- Sep 1
USS Abraham Lincoln docks in Thailand after record 250 days at sea without port call
The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln arrived at Laem Chabang port on Wednesday for a five-day stop following months of combat operations against Iran.
- Aug 26
Rescuers extract four survivors from Nepal flood debris ten days after disaster
Nepali and international rescue teams have pulled three hydropower workers and a 64-year-old woman alive from flooded tunnels and buried buildings in the Trishuli River valley.
- Aug 23
Over 50 coordinated arson and bomb attacks hit southern Thailand ahead of cabinet visit
Militants launched 51 arson, bomb, and shooting attacks across Narathiwat, Pattani, and Yala provinces between Saturday evening and midnight, injuring up to three people before a planned visit by Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul.
- Aug 18
Two students die in livestreamed shooting at Philippine Catholic high school
A ninth-grade student shot and killed a classmate before taking his own life at Ateneo de Zamboanga University in the southern Philippines, leaving two others injured.
- Aug 14
Australian golfer Jessica Bang, 18, dies after brain haemorrhage in Thailand
Jessica Bang, an 18-year-old Australian golfer described by the WPGA as an outstanding young talent, died on Thursday in Bangkok after a brain haemorrhage suffered on 1 August.
- Aug 7
Former Thai MP kills official in Nonthaburi days after school shooting left nine dead
A 71-year-old former Thai lawmaker shot dead a senior provincial official in Nonthaburi on Monday over a financial dispute, just three days after a 14-year-old student killed his grandparents and six people at a school in the same province before taking his own life.
- Aug 3
Aung San Suu Kyi meets Red Cross in Naypyidaw, first visit by a foreign official since Myanmar's 2021 coup
Myanmar's detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with the ICRC's resident representative Arnaud de Baecque in Naypyidaw on 3 August 2026, the first publicly confirmed meeting with a foreign official since the military seized power in February 2021.
- Jul 25
Italian students' Bangkok subway insults draw 16 million views and official embassy apology
A video of Italian teenagers shouting insults and making obscene gestures at a Thai woman on a Bangkok train has gone viral with 16 million views, forcing the Italian embassy to issue a formal apology.
- Jul 16
More than 500 Rohingya feared dead after two boats sink off Myanmar coast
Two vessels carrying mostly Rohingya refugees departed Myanmar's Rakhine State in late June; one lost contact, the other sank on 8 July. UN agencies warn of a potentially devastating loss of life.
- Jul 12
Bangkok pub fire death toll reaches 32 as investigators probe blocked exits and illegal concert permit
The blaze at Rong Beer Na Lat Phrao in Chatuchak district tore through the venue near midnight on Sunday, trapping patrons who fled toward locked or obstructed rear exits. Fifteen survivors remain in intensive care.
- Jul 2
Boy, 11, drives pickup into Buddhist monk pilgrimage in Thailand, killing eight
An 11-year-old boy drove a pickup truck into a group of Buddhist monks walking along a road in Mukdahan province, northeastern Thailand, on Thursday, killing eight and injuring more than 20.
- Jun 29
Australian man charged with homicide after Thai teen's body found stuffed in a suitcase in Pattaya
Simon Peter Carman, 45, was arrested at Bangkok's airport as he tried to leave Thailand, police said. He is charged with killing a 17-year-old he met on the beach, then hiding her naked body in a suitcase near railway tracks.
- Jun 27
Australian man arrested at Bangkok airport after body of 17-year-old girl found in suitcase in Pattaya
A 46-year-old Australian man was arrested at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport on Friday evening after police discovered the body of a 17-year-old Thai girl inside a suitcase in Pattaya. Authorities are awaiting autopsy results before filing charges of intentional homicide and abduction of a minor for sexual purposes.
- Jun 27
Australian man arrested in Bangkok after 17-year-old Thai girl found dead in suitcase in Pattaya
Police detained a 46-year-old Australian at Suvarnabhumi Airport as he tried to board a flight to Perth, hours after the naked body of a 17-year-old Thai girl was discovered in a discarded suitcase near a railway line in the resort city of Pattaya.
- Jun 26
Italy heatwave: 18 cities under red alert as five deaths reported, peak expected Monday
Italy's health ministry has placed 18 of the country's 27 largest cities under the highest level of heat alert through Sunday, with at least five deaths linked to the scorching temperatures. The peak of the heatwave is expected Monday, before a sharp weather shift brings storms and hail.
- Jun 13
Thailand mourns Princess Bajrakitiyabha as succession questions resurface
Thousands gathered at Bangkok's Grand Palace on Saturday as the body of Princess Bajrakitiyabha, 47, the eldest daughter of King Rama X, was brought in a solemn procession after her death following three years in a coma.
- Jun 12
Thailand's Princess Bajrakitiyabha dies at 47 after long illness, leaving monarchy succession uncertain
The eldest daughter of Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn died on 11 June after nearly four years in a coma following a heart condition, the royal palace announced Friday. Her death raises questions about the line of succession for the constitutional monarchy.
- Jun 11
Thai court sentences two Uyghur men to death for deadly 2015 Bangkok shrine bombing
A Bangkok court convicted two ethnic Uyghur men from China’s Xinjiang region on charges of premeditated murder for the August 2015 Erawan Shrine attack that killed 20 people and wounded over 120.
