Thailand logged 182 more Covid-19 fatalities and 21,157 new cases over the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry reported on Monday morning.

The opposition on Monday filed motions of no-confidence in Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and five other cabinet ministers, setting the scene for a parliamentary censure debate.

Messages of support have been pouring in for Samut Sakhon governor Verasak Vichitsangsri after he announced on Sunday he was considering early retirement.

KABUL: US troops fired shots into the air and all commercial flights were cancelled at Kabul airport Monday as thousands of Afghans crowded onto the tarmac in the hope of catching any flight out after the weekend Taliban takeover.

MELBOURNE: A coronavirus curfew was announced Monday for Australia's second-biggest city of Melbourne, with residents confined to their homes overnight as authorities work to stamp out a Delta variant outbreak.

Indonesia's most active volcano Mount Merapi erupted Monday, belching a cloud of ash into the air as red lava flowed down its crater.

Malaysia's cabinet led by Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has tendered its resignation to the king, science minister Khairy Jamaluddin said in an Instagram post on Monday.

CHAIYAPHUM: The chief of Nong Bua Ra We district has been infected with Covid-19 despite having received two doses of AstraZeneca vaccine, the provincial communicable disease committee of this central northeastern province reported on Monday.

The economy unexpectedly grew in the second quarter from the first, helped by exports and government spending, even though fresh coronavirus outbreaks battered consumption and tourism.

Major airlines are rerouting flights to avoid Afghanistan airspace after insurgents took control of the presidential palace in Kabul as US-led forces departed and Western nations scrambled on Monday to evacuate their citizens.