PATTANI - Armed insurgents stormed into a big department store in Pattani on Saturday evening, forcing customers and employees to leave before detonating three bombs.

DHUNGE (NEPAL) - Days after a wall of water and debris ripped through Nepal, Shanti Lamichhane sat on a fruit crate in the dirt where her village once stood, staring at what remained of her home.

BIDUR (NEPAL) - Rescuers in Nepal and China battled Sunday to find thousands missing after a deadly wall of water and debris swept through the Himalayas, engulfing entire villages.

KATHMANDU (NEPAL) - The number of people missing in the catastrophic flood that sliced through the border area between Nepal and Tibet neared 3,000 on Sunday, as rescuers scoured deep, leg-sucking mud for survivors.

KATHMANDU (NEPAL) - Nearly 3,000 people were still missing on Sunday with 682 confirmed dead after flash floods and landslides hit the Nepal-Tibet border.

Three key economic agencies have urged the Labour Ministry to review plans to extend Section 33 of the Social Security Act to additional categories of workers, citing concerns over the financial impact on workers, employers and the state.

A prolonged dry spell linked to the incoming "super El Niño" is reducing water supplies in Nakhon Ratchasima province, as Songkhla province in the South prepares for possible flooding.

The latest unrest in the southern border provinces shows an insurgency adapting faster than the state's response, demanding a strategy beyond military containment.

The number of Covid-19 cases has risen in recent months, with 95,357 infections and 14 deaths recorded from Jan 1 to Friday.

The Election Commission (EC) is facing a credibility test as it schedules a vote on the Senate collusion case for Sept 14. Opposition figures warn that this decision could reshape the political system.