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Thailand faces uncertainty, grief without King Bhumibol INTERNATIONAL

Thailand faces uncertainty, grief without King Bhumibol

Thousands of weeping Thais lined the route the body of their beloved King Bhumibol Adulyadej will take to the riverside Grand Palace ahead of a funeral and a traditional royal cremation that will need months to prepare.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Thai king's health 'unstable' as crowd holds vigil INTERNATIONAL

Thai king's health 'unstable' as crowd holds vigil

The health of Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej is "still unstable", the palace said late on Wednesday, with the 88-year-old on a ventilator and battling a new infection as crowds gathered to pray outside his Bangkok hospital.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Security stepped up in Bangkok, airports over possible bomb plots INTERNATIONAL

Security stepped up in Bangkok, airports over possible bomb plots

Police in Thailand said Monday that they have stepped up security in Bangkok, airports in the capital and surrounding provinces following an intelligence tip-off about possible bomb attacks at the end of October.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Passport-forger 'admits' to dismembering dead man: Thai police INTERNATIONAL

Passport-forger 'admits' to dismembering dead man: Thai police

An American accused of running a passport-forgery ring in Bangkok confessed to dismembering -- but not murdering -- a man found in his freezer, Thai police said ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Bangkok ranked world's number 1 travel destination INTERNATIONAL

Bangkok ranked world's number 1 travel destination

Bangkok is the world's top destination city by international overnight visitor arrivals, according to an annual ranking released on Thursday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Thailand finds 21 new cases of Zika in Bangkok INTERNATIONAL

Thailand finds 21 new cases of Zika in Bangkok

Twenty-one new cases of locally-transmitted Zika virus have been confirmed in central Bangkok, including a pregnant woman who later gave birth with no complications, Thailand's public health ministry said on Sunday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
15 detained by Thai military over tourist town attacks INTERNATIONAL

15 detained by Thai military over tourist town attacks

Thailand's junta on Thursday detained at least 15 suspects at military barracks on suspicion of launching a string of deadly bomb and arson attacks against tourist resort towns last week.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Suspected Singapore bank robber to be 'sent abroad' INTERNATIONAL

Suspected Singapore bank robber to be 'sent abroad'

A Canadian suspected of robbing a Singapore bank of S$30,000 ($22,250) will be sent abroad, Thailand's police chief said on Wednesday, but he did not say whether he would be sent to Singapore or Canada.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Doctors alleviate water on the brain build-up for Thai king INTERNATIONAL

Doctors alleviate water on the brain build-up for Thai king

Doctors treating Thailand's ailing King Bhumibol Adulyadej have performed a procedure to reduce a new build-up of water on the brain, the palace said , the latest in a series of procedures for the 88-year-old.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Air India flight searched after bomb threat: Bangkok official INTERNATIONAL

Air India flight searched after bomb threat: Bangkok official

Thailand's airport authorities searched an Air India flight for explosives after it landed in Bangkok following a bomb threat late on Wednesday, an airport official said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016