– BANGKOK – In a bid to combat electronic fraud, Thailand is making fingerprint scan checks mandatory for all those obtaining new SIM cards. Authorities say...
– PHUKET – Deputy Police Commissioner General Pol Gen Srivara Ransibrahmanakul told a press conference that an investigation has been launched against 15 police officers on...
– NEW DELHI (AP) — Increasing pollution worldwide is proving deadlier than war, natural disasters or smoking, according to a new report published in the Lancet...
– TORONTO — Former hostage Joshua Boyle says the Haqqani network in Afghanistan killed his infant daughter and raped his American wife, Caitlan Coleman, during the...
– WASHINGTON – Making no reference to Thailand’s military rule, President Donald Trump on Monday hailed strengthening relations with America’s oldest ally in Asia as he...
– WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump welcomed Thailand’s junta leader to the White House on Monday — a rare instance of a military ruler being feted...
– WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump will hosts Thailand’s junta leader at the White House on Monday — a rare instance of a military ruler being...
– GENEVA – A record 29 states, including China, Iran and Saudi Arabia, have retaliated in the past year against citizens who cooperate with the United...
– WASHINGTON – Global reaction to President Donald Trump’s speech on the new U.S. strategy in Afghanistan: Afghanistan’s chief executive is welcoming President Trump’s strategy for...
– BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — With prominent Republicans openly questioning his competence and moral leadership, President Donald Trump burrowed deeper into the racially charged debate over...
– BANGKOK – Child advocacy networks have urged the government to introduce a ban on corporal punishment of children to avoid inflicting long-time mental suffering...
BERLIN – German authorities are being slammed by critics after it emerged that the prime suspect in Berlin’s deadly truck attack, Anis Amri, a...
. BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday the horrific truck rampage through a Berlin Christmas market is likely “act of terrorism,” noting the...
. . JAVA – An Indonesian court sentenced American Kamran Malik aka Phillip Russel to life in prison on Wednesday for smuggling a large quantity of...
. . TOKYO – Mark up another first for North Korea – two nuclear tests in one year. And that’s not all. With leader Kim Jong...
. . TEHRAN– Iran’s president called on the Muslim world on Wednesday to “punish” Saudi Arabia following last year’s hajj crush and stampede that killed over...
. . WikiLeaks’ global crusade to expose government secrets is causing collateral damage to the privacy of hundreds of innocent people, including survivors of sexual abuse,...
. . PARIS (AP) – A Frenchman (Larossi Abballa) once convicted of recruiting jihadi fighters stabbed a police commander to death outside his suburban Paris home,...
. . DHAKA – The body of 75-year-old Buddhist Monk Mong Shue U. Chak was found dead Saturday morning with his throat slit in a small monastery...
. BANGKOK – Preferring to risk death than face deportation, Dong Junming boarded a boat off Thailand’s coast alongside eight fellow Chinese asylum-seekers in early March...