The government is planning to implement the third phase of its signature US$14 billion "digital wallet" handout scheme in April, a deputy finance minister said on Tuesday, as it tries to stimulate its economy.

SA KAEO - A Thai woman was arrested and 6 kilogrammes of smuggled cocaine seized as she re-entered Thailand from Cambodia through the Aranyaprathet immigration checkpoint on Tuesday morning.

SINGAPORE - Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies — including the newly minted token bearing Donald Trump’s name — retreated on Tuesday, after the US president’s first flurry of policy announcements...

PHUKET - Forty-two Rohingya migrants have been detained after being found in the water off Thalang district of this southern tourist island, more than a month after they set out from Bangladesh.

JERUSALEM — The Israel-Hamas ceasefire entered a third day Tuesday, while United States President Donald Trump said he doubted the fragile deal would hold.

ISTANBUL — A fire engulfed a hotel at the popular Kartalkaya ski resort in northwestern Turkey early Tuesday, killing 10 people and injuring 32 others, the interior minister said.

The cabinet on Tuesday agreed to levy a carbon tax of 200 baht per ton of carbon emissions as part of the country’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, said Deputy Finance Minister Paopoom Rojanasakul.

Phone users accompanied by representatives of the Thailand Consumers Council (TCC) on Tuesday filed a complaint with police  about alleged offences through pre-installed loan apps in their Oppo and Realme phones.

NONTHABURI — A monk was found dead in his room with critical dog bite wounds and his pet dog, a one-year-old pit bull, at a temple in Muang district.  

KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysia's attorney-general's chambers has sought a gag order to ban public discussion of former Prime Minister Najib Razak's judicial review claim that a document exists allowing him to serve his remaining prison sentence under ...