AMBIKA AHUJA Thailand's Supreme Court issued arrest warrants yesterday for ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife after they failed to appear at a hearing on corruption charges and fle...

At least 137 people were dead or missing in mountainous northern Vietnam on Sunday after heavy rains brought by tropical storm Kammuri triggered widespread flash floods and landslides.Thousands of tro...

Pojamarn Shinawatra [JURIST news archive] after the two failed to return to Thailand from the UK on Sunday. Thaksin and Pojamarn had been released on bail, but recently sent a letter to the Thai gover...

- Flash floods and landslides brought by tropical storm Kammuri since Saturday have battered mountainous villages in northern Vietnam, killing more than 100 people and leaving 48 missing, the governme...

Golden girl: Thai weightlifter Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakon wins her first Olympic gold medal in the women's 53kg class on Sunday. She also set a new clean and jerk Olympic record of 126kg. Picture...

HANOI - Deadly floods and landslides from a tropical storm that pounded Vietnam over the weekend have claimed at least 101 lives and left 50 others missing, officials said today.The death toll will li...

, in a bid to overcome such problems. The station is remarkable for Laos in being the first media outlet run by community volunteers. All other media is staffed exclusively by state media employees.

Thailand's Supreme Court issued an arrest warrant Monday for ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra after he and his wife failed to appear at a corruption hearing and fled to Britain.

Thailand's Supreme Court issued arrest warrants Monday for former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife after they fled to England rather than face court cases in Thailand.

Thailand's deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra Monday said he and his family would live in England to escape persecution by his political enemies in Thailand.

London, Aug 11 : Thailand's deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has said that he and his family had fled to Britain.

August 11, 2008, 12:30 Flash floods and landslides brought by tropical storm Kammuri since Saturday have battered mountainous villages in Northern Vietnam, killing more than 100 people and leaving 48...

BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — Thailand's Supreme Court issued an arrest warrant Monday for ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra after he and his wife failed to appear at a corruption hearing and f...

Vietnamese emergency services were today trying to reach isolated and flood-hit northern communities after tropical storm Kammuri left at least 98 people dead and 50 missing over the weekend. Flash-f...

Flash floods and landslides brought by tropical storm Kammuri since Saturday have battered mountainous villages in northern Vietnam, killing at least 97 people and leaving 48 missing, the government s...

Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife, Pojaman, in Bangkok last month. Photograph: Pornchai Kittiwongsakul/AFP/Getty The ousted Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra skipped bail today and fled into exil...

HONG KONG - Asian bond spreads tightened Monday helped by easing concerns over inflation as oil prices came off the boil, while the cost of insuring Thai debt fell on hopes of reduced political tensio...

Deadly floods and landslides from a tropical storm that pounded Vietnam over the weekend have claimed at least 101 lives and left 50 others missing, officials said Monday.The death toll will likely ri...

HANOI (Reuters) - Flash floods and landslides brought by tropical storm Kammuri since Saturday have battered mountainous villages in northern Vietnam, killing more than 100 people and leaving 48 missi...

Bangkok, Aug 11 (Xinhua) Thailand's former premier Thaksin Shinawatra Monday announced his decision to seek political asylum in Britain.