MAGDEBURG, Germany - The death toll from a car-ramming at a German Christmas market in the city of Magdeburg rose to four on Saturday, media reports said, after a suspect on Friday ploughed into a large crowd of visitors.

WASHINGTON - The House of Representatives passed funding to keep the US government operating until mid-March just hours before a midnight shutdown deadline, capping a tumultuous two days in which two earlier plans collapsed.

A rebel army in Myanmar says it has captured a major military headquarters in the country’s west, marking the fall of the junta’s second regional command as it faces mounting setbacks against a nationwide armed resistance movement.

A member of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club has been sentenced to death and two others given life imprisonment for the gruesome murder of a German property broker whose dismembered body was found in a freezer in Pattaya last year.

One man’s warning could ignite another man’s yearning for a general election, not that one is in the pipeline.

A United Nations working group has encouraged Thailand to strengthen legal protection mechanisms to safeguard women from all backgrounds, even though Thailand has shown progress in protecting the rights of women and girls.

The hot topic in the Thai stock market this past week has been the investment by CP Axtra (CPAXT) in The Happitat within The Forestias multi-use real estate project by Magnolia Quality Development Corp (MQDC), also part of the Charoen Pokphand Group.

WASHINGTON — United States President Joe Biden on Friday approved US$571.3 million in defence support for Taiwan, the White House said.

Kaprao Khao Boom in Bangkok’s Bang Bon district, good food meets a good cause. This eatery, open for eight years, feeds the hungry with healthy, hearty meals starting at just 20 baht, or even for free.

RECAP: Asian equities declined on Friday and the dollar traded near a two-year high as investors continued to fret about the likelihood of fewer US interest rate cuts in the coming year.