BEIJING: Bitcoin tumbled more than 10% Monday after China broadened a crackdown on its massive cryptocurrency mining industry with a ban on mines in a key southwestern province.

Indonesia’s total number of Covid-19 cases is nearing 2 million with hospitals starting to fill up as the country grapples with the highly transmissible delta variant of the virus.

PATTANI: Two suspected insurgents were killed in a clash with a government security force at a seaside resort in Yaring district on Monday.

MAE HONG SON: An army unit raided a large house at a resort in Muang district on Monday morning and arrested 53 Chinese nationals running an online gambling operation, 7th Infantry Regiment commander Col Suchin Sapsin said.

The Metropolitan Police Bureau is ready for rallies planned by pro-democracy groups on Thursday to mark the 89th anniversary of the June 24, 1932 revolution by the Khana Ratsadon that transformed Thailand from absolute to constitutional monarchy.

Divers have removed a huge discarded fishing net that blanketed a large area of coral reef off the Pattani coast, and replanted the worst damaged area with young coral, the Royal Thai Navy announced on Monday.

NEW DELHI: India opened up free vaccinations to all adults in an attempt to bolster its inoculation drive on Monday, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi kicked off a muted International Yoga Day hailing the practice's "protective" properties against the ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica: All-time Olympic great sprinter Usain Bolt and his partner Kasi Bennett announced Sunday the birth of twin boys, who have been named Thunder Bolt and Saint Leo Bolt.

President Joe Biden’s point man for North Korea said the US was ready for talks “anywhere, anytime” with North Korea, providing a strong signal Washington is prepared to revive a stagnant disarmament dialogue with Pyongyang.

HONG KONG: Hong Kong's pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper warned Monday it is unable to pay staff and is at imminent risk of closure after the government froze the company's assets using a sweeping new national security law.