More than 3,000 prison inmates lined up yesterday to form the Thai symbol for the number nine, in honour of late King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died on October 13 after reigning for seven decades.

Donald Trump pledged on Wednesday to pour millions of his own dollars into his presidential bid, in defiance of the seemingly unstoppable momentum building behind Hillary Clinton.

A man who admitted to defacing Donald Trump’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in protest at the Republican presidential candidate’s treatment of women was arrested yesterday, police said.

Democrat Hillary Clinton hit the campaign trail yesterday with Michelle Obama, surprise star of the 2016 White House race, as the former and current first ladies fight to lock in battleground states ahead of November’s election.

President Vladimir Putin has slammed as “hysteria” claims that Russia has attempted to interfere in the upcoming US presidential elections by hacking American political institutions.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday launched Bangladesh’s first-ever toll-free ‘Child Helpline-1098’ putting emphasis on creating mass awareness to stop child repression.

The Philippines now has six Miss International titlists with the crowning of the country’s bet Kylie Versoza yesterday in Tokyo, Japan.

Venezuela’s opposition-dominated Congress convened yesterday to push forward a political trial of socialist President Nicolas Maduro, a day after dozens were injured in protests demanding a vote to recall the unpopular leader.

India’s $11bn tobacco industry has urged the government to take a softer line on tobacco control efforts when it hosts a WHO conference in New Delhi next month, but officials say the government will not bow to “pressure tactics.”

It seems India’s minister of culture does not know who the prime minister of New Zealand is especially at a time when he is visiting New Delhi and was present at a meeting to talk about the tourism potential between the two countries.

India announced yesterday it was expelling a Pakistani visa official for suspected spying after he was briefly detained carrying sensitive defence documents, with tensions between the neighbours already running high.

A man was shot and killed by Kenyan police outside the US embassy in the capital Nairobi yesterday after stabbing an officer with a knife.