BANGKOK, Thailand – Thai airlines have cancelled or warned of possible disruptions to flights to Jakarta following the eruption of Mount Anak Krakatau in Indonesia, which has forced the temporary closure of the main airport in the Indonesian capital and stranded approximately 170,000 passengers across the archipelago. Thai Airways International cancelled four Bangkok-Jakarta flights on […]
MANILA, Philippines – Five people have died and 87 remain missing after a passenger ship caught fire near Coron Island, one of the main tourist destinations in the western Philippines, coast guard officials said on Thursday. Koh Chang’s haunted ‘ghost ship’ goes up in flames The vessel, which was carrying 134 passengers and crew, caught […]
CHIANG RAI, Thailand – Two suspects wanted in connection with the armed robbery of a gold shop at a shopping mall in Chiang Khong district earlier this month have been arrested in Laos, following a joint investigation and operation by Lao authorities in Bokeo province. Local media reported that police in Laos carried out the […]
KATHMANDU, Nepal – Massive flash floods in a border area of Nepal and China on Wednesday killed at least 160 people and left hundreds of tourists, workers, and others missing after sweeping through communities and bringing travel in some areas to a halt, with experts saying an avalanche from a glacier was the likely cause […]
BANGKOK, Thailand – Six Thai agricultural workers were injured when old ordnance left underground detonated in an agricultural area in Metula, northern Israel, on Tuesday, with two sustaining serious injuries and undergoing surgery in hospital while the other four are reported to be safe. Thailand’s Labour Minister Julapun Amornvivat said he had instructed the Thai […]
BANGKOK, Thailand – A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck northern Sumatra, Indonesia, on Saturday evening, with tremors felt in several southern provinces of Thailand, the Thai Meteorological Department’s Earthquake Observation Division reported. Powerful 7.8 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Southern Philippines The earthquake struck at 5:54 PM, with its epicentre initially located at latitude 2.98 degrees north and […]
Hong Kong, November 27, 2025 – A catastrophic fire that tore through a public housing estate in Tai Po has claimed at least 128 lives and left hundreds unaccounted for, in one of the deadliest blazes to strike the city in decades. Three individuals have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter as authorities launched a […]
Adult content creator Bonnie Blue, legally named Tia Billinger, is set to be deported from Bali after Indonesian authorities fined her for a traffic violation during her holiday on the island. The 26-year-old, who gained notoriety in January for claiming a world record by having sex with 1,057 men in 12 hours, was initially detained […]
BANGKOK – Four Cambodian men have been arrested and formally charged in South Korea for allegedly attacking two Thai nationals with glass bottles, an incident that underscores how tensions from the Thai-Cambodian border conflict are affecting communities abroad. The assault took place on December 7 in Yeongam county, South Jeolla province, resulting in injuries to […]
A family vacation in Indonesia turned to tragedy when a Spanish father and his three children disappeared after their tourist boat sank near Komodo Island. The victims are a 44-year-old man and his three sons, aged 12, 10, and 9, from Valencia. 38 rescued from sinking tourist catamaran off Koh Racha Yai in Phuket According […]