Sources: IOL
A Dassault Falcon 10 jet carrying six people and flying between Thailand and Russia crashes in the Badakhshan Province of Afghanistan. Two people are killed and four more are rescued. 2024-01-20
Thailand's election commission petitions the Constitutional Court to suspend leading prime ministerial candidate Pita Limjaroenrat, alleging his violation of campaign laws due to prior share ownership in a media company, iTV. 2023-07-12
Thailand reports a record 9,692 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 381,907. 2021-07-16
Thailand reports their first case after a streak of 100 days without new cases. 2020-09-3
Thailand's economy suffers its biggest annual contraction since the 1997 Asian financial crisis, with its GDP down 12.2% in the second quarter from a year earlier. It fell a record 9.7% on the quarter, on a seasonally adjusted basis. 2020-08-17
Forces from Niger and Chad launch a ground and air offensive against Boko Haram Islamist militants in northeastern Nigeria. 2015-03-8
Voters in Thailand go to the polls for a rerun of a general election hoped to end the current political crisis. 2014-03-2
Three explosions and gunfire are heard in the northeastern Nigerian town of Maiduguri after suspected Islamist sect Boko Haram attack police stations. 2011-06-7
A new species of ancient crocodile, "Khoratosuchus jintasakuli", is identified from a fossil in Thailand. [https:--web.archive.org-web-20101202152121-http:--www.npr.org-2010-11-25-131592406-100-million-year-old-crocodile-species-discovered (NPR)] 10.1144-SP315.13 ("Geol. Soc., Lond., Spec. Pub.")2010-11-25
Government troops in Thailand continue operations to end anti-government protests by red shirt protestors in the capital Bangkok. [http:--news.bbc.co.uk-1-hi-world-asia-pacific-8684363.stm (BBC)] [http:--www.bangkokpost.com-news-local-37383-pm-vows-no-turning-back-justifies-losses ("Bangkok Post")]date=August 2019 2010-05-15