KANCHANABURI: Soldiers of the Lat Ya Task Force arrested 16 Myanmar migrants on Saturday night found hiding in a rubber plantation in Sangkhla Buri district of this western border province.

COLOMBO: A black box from a ship loaded with chemical and plastic that is sinking off Sri Lanka has been located, officials said Sunday, as investigators probe what caused the vessel to catch fire.

The Philippine government suspended the sending abroad of nurses, and their assistants and aides because the annual limit of 5,000 healthcare workers deployed has been reached.

SONGKHLA: Twenty Myanmar migrants were arrested in Hat Yai district on Saturday night, local media reported.

Thailand is concerned at the violence in many parts of Myanmar and wants to see the implementation of steps agreed by Southeast Asian leaders with the military junta to help end the turmoil since the Feb. 1 coup, the foreign ministry said on Sunday.

NARATHIWAT: Two Vietnamese fishing boats were caught illegally fishing in Thai territorial waters off this southern border province on Saturday, marine police said on Sunday. Nine crew members aboard were arrested.

Television is the most trusted source of information in the Covid-19 era, according to a survey by the Suan Dusit Rajabhat University, or Suan Dusit Poll.

WASHINGTON: Former US president Donald Trump returned to the spotlight Saturday for his first speech in months, framing next year's midterm elections as a battle for the "survival of America" -- but keeping followers guessing on his own plans for 202...

NEW YORK: ExxonMobil has spent more than two decades sparring with activists over climate change, turning back virtually every shareholder challenge at its annual meeting each spring.

Chadchart Sittipunt, a former transport minister in the Yingluck Shinawatra administration, is still ahead in the popularity ratings of possible candidates for the post of Bangkok governor, followed by former police chief Chakthip Chaijinda, accordin...