PARIS: TotalEnergies on Wednesday confirmed PTTEP International, a subsidiary of the Thai national energy company PTT, would take over equity stakes in local units and resume some of its operations in Myanmar.

Three people have been arrested for selling fake Covid-19 test results, education certificates and other documents to people wanting to travel or apply for jobs.

MANILA: The pandemic added 4.7 million more people to Southeast Asia's most extreme poor in 2021, reversing gains made in fighting poverty, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Wednesday, while urging governments to take steps to boost economic g...

Vietnam announced an end to quarantine for international travellers on Wednesday, as it seeks to restart its tourism industry after two years of strict Covid-19 restrictions.

PATTANI: Four paramilitary rangers were injured by a bomb explosion while on their way to repair a water pump near their base in Mayo district on Wednesday morning.

There were 70 more Covid-19 fatalities and 23,945 confirmed new cases during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry reported on Wednesday morning.

HANOI: Vietnam plans to diversify the sources of materials needed to supply the country's manufacturing sector due to tighter Covid-19 curbs in China, Industry and Trade Minister Nguyen Hong Dien said during a parliament meeting on Wednesday.

PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN: Six illegal Myanmar migrants were killed and 12 injured when the pickup they were travelling in crashed into the median divider fence on Phetkasem highway in Muang district early on Wednesday.

A global energy crunch is sending liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices skywards, but Thailand needs to ramp up its purchases to offset a steep production fall at its largest gas field and as sanctions threaten supplies from Myanmar.

Four members of a drug smuggling gang were arrested after one million methamphetamine pills were seized from a cargo truck in Chiang Rai province.