Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha ordered a clampdown on drugs and a greater focus on rehabilitating addicts, after a mass killing that left 37 people dead sparked calls for tougher policies.

NAKHON RATCHASIMA: A man pretending to be a close aide of the national police chief has been arrested for offering to help police officers gain promotion in return for payment of 300,000 baht, Provincial Police Region 3 commissioner Pol Lt Gen Sompra...

KYIV: Several explosions rocked the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and the cities of Lviv, Ternopil and Dnipro on Monday, after Russia accused Ukraine of orchestrating a powerful blast that damaged a key bridge linking Russia and Crimea.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob will deliver a "special message" in a television address at 1500 local time (2pm in Thailand) on Monday after raising the prospect of dissolving parliament soon to hold an election.

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos signed a law Monday requiring mobile users to provide personal details when buying a SIM card, a regulation aimed at combating text messaging fraud.

A police sting led to the arrest of a man and a woman in Nonthaburi province and seizure of 9,000 forged US$100 banknotes, worth around 34 million baht at face value.

Thai bond issuance is set to reach a record high this year of 1.3 trillion baht ($34.46 billion) as borrowers race to lock in costs as the economy recovers, an industry body said on Monday.

AYUTTHAYA: A section of the road between Ayutthaya town and Sena district was flooded on Monday as the Chao Phraya Dam increased its discharge rate, causing traffic congestion.

TAIPEI: Taiwan's leader warned Beijing on Monday that the island would never give up its democratic way of life in a national day speech in which she drew parallels with Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

CHURCHILL Canada: Sled dog breeder David Daley lives at the gateway to the Canadian Arctic, occupying a front-row seat to the march of global warming, and he senses calamity ahead.