Thailand, Cambodia trade allegations of truce breaking
Thailand and Cambodia exchanged allegations on Wednesday of breaching a ceasefire deal which has largely halted the open combat that engulfed their frontier...
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Cambodia, Thailand truce holds after shaky start
An uneasy ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia appeared to be holding Tuesday, as military commanders met despite Bangkok鈥檚 allegations the truce had been breached with overnight skirmishes...
Thailand, Cambodia agree truce after 5 days of fighting
Thailand and Cambodia鈥檚 leaders agreed to an 鈥榰nconditional鈥� ceasefire Monday, after five days of combat along their jungle-clad frontier that has killed at least 36 people...
Gunman kills five in 鈥榤ass shooting鈥� in Bangkok
A gunman killed five security guards and wounded one other person in a mass shooting at a popular fresh food market in Thailand鈥檚 capital on Monday, police said.
Thailand, Cambodia agree 鈥榰nconditional鈥� ceasefire
Leaders of Thailand and Cambodia agreed Monday to an 鈥榰nconditional鈥� ceasefire after five days of fighting along their jungle-clad frontier that has killed at least 36 people and forced tens of thousands to flee.
Thailand-Cambodia clashes enter fourth day
Thailand and Cambodia鈥檚 leaders will meet in Malaysia for peace talks on Monday, the Thai government said, as the countries clashed for a fourth day in a deadly border dispute...
Thai-Cambodia clashes spread, death toll hits 33
Thailand and Cambodia pounded each other with heavy artillery fire for a third day on Saturday, as a border conflict that killed at least 33 people and displaced more than 150,000 from their homes spread across the frontier.
Thailand warns of war with Cambodia as 1,38,000 flee fighting
Thailand鈥檚 acting prime minister Phumtham Wechayachai warned Friday that cross-border clashes with Cambodia that have uprooted more than 1,30,000 people 鈥榗ould develop into war鈥�, as the countries traded deadly strikes for a second day.
Thailand, Cambodia clash with jets, rockets in deadly border row
Thailand and Cambodia fought their bloodiest military clashes in more than a decade on Thursday, with at least 12 people killed as the two sides battled with tanks, artillery and ground forces over a disputed border zone...
Thailand recalls ambassador, expels Cambodian envoy
Thailand expelled the Cambodian ambassador on Wednesday and recalled its own envoy, after a Thai soldier lost a leg in a landmine blast as a border dispute festers...
Myanmar junta drone crashes over Thailand border
A Myanmar junta drone targeting anti-coup fighters crashed over the border in Thailand, the kingdom鈥檚 military said, prompting an official rebuke over hazardous spillover from the civil war....
Thaksin appears on stand in royal defamation case
Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra testified in court on Wednesday, seeking to defend himself against royal defamation charges in a watershed case for his faltering political dynasty.
500 Myanmar troops, civilians flee across Thai border
More than 500 civilians and soldiers fled conflict in Myanmar and crossed into Thailand on Saturday after an assault by ethnic fighters on a military base, the Thai army said...
Cambodia rejects hacking claims of Thailand
Cambodia accused Thailand on Monday of a 鈥榤alicious attempt鈥� to smear its reputation with accusations it has launched cyber-attacks on the neighbouring nation, as a diplomatic feud festers...
Thailand gets third leader this week as new cabinet sworn in
Thailand saw its third person helming the prime minister鈥檚 office in a week on Thursday, as the king swore in a new cabinet after a court decision plunged the nation鈥檚 top office into turmoil...
Thai veteran politician set for single day as acting PM
Thailand鈥檚 acting prime minister is set to helm the country for only one full day Wednesday, standing in for suspended premier Paetongtarn Shinawatra before being replaced himself in a cabinet reshuffle...
Thai Constitutional Court suspends PM
Thai prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra was suspended by the country鈥檚 Constitutional Court on Tuesday, while her father went on trial for royal defamation in the latest setbacks for the country鈥檚 dominant political dynasty...
Thailand braces for crisis as trials and protests loom
Thailand鈥檚 controversial ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra goes on trial for lese-majeste next week with the kingdom teetering on the brink of political chaos, as his daughter faces being sacked as prime minister and activists threaten mass protests.
Thailand shuts land crossings with Cambodia
Dozens of tourists and workers, some carrying children, were left stranded on Tuesday at Thailand鈥檚 main land crossing with Cambodia, after the army stopped almost all border traffic in an escalating territorial dispute.
Thai PM reshuffles cabinet as crisis rages
Thai prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra began a cabinet reshuffle on Monday as a political and judicial crisis sparked by a leaked phone call threatens to sink her government.
Thai PM struggles to defuse political crisis
Thai prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra held make-up talks on Friday with an army commander she criticised in a leaked phone call as she struggled to defuse a crisis threatening to topple her government.
Crisis threatens to topple Thai govt, PM apologises
Thai prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra apologised on Thursday for a leaked phone call with former Cambodian leader Hun Sen that has provoked widespread anger and put her government on the brink of collapse.
Ctg-Ranong shipping route to cut Europe transit time
The Port of Ranong, Thailand will be an important connectivity for Bangladesh as direct shipping route from Chittagong Port which will reduce shipping time to Europe by 10 to 14 days as ships do not have to go all the way to Singapore, says a Bangladeshi chamber...
Thailand says 鈥榩rogress made鈥� in Cambodia border dispute talks
Thailand said Saturday talks with neighbour Cambodia had 鈥榤ade progress鈥� in resolving a long-running border dispute that last month devolved into clashes.
Air India flight returns to Thai island after bomb threat
An Air India flight from Thailand鈥檚 Phuket island to New Delhi made an emergency landing Friday shortly after take-off because of an on-board bomb threat, the Thai airports authority said.
Thai medical council upholds sanctions in Thaksin case
Thailand鈥檚 Medical Council reaffirmed on Thursday its decision to sanction three physicians over the treatment of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra following his return from exile, after the health minister tried to veto the punishment.
Schoolchildren suffer as fight for Myanmar trade town intensifies
Myanmar鈥檚 military junta and opposition forces are fighting over control of a lucrative trade route into Thailand, with shells and aerial attacks regularly forcing children to flee their schools, teachers and a parent told AFP.
Abhijit Chowdhury display artworks in Thailand
Bangladeshi artist and curator Abhijit Chowdhury displayed his artworks in a solo art exhibition titled Unprecedented at Artist Village Hua Hin in Thailand recently...
Ex-president Hamid returns home, Hasina鈥檚 uncle Kabir leaves for Singapore
Former president Abdul Hamid returned home from Bangkok of Thailand early Monday on a Thai Airways flight while the ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 uncle, Sheikh Kabir Hossain, left Bangladesh for Singapore on Sunday morning through the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital Dhaka...
Body of July martyr brought home
The body of Mohammad Hasan who died in Thailand after a long struggle to recover from a gunshot wound to the head sustained during the July-August mass uprising in Chattogram, was brought to the country on Saturday evening...