran retains Asian sitting volleyball championship title

Jun 16, 2019 01:15

Iran’s Men’s Sitting Volleyball Team has retained its Para-Volley Asia-Oceania title in Thailand.
Thai king revokes royal decorations of ex-PM Shinawatra amid election row

Mar 31, 2019 03:06

Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn has revoked royal decorations that had been awarded to ousted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, a document published on Saturday in the royal gazette showed.
Thailand’s opposition parties form alliance against junta

Mar 27, 2019 09:32

Seven opposition parties in Thailand have agreed to form an alliance in an attempt to seize power from the ruling junta-backed party, which gained power after a 2014 coup.
Thailand votes in first election since 2014 coup

Mar 17, 2019 06:16

Hundreds of thousands of voters crowded into schools, parking lots and temples across Thailand on Sunday, eager to cast an early ballot a week before the country's first election in eight years.
Thailand to free refugee Bahraini footballer after extradition bid dropped

Feb 11, 2019 10:10

Thailand has decided to free a jailed Bahraini footballer with Australian residency after Manama dropped a request for his extradition, a prosecutor in the case says.
Thailand FM proposes sending refugee Bahraini footballer to another country

Feb 07, 2019 09:48

The Thai foreign minister has suggested resolving the case of jailed Bahraini footballer with refugee status in Australia by sending him to a third country or his requested country of asylum instead of extraditing him to Bahrain, where he has to serve a 10-year sentence related to the uprising of 2011 against the ruling Al Khalifah regime.
Thailand set to hold general elections on March 24

Jan 24, 2019 04:49

Thailand's Election Commission has set March 24 as the date for the country's first general elections since the 2014 military coup that overthrew the government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.
Australian FM travels to Thailand over Saudi teen’s case

Jan 10, 2019 05:23

Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne has traveled to Thailand to review the asylum case of an 18-year-old Saudi girl who has been stopped in the Asian country on her way to Australia fleeing purported abuse by her family.