PHUKET – A Chinese scam call center has been busted in a police raid at a house in Phuket Thailand 13 male and three female suspects...
BANGKOK – Fourteen people have been injured after “chicken fat oil” spilled onto the motorway overpass, causing multiple crashes involving 21 vehicles on Friday evening in...
HUSTON – A flotilla loaded with about 7 million barrels of Venezuelan oil has formed in the Gulf of Mexico, some holding cargoes bought ahead...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s Narcotics Suppression Bureau in Bangkok has announced the arrest of a Canadian, Briton and two Thai Nationals for producing large quantities of cannabis...
YANGON – While the West moves to re-isolate Myanmar after a short period of re-engagement, neighboring India is taking a more realpolitik approach to reports of...
CAMBRIDGE – It’s a dietary fad, a “Superfood” and sometimes even used to remove makeup, but according to one Harvard University professor, coconut oil is...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s Tourist Police have arrested 21 Chinese nationals and a Thai on Tuesday for alleged stock manipulation and fraud on fellow citizens in...
STOCKHOLM – For the first time in almost 70 years there will be no Nobel Literature Prize this year, after the Swedish Academy that selects the...
– HANOI, Vietnam — A Vietnamese court began a major corruption trial on Monday of 22 defendants, including a former senior Vietnamese Communist Party official and...
– BEIJING – An oil tanker carrying Iranian crude oil and run by the country’s top oil shipping operator was ablaze and spewing cargo into the...
– MOSCOW – Russian tankers have supplied fuel to North Korea on at least three occasions in recent months by transferring cargoes at sea, according...
– SEOUL – South Korean authorities have seized a Panama-flagged oil tanker suspected of violating U.N. sanctions on North Korea, the second such episode revealed...
– HONG KONG — Did a Chinese ship deliver oil to North Korea in defiance of the U.N. Security Council? President Donald Trump and South Korea...
– BEIJING – China’s foreign ministry has gone on the defensive saying its enforcement of U.N. sanctions against North Korea following reports Chinese ships improperly transferred...
– BEIJING – Amid efforts to boost the domestic tourist industry and improve the quality of life, state media quoted Chinese President Xi Jinping as...
– BAHAWALPUR, Pakistan – An overturned oil tanker burst into flames in Pakistan on Sunday, killing 148 people who had rushed to the scene of the...
– LONDON – The British pound was under pressure Tuesday after Bank of England Governor Mark Carney reined back market expectations that the bank would soon...
– WASHINGTON – The Dietary Fats and Cardiovascular Disease advisory of the American Heart Association reviewed existing data on saturated fat, showing coconut oil increased LDL...
– MANILA – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Friday Chinese counterpart China Xi Jinping had warned him there would be war if Manila tried to...
– NEW YORK – Thai flyweight boxer Srisaket Sor Rungvisai wrote his name into the Kingdom’s boxing history as the Si Sa Ket native became the...