Thailand

Warg, aka 'anakata', failed to appear for start of 12-month jail term in January.

Yoovidhya arrested in Thailand made following claims of a cover-up in original investigation.

Fire said to be due to lightning that caused a transformer to explode.

Security agencies stepping up search for kidnappers and abducted foreigners.

American swimmer Michael Phelps has ended his Olympic career with 18 gold medals, the last coming in the men's 4x100m medley relay.

Team GB's Fred Evans and Andrew Selby qualify for the Olympics boxing quarter finals

Police in central Vietnam pull over speeding car and find two tiger carcasses in the back.

The Heineken offer is expected to invite counter-bids from rivals in the beer industry.

Muslims around the world begin month of fasting and good deeds.

Israeli government says it will do everything to find perpetrators of the bombing, which claims at least eight lives.

Bomber kills eight including himself and injures dozens in attack on tourist bus full of young Israelis in Burgas.

The United Arab Emirates launches crackdown on Islamist dissidents with arrest of three more Emirati radicals.

The four countries are tipped by ratings agency S&P to pick up the slack of slowing China GDP growth and others in the Asia-Pacific region, in the face of the faltering Eurozone economies.

Joe Gordon had been facing two and half years in prison for translating a banned biography, The King Never Sleeps, about the Thai king.

Don Chan Palace Hotel in Vientiane one of two upmarket Laos resorts displaying thousands of pieces of ivory for sale, say wildlife trade monitors, Traffic.

Two Iranians allegedly involved in the plot aimed at Israel, Saudi Arabia, the US and British missions in Kenya arrested.

The Bonhams Entertainment Memorabilia auction featuring a wide variety of items related to Hollywood, Rock 'n Roll and Animation Art sets new records with famous musician Jerry Garcia's personal guitar selling for £39854.

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Myanmar delivers strong warning to opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to refrain from name seen as legacy of British colonial rule.

Apple's biggest change to iTunes since its 2003 debut will further integrate iCloud services.

Apple also launches iTunes App Store in 12 new countries across Asia including Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Sri Lanka and Vietnam.

Elephants, seals and penguins have dipped their feet into animal-friendly paint and then printed their paws in canvases.

UN Watercourses Convention helps ensure that the world's 263 international boundary crossing rivers are protected and peacefully shared.

Viewers shocked after contestant strips off on stage and paints canvas using her bare breasts.

Modern day Father's Day celebration was started at the initiative of the American Sonora Dodd as a tribute to her father who brought up all her five siblings alone after the death of her mother.

Receiving the Nobel Peace Prize means personally extending my concerns for democracy and human rights beyond national borders, said Suu Kyi in her speech.

If convicted on all counts, Maksym Shynkarenko could face up to life in prison.

Suu Kyi will address both houses of British parliament during her two-week Europe visit.

Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi addresses cheering crowd of Burmese migrants in Thailand at start of tour.

Thai webmaster receives eight-month suspended prison sentence for not removing comments posted by third-party in 'timely manner'.