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30 civilians, police injured after rally near Thai king’s palace
BANGKOK: More than 30 civilians and police were injured in anti-government protests in Thailand, an emergency medical centre said on…
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Thai demonstrators clash with police at Grand Palace
BANGKOK: Thai police used water cannon and rubber bullets outside Bangkok’s Grand Palace on Saturday, after demonstrators broke through a…
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Myanmar junta’s top diplomat in talks with Thailand, Indonesia
ANGKOK: The Myanmar junta’s foreign minister visited Thailand on Wednesday as regional powers tried to broker an end to three…
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Thai court ousts three ministers found guilty of sedition
BANGKOK: Three cabinet ministers in Thailand were forced to leave their posts on Wednesday after a court found them guilty…
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Four Thai pro-democracy leaders detained under royal defamation law
BANGKOK: A Thai court denied bail on Tuesday to four prominent democracy activists after they were indicted for violating the…
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UN experts alarmed by Thailand’s rise in royal insult cases
BANGKOK: United Nations human rights experts on Monday spoke out against Thailand’s increasing use of a law forbidding criticism of…
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Thai woman gets 43-year sentence for insulting king
BANGKOK: A court in Thailand on Tuesday sentenced a former civil servant to a record prison term of 43 years…
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450 schools shut as pollution chokes Thai capital
Authorities in the Thai capital ordered nearly 450 schools to close on Wednesday as pollution levels reached dangerously unhealthy levels.…
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Suspected rebels kill 15 at southern Thailand security posts
Gunmen in insurgency-wracked southern Thailand killed 15 village defence volunteers and wounded five security personnel in what is believed to…
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