The cabinet on Tuesday approved a draft executive decree for the by-election in Ratchaburi province to replace sacked MP Pareena Kraikupt.

Twenty-six people were killed and 238 injured in 237 accidents on Monday, the first of the "seven deadly days" of the Songkran festival, with speeding the biggest single cause of accidents, interior deputy permanent secretary Nirat Pongsithithavorn s...

Rescuers hampered by mud and rain searched Tuesday for survivors of landslides that smashed into villages in the central Philippines, as the death toll from tropical storm Megi rose to 28.

The cabinet on Tuesday approved new borrowing of 1.41 trillion baht in the current fiscal year to September, up from a previous plan of 1.36 trillion baht, a government spokesperson said.

MIDDELFART, Denmark: In Denmark, large black pipes are about to be buried in a muddy trench, as construction of a gas pipeline from Norway to Poland resumes following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

JAKARTA: Indonesia's parliament passed on Tuesday a long-awaited bill to tackle sexual violence, aimed at providing a legal framework for victims to secure justice in a country where sexual abuse has often been regarded as a private matter.

TOKYO: Japan has confirmed its first case of the Omicron XE derivative strain of the novel coronavirus in a woman upon arrival at Narita airport near Tokyo, the Health Ministry said on Monday.

SHANGHAI: The United States announced Tuesday it had ordered all non-essential employees at its Shanghai consulate to leave, while voicing concerns for the safety of Americans in China as the government enforces hard lockdowns to contain Covid-19.

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine: Russian troops were aiming to take control of the city of Mariupol on Tuesday, part of an anticipated massive onslaught across eastern Ukraine, as defending forces tried desperately to hold them back.

Tolls on five expressways will be waived to speed travel and lower the costs of people returning to their home provinces during the Songkran festival, government spokesman Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana said.