Thailand says China must make a formal extradition request if it wants two Uyghur men returned, in response to growing concerns about their fate if they are sent back.

U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh says he won't prejudge what the U.S. central bank will do about interest rates at its upcoming meetings.

The head of the International Monetary Fund’s Africa department says African economies have managed to weather the energy crisis brought on by the Iran war.

Dozens of people have marched in Bangkok, seeking to draw the attention of world financial leaders to poverty, pollution and other grievances during a meeting of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank.

The head of the International Monetary Fund says the United States and other wealthy nations must urgently tackle mounting global debt, which is weighing most heavily on low-income countries.

Rain has eased in Thailand’s capital on Sunday, but flooding persisted in several low-lying areas, with thousands forced to evacuate.

Incessant rain has hammered several areas of Thailand’s capital, disrupting traffic and forcing thousands to evacuate.

Indonesia is welcoming its first aircraft carrier, the former Italian Navy vessel ITS Giuseppe Garibaldi, marking a major step in President Prabowo Subianto’s military modernization drive.

Hundreds of people have demonstrated outside Israel’s embassy in Bangkok to demand foreign visitors respect Thai laws and culture.

The crew of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln has streamed into Pattaya, Thailand, as part of the port call after the ship's lengthy deployment to the Middle East.

The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier has docked in Thailand after nearly nine months at sea supporting U.S. operations against Iran.

Thailand's coastal city of Pattaya is preparing for a visit by the USS Abraham Lincoln, as the aircraft carrier makes its way back to the U.S. following a grueling deployment in the Middle East.

Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has held an urgent meeting with security officials after coordinated violence erupted in three southern provinces.

The Thai government has pledged to tighten gun controls and crack down on illegal firearms after two deadly shootings near Bangkok intensified calls for tougher enforcement.

A schoolgirl has died from critical wounds after a student opened fire at a high school and his home outside Bangkok the day before, raising the death toll to at least eight.

A student shot several people at a high school outside Bangkok, killing at least five and wounding several others.

The leader of Myanmar's military-backed government has arrived in Thailand on an official visit.

Malaysian durian farmers face challenges as climate change impacts their crops.

The Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia, an ornate 13th-century Buddhist temple in Thailand and tidal flats in western South Korea were among several sites added to the World Heritage List on Saturday at a U.N. committee meeting in South Korea.

Thai authorities are searching for those responsible for a deadly attack in the country's troubled deep south.

A U.N. report says Southeast Asia-based criminal groups are using increasingly integrated networks and technology to build a rapidly growing illicit economy with tentacles that reach far beyond Asia, costing victims more than $88 billion a year alone in frauds linked to online scams.

Debates are stirring over Thailand’s safety regulations after a deadly fire at a Bangkok music bar killed more than 30 people and injured over 70.

Officials say the death toll from a huge fire in a Bangkok music bar has increased to 30.

Most of the people who were killed in a huge fire in a Bangkok music bar were found trapped in windowless bathrooms where they may have sought to escape the flames that claimed at least 27 lives.

A huge fire that engulfed a beer hall in Bangkok overnight has killed at least 27 people and injured dozens more.

Three former crew members of a Thai cargo ship struck in the Strait of Hormuz in March have filed a lawsuit against the vessel’s operator.

Officials in Thailand say an 11-year-old boy has crashed a pickup truck into Buddhist monks on a pilgrimage, killing nine.

Chinese dissident Dong Guangping has finally reached Canada after a perilous escape from China.

A Thai woman accused of killing her U.S. diplomat ex-husband has appeared in a Myanmar court.

Thailand’s Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol, a lawyer and the eldest of King Maha Vajiralongkorn’s children, has died at age 47.

A court in Thailand has sentenced two Uyghur men to death for a 2015 bombing at Bangkok's Erawan shrine.

The U.S. State Department says an American diplomat assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Yangon, the biggest city in Myanmar, has been found dead.

Cambodia has filed for compulsory conciliation under a U.N. maritime law agreement to resolve a sea border dispute with Thailand.

Rescue workers in Laos have safely evacuated four villagers trapped in a flooded cave for 10 days.

Rescue divers in Laos have safely evacuated the first of five villagers trapped in a cave for over a week due to floodwaters.

Five villagers trapped in a flooded cave in central Laos for over a week have been found alive.

A train crashed into a public bus in the Thai capital, Bangkok, on Saturday.

Jeeno Thitikul holds a two-shot lead at the Mizuho Americas Open after a steady performance in the third round.

Southeast Asian leaders have adopted in an annual summit a contingency plan to mitigate the impact of the Iran war on their people and economies but acknowledged it will be difficult to enforce complex steps like establishing a regional fuel reserve to ensure a steady supply.

Two Chinese nationals face charges in the U.S. that they managed a sprawling compound in Myanmar where authorities say workers were forced to participate in cryptocurrency investment fraud scams.

The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers says Chinese exports of passenger cars have accelerated in March.

Scam compounds have mushroomed across Southeast Asia since the pandemic.

The Eurovision music spectacle is expanding to Asia.

Nuclear power is getting a second look across Southeast Asia to prepare for surging demand for power for artificial intelligence-focused data centers.

A Thai court on Tuesday found a major gold mine operator liable for pollution that has harmed nearby villagers, in a ruling that could influence future environmental lawsuits.

Cambodia says fighting with Thailand has left the Preah Vihear temple badly damaged and too dangerous for visitors.

A Thai zoo said police has arrested a man after he entered the enclosure of Moo Deng, the viral pygmy hippo.

Flower garlands are synonymous with Hawaii.

Top-ranked Jeeno Thitikul has struggled during the first round of the HSBC Women’s World Championship.

Officials say the deaths of 72 tigers at two tourist parks in northern Thailand are a result of canine distemper and not bird flu.

Jeeno Thitikul wins the LPGA Thailand by one shot and earns her first victory at her home event.

World No. 1 Jeeno Thitikul has birdied her final three holes for a 6-under 66 and a two-stroke lead going into the final round of her home LPGA Thailand tournament.

Thai police say they've caught an elusive serial burglar by going undercover as lion dancers at a temple fair.

Thailand has begun using a birth control vaccine on elephants in the wild to try curb a growing problem where human and animal populations encroach on each other.

A 17-year-old has killed one person and injured two others after he stole a gun from police and stormed a public high school in southern Thailand.

The Bhumjaithai Party of Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul is on track to win the most seats in Thailand’s general election, according to unofficial results.

The Bhumjaithai party of Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has taken a commanding lead in Thailand’s general election.

A construction crane has collapsed onto an elevated road near Bangkok, a day after another construction accident in northeastern Thailand killed 32 people.

A construction crane has fallen onto a moving passenger train in northeastern Thailand, causing a fiery derailment that killed at least 32 people.

The United States will be providing significant aid to Thailand and Cambodia to ensure regional stability in the wake of the two nations fighting last year.

Thailand has repatriated 18 Cambodian prisoners of war.

Foreign ministers from Cambodia and Thailand have convened with their Chinese counterpart to discuss the border dispute between the two Southeast Asian countries.

Top diplomats from Thailand and Cambodia have begun talks in China to address their border dispute.

Thailand and Cambodia have signed a ceasefire agreement to end weeks of fighting over border disputes.

Cambodia says that Thailand hit a site in the country's northwest with an airstrike on Saturday even as the two sides pursue talks to end clashes.

Thailand’s foreign minister says Thailand and Cambodia will resume talks to work toward a more durable ceasefire along their border.

Thailand has conducted more airstrikes on Cambodia, targeting a warehouse storing rockets.

Thailand has helped launch a global effort to fight the spread of online scams that include criminal enterprises based largely in Southeast Asia.

Thailand's government reports a rocket attack from Cambodia on Sunday killed a 63-year-old villager.

Fighting is raging along the Thailand-Cambodia border, despite U.S. President Donald Trump's claim of a new ceasefire agreement.

President Donald Trump says Thai and Cambodian leaders have agreed to renew a truce after days of deadly clashes.

Thailand is preparing for a new election early next year after Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul dissolved the House of Representatives.

Thai officials have announced four civilian deaths as heavy combat flares along the border with Cambodia.

Renewed border fighting between Thailand and Cambodia is showing no signs of stopping.

At least two of several agreements aimed at ending global conflicts that President Donald Trump has hailed as evidence of his negotiating prowess are in trouble and at risk of collapsing.

Cambodia and Thailand are engaged in renewed fighting, forcing tens of thousands to flee border areas.

Thailand has launched airstrikes along its disputed border with Cambodia.

In a story published Dec. 5, 2025, The Associated Press reported that a judge in Mexico had issued an arrest warrant for Raúl Rocha Cantú related to an investigation of criminal activity.

Rescue teams are racing to reach communities isolated by last week’s catastrophic floods and landslides in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand as over 900 people remained missing.

Southeast Asia has been hit by unusually severe floods this year, with late storms killing more than 1,400 people and leaving hundreds missing across Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Thailand.

Emergency crews are racing to reach survivors and recover bodies after catastrophic floods and landslides in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Malaysia.

Over 800 people remain missing after devastating floods killed over 1,000 people last week in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand.

The death toll from flooding in southern Thailand has reached at least 145, according to officials.

A woman in Thailand shocked temple staff when she started moving in her coffin after being brought in for cremation.

Jeeno Thitikul has capped off her best year with the biggest prize in women's golf.

Fátima Bosch Fernández of Mexico has been crowned Miss Universe 2025 at this year's competition in Bangkok.

President Donald Trump says he has successfully eased tensions between Cambodia and Thailand.

A restaurant in central Thailand has become an internet sensation after a nearby river flooded it with water and fish.

The death toll from a capsized boat carrying Rohingya migrants from Myanmar has risen to 27.

Thailand has paused a U.S.-brokered ceasefire with Cambodia indefinitely after a land mine explosion injured four Thai soldiers.

Thailand has threatened to suspend a U.S.-brokered ceasefire with Cambodia.

India is repatriating the first batch of hundreds of its nationals who last month fled to Thailand from Myanmar, where most had been working at a notorious center for online scams.

A Thai regional army commander say that the number of people fleeing from Myanmar to Thailand after Myanmar’s military shut down a major online scam center has slowed to a trickle.

East Timor has been formally admitted into the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in the group’s first expansion since the 1990s.

Thailand’s Queen Mother Sirikit, who supervised royal projects to help the rural poor, preserve traditional craft-making and protect the environment, has died.

The United States stayed perfect at the LPGA’s International Crown tournament, winning its third and fourth fourball matches and ending No. 1-ranked Jeeno Thitikul's unbeaten record in the team competition.

A report by an environmental group says millions of tons of discarded U.S. electronics are being shipped overseas each month.

Malaysia and the U.S. are working to secure an expanded ceasefire agreement between Thailand and Cambodia.

The humble water buffalo has become a prized show animal in Thailand.

A part of a road has collapsed in Bangkok, leaving a large sinkhole that disrupted traffic, damaged infrastructure and prompted evacuations in the surrounding area.