A key suspect surnamed Yan, who is involved in multiple cases of Chinese citizens recently being deceived to the Thailand-Myanmar border, where they were illegally detained and forced to engage in telecom and internet fraud schemes,

BEIJING: Chinese police have successfully apprehended and brought back a major criminal suspect involved in a high-profile case, in which a Chinese actor was deceived and illegally detained on the Thailand-Myanmar border.

Improvements needed for Thailand's human rights practices, says Sunai Phasuk, senior researcher at Human Rights Watch.

After being elected a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), Thailand needs to raise its performance on promotion and protection of human rights to meet international standards, says a Thai human rights defender.

January 23, 2025, will mark a historic moment for Thailand with the enforcement of the Marriage Equality law, Traisulee Traisoranakul, Secretary to the Minister of the Interior, said.

Thailand’s marriage equality law is set to take effect on Jan. 22. The country will become the first one in Southeast Asia — and the third in the continent after Taiwan and Nepal — to extend marriage rights to same-sex couples. Thai MPs passed the marriage equality bill on June 15, 2024, by a 210-180 vote margin. Four lawmakers abstained.

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A crowd greets Islamic Jihad and Hamas fighters as they arrive for the hand-over of Ihostages to the Red Cross in the south Gaza Strip town of Khan Younis,

The King revealed he does not like his curry “too strong” as he welcomed newly elected MPs and members of the House of Lords to a reception at Buckingham Palace. The King and Queen, along with the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh and the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester,

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday issued a waiver that allows the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief and other “life-saving humanitarian assistance” programs to continue to operate during the freeze on nearly all U.S. foreign aid spending.

Thaksin Shinawatra joined his second day of campaigning for the Pheu Thai Party’s Provincial Administrative Organization (PAO) candidate in Sisaket, promising that 2025 will be a debt-free year for everyone,