Qa'dah 12, 1435, Sep 7, 2014, SPA -- Heavy monsoon rains are causing flooding in northern
Thailand, dpa quoted reports as saying Sunday.
The Thai Meteorological Department warned the country that storms
were likely to continue as residents in (...)
The Charge daffier of the embassy of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Nabil Bin Hussain Ashri denied the existence of Saudi citizens in Thailand prisons pointing that the embassy is doing its best efforts to resolve the problems of the citizens (...)
Awwal 26, 1432 / April 30, 2011, SPA -- Thai officials said 10 Thai soldiers were wounded
in small arms clashes that ended after sunrise Saturday, despite a
ceasefire being in effect, dpa quoted local media as reporting.
The exchange of rifle (...)
Awwal 18, 1432 H / April 22, 2011, SPA -- At least two Thai soldiers were killed in a dawn clash with Cambodian troops on Friday, the bloodiest fighting in the disputed border area since February, as Reuters reported.
Thai army spokeswoman Sirichan (...)
Awwal 18, 1432 H / April 22, 2011, SPA -- Thai and Cambodian soldiers fought with rocket-propelled grenades and guns on their disputed border on Friday in a clash that killed six soldiers in the first major flare-up since a shaky ceasefire in (...)
Awwal 17, 1432 H / April 21, 2011, SPA -- A government communication official says a satellite problem disrupted some television broadcasts in Thailand _ a glitch that stoked fears of a military coup, according to AP.
The Ministry of Information (...)
Awwal 05, 1432, April 09, 2011, SPA -- The death toll reached 59 Saturday from floods and mudslides in southern Thailand over two weeks that caused damage estimated at more than $300 million, officials said.
The Interior Ministry's disaster (...)
Awwal 04, 1432 H / April 08, 2011, SPA -- International negotiations on climate change held
this week failed to tackle a host of issues that are pitting
developed against developing nations, the chief UN climate change
official said Friday, (...)
Akhir 30, 1432, April 04, 2011, SPA -- A 10-wheel truck smashed into a bus for factory workers near Bangkok Monday, killing seven and injuring 65, police said.
Two more people were killed when a pickup truck that had stopped to get a better look at (...)
Akhir 28, 1432, April 02, 2011, SPA -- Floods and mudslides triggered by heavy rains have killed at least 35 people this week in southern Thailand, officials said Saturday.
The Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department said it had confirmed 35 (...)
Akhir 25, 1432, March 30, 2011, SPA -- A mudslide on Wednesday killed at least 10 people in southern Thailand, which has been battered by heavy rains, floods
and high seas since the weekend.
Khao Panom village in Krabi province, 628 kilometres (...)
Akhir 22, 1432, March 27, 2011, SPA -- Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said Sunday the government was ready to provide immediate aid to southern provinces hit by severe floods.
The hardest-hit province is Nakhon Si Thammarat, 610 kilometres (...)
Akhir 20, 1432 H/ March 25, 2011, SPA -- A magnitude-6.8 earthquake killed at least 27 people in north-east Myanmar and one in Thailand, officials said Friday.
According to dpa, at least 27 people died and 50 were injured in Tali, the village (...)
Awwal 28, 1432 H/March 3, 2011, SPA -- Asian stocks regained their composure Thursday after upbeat U.S. employment figures buoyed shares on Wall Street, surmounting fears of a disruption in the global production of crude, as AP reported.
Still, oil (...)
Awwal 22, 1432 H/Feb 25, 2011, SPA -- Thai customs authorities seized 118 elephant
tusks, 50 pieces of ivory and three rhino horns in cargo containers
flown in from Nigeria, officials said Friday, according to dpa.
Customs officials discovered (...)
Awwal 21, 1432 H/Feb 24, 2011, SPA -- Thailand's prime minister has a confession to make: He is also British.
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejajjiva publicly acknowledged his dual nationality Thursday for the first time during a debate in Parliament, (...)
Awwal 18, 1432, Feb 21, 2011, SPA -- A bus filled with teachers and their family members crashed in northern Thailand early Monday, killing 13 passengers and injuring 17 others, police said.
The bus skidded off a mountain road and tumbled down a (...)
Awwal 15, 1432 H/Feb 18, 2011, SPA -- Most Asian stock markets rose Friday, with Japan's Nikkei 225 index extending a four-day winning streak as other benchmarks followed Wall Street's lead upward, as AP reported.
Oil prices hovered above $86 a (...)
Awwal 07, 1432, Feb 10, 2011, SPA -- Thai shares lost 2.1 per cent Thursday as foreign
investors pulled their money out of Asia's emerging markets, brokers
said, according to dpa.
The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) index closed at 949.09, (...)
Awwal 07, 1432, Feb 10, 2011, SPA -- World shares retreated Thursday as a mixed finish on Wall Street offered little incentive to buy and China's interest rate hike sent waves of caution through the markets, according to AP.
Oil prices hovered (...)
Awwal 06, 1432, Feb 09, 2011, SPA-- The conviction of a woman sentenced for defaming the monarchy has been overturned because it was never determined whether it was legal for her trial to be closed, AP reported.
Daranee Charnchoengsilpakul, also (...)
Awwal 03, 1432 H/Feb 06, 2011, SPA -- Thai and Cambodian soldiers fought with rockets, guns and tanks on Sunday in a third day of clashes over disputed territory surrounding a 900-year-old Hindu temple, the area's worst fighting in years.
Tracer (...)
Awwal 02, 1432 H/Feb 05, 2011, SPA -- Thai and Cambodian soldiers exchanged fire on Saturday in a brief clash that killed at least one Thai soldier, the latest flare-up in a long-running feud over land around an 11th-century temple, according to (...)
Awwal 01, 1432, Feb 04, 2011, SPA -- A clash beteween Thai and Cambodian troops in a border area on Friday "seems to have been a misunderstanding", Thailand's army chief said, adding that he was in talks with his Cambodian counterpart to stop the (...)
Hijjah 06, 1431, Nov 12, 2010, SPA -- Oil prices tumbled to near $86 a barrel Friday in Asia as investors shifted from commodities to the dollar amid renewed fears about a debt crisis in Europe, AP reported.
Benchmark oil for December delivery was (...)