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Bangkok - Thai police said Sunday they were investigating a "passport ring" as details emerged of bookings made in Thailand with stolen European passports for the vanished Malaysia Airlines flight.Two European names -- Christian Kozel, an Austrian, and Luigi Mar...

Bangkok - Six suspected drug dealers were shot dead during a firefight with Thai security forces who seized illegal amphetamines at the scene, police said Saturday.

London - We live in a time when protests take place in Ukraine, Venezuela, Thailand, Brazil and many other countries in the world because of dictatorship, corruption, rogue politicians and presidents.

- Polls opened peacefully in five Thai provinces on Sunday for re-runs of a widely disrupted general election, authorities said, in the first move to complete a troubled vote that could provide a mandate for a new government.A February 2 election failed ...

Bangkok - Tensions eased in Thailand's strife-hit capital on Saturday after protesters abandoned their attempted "shutdown" of Bangkok, but the move was seen as only a temporary reprieve for the kingdom's embattled premier.The surprise retreat by the opposition ...

Bangkok - Thai opposition protesters seeking to force the prime minister from office said Friday they would abandon most of their rally sites in the capital, following a sharp drop in attendance.The demonstrators, who have occupied several key intersections in t...

Bangkok - At least 15 people, including 13 children, were killed when a bus carrying students on a trip to the seaside collided with a lorry in eastern Thailand Friday, police said.The smash is the latest in a series of deadly accidents involving buses in Thaila...

Bangkok - At least 15 people, including 13 children, were killed when a bus carrying students on a trip to the seaside collided with a lorry in eastern Thailand Friday, police said.More than 30 others were injured in the pre-dawn accident in Prachinburi involvin...

Bangkok - Thailand's premier is set to skip an anti-corruption panel hearing Thursday into negligence charges that could lead to her removal from office, as she grapples with a four-month deadly political crisis.Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is fighting for...

Bangkok - Gunmen opened fire near several opposition protest sites in Bangkok Wednesday, stoking tensions in the capital as Thailand's embattled prime minister flew to her political stronghold in the north.Street violence, often targeting protesters, has become ...