Two shot to death after roadside spat
AN early-morning shooting incident in Nikhom Phatthana district, Rayong province, left two people dead and two others injured, local media reported.
PM meets security chiefs after attacks in the south
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, already facing a flood crisis in the country's north, held an urgent meeting with high-level security officials in response to coordinated violence overnight in three southern provinces.
Political amnesty law takes effect but excludes lese majeste
An amnesty for political offences committed in Thailand over the past two decades took effect, but the law excludes some of the more serious cases, including those involving lese majeste, or defaming the monarchy.
Arson wave strikes restive south
Dozens of coordinated arson and incendiary attacks across the country's insurgency-hit south left two people injured and damaged government property, the military said.
Top generals meet as ties thaw post-coup
THE country's top general welcomed Myanmar's military chief for talks, the latter's first foreign trip in office as his coup-staging armed forces shake off their ¬pariah status.
‘Suitcase murder teen died of suffocation’
A TEEN whose body was found in a suitcase in the seaside resort of Pattaya in June died of suffocation, police said.
Schools hold drills after deadly shooting
SCHOOLS conducted active shooter drills as authorities moved to strengthen security measures two weeks after a 14-year-old opened fire at a school and killed at least eight people.
Outcry over drug kingpin’s release
The nation's justice minister pledged to review pardon criteria following backlash over the release of an 85-year-old drug trafficker who served less than a decade of a life prison sentence.
‘Gun crackdown misses the mark’
Loaves of sourdough bread now fill the display window of Suchart and Friends Gun, a firearms shop-turned-bakery in Bangkok's old quarter where pistols and rifles once lined the glass case
French family rescued after 16 hours adrift at sea
A French family spent more than 16 hours floating at sea after their jet ski capsized off Koh Samui island before being rescued, a local official said.
