Sources: Al Jazeera
Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is released from prison on parole after serving eight months of a one-year sentence for corruption. 2026-05-11
Two people are killed and six others are injured in a mass shooting at the Siam Paragon shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand. The 14-year-old suspect is arrested. 2023-10-3
Laos reports its first three imported cases of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant in Thai migrant workers from Champasack. 2021-06-30
Thailand reports a record 9,635 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, which includes 6,853 cases among prisoners from jail clusters. This subsequently brings the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 111,082. 2021-05-17
Thailand imposes a ban on large gatherings and events in controlled zones across the country in order to reduce the number of cases. 250 new cases are reported in the past 24 hours. 2020-12-30
The Military junta of Thailand gives the Royal Thai Armed Forces broad police-like powers. The military is now allowed to prevent or suppress over 27 types of offenses. The move created an outcry from human rights organizations and prompted the United States to express its concern over the growing influence of the military in the country. 2016-04-5
Thailand passes a law banning foreigners from hiring Thai women as commercial surrogate mothers. 2015-02-20
The US National Weather Service issues a flash flood warning after the Missouri River breaches a levee near Hamburg, Iowa. 2011-06-13
An Irish-born Australian man who admitted after initially pleading innocence to breaching the state of emergency during the anti-government protests in Thailand is deported to Australia; he says he was beaten, was treated harshly and was not shown an arrest warrant. 2010-08-20
Several grenade attacks occur at the homes of former Thai Prime Minister Banharn Silpa-archa and in Chiang Mai. 2010-04-26