. . MOSCOW – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad flew to Moscow on Tuesday evening to personally thank Russia’s Vladimir Putin for his military support, in a...
. . MOSCOW – The Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday that it had bombed seven targets in Syria in overnight air raids, including a command...
. . WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad has to go but the timing of his departure...
. . DAMASCUS – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has blamed Europe’s refugee crisis on Western support for “terrorists”, as people fleeing his country’s civil war stream...
. . MOSCOW – Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday called on world powers to help arm the Syrian army, describing it as the most...
NEW YORK – Vitaly Churkin, Russia’s U.N. ambassador, has vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution that would have established an international criminal tribunal to investigate...
STOCKHOLM – Sweden’s military reported Tuesday it is examining video that shipwreck hunters Ocean X diver, say shows the remains of a Russian submarine off the...
DONETSK – A German reporter investigating the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine has published a new video allegedly shot by local...
A year to the day after Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over Ukraine, an Australian news organization released a video purporting to show pro-Russian...
BANGKOK – Thailand now stands on a tightrope among the major powers. Recently, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev made a high-profile visit to Bangkok, hosted...
SURABAYA – Soldiers from Indonesia’s Airforce carried coffins containing the first two bodies from AirAsia Flight 8501 into Indonesia’s Surabaya airport, from where the ill-fated...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s coup leader was elected prime minister on Thursday (Aug 21) by the kingdom’s junta-appointed legislature without a single opposing vote, raising fears...
BANGKOK – A young Japanese man has left Thailand after emerging evidence suggests he might have played a key role in a surrogacy gang. Thai...
CHIANG RAI – The days of ‘border runs’ in Thailand are coming to a swift end. Immigration is putting a stop to these brief overland...
NEWARK– A Ukrainian man who fought extradition for three years from his Thai jail cell has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for running...
THAILAND – The nationwide curfew imposed across Thailand on Thursday emptied city streets of their population, closed down bars, businesses and restaurants and forcing tens...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s Commerce Ministry projects the country’s exports to rebound in the second half with a growth of 7-9 per cent following recovery of...
BANGKOK – While the world’s attention has been focused on upheavals in the Middle East and, most recently, Ukraine and Venezuela, less attention has been...
Yingluck Shinawatra is facing a wave of opposition protests after her government pushed through an amnesty that would have lifted a conviction against her brother, Thaksin...
BANGKOK – Thaksin Shinawatra, the former Thai Prime Minister, a business tycoon of Chinese origin, committed the most unforgivable crime in the eyes of the...