Finally rare concession from Thai King: Motorcades will no longer shut down Bangkok
Royal motorcades will no longer completely shut down Bangkok's roads, a rare concession by the unassailable Thai king to public opinion. King Maha Vajiralongkorn, 67,...
Thai Airways starts operation from Islamabad to Bangkok
News Desk | Thai Airways International has resumed its operations from Lahore and Islamabad to Bangkok and beyond. The first flight of Thai Airways landed...
18,000 alcohol bottles destroyed; Indonesia’s stern warning in Ramzan
AFP | About 18,000 bottles of bootleg alcohol were crushed by a steamroller in Muslim-majority Indonesia's capital Monday as police warned tipplers off booze during...
Indonesia military chief ‘strongly believes’ crashed jet found
News Desk | The smashed fuselage of a crashed Indonesian jetliner may have been found, the country's military chief said on Wednesday, two days after...
More body parts found from crashed Indonesian jet
News Desk | Indonesian search teams Tuesday recovered more remains at the site of a crashed Lion Air jet that plunged into the sea with...
Indonesian Lion Air plane crashes into sea with 189 passengers, crew
News Desk | A brand new Indonesian Lion Air plane carrying 189 passengers and crew crashed into the sea, officials said, moments after it had...
Indonesia tsunami toll crosses 1200 as govt tries to maintain order
AFP| More than 1,200 people are now known to have died in the quake-tsunami that smashed into Sulawesi, Indonesia said Tuesday, as police pledged to...
Reunited Indonesian couple a rare ray of hope in quake zone
AFP | It was two agonising days of searches through makeshift morgues and hospitals before Azwan found his wife Dewi alive and well after she...
Catalogue of abuse: seeking justice for the Rohingya
AFP | Cross-legged in a windowless, almost pitch-black bamboo shack, the investigator pressed record on a video camera and asked the young Rohingya woman to...
Myanmar floods kill at least five, displace 54,000 people
AFP | Rising floodwaters have killed at least five people and forced tens of thousands from their homes across swathes of Myanmar, a government official...
Thai military diver dies as window for cave rescue narrows
AFP | A former Thai military diver helping to rescue a young football team trapped inside a flooded cave drowned Friday as officials warned the...
Waking up the neighbours: Indonesia’s Ramadan alarm clocks
AFP | Most of Jakarta is fast asleep at 2:00 am, but for Fajar Ramadan and his pint-sized comrades it's time to wake up the...