PHUKET – A group of speedboat operators are deeply concerned that a month after a fire at Chalong pier destroyed their livelihood there is still no progress in the investigation and no sign of the assistance and compensation they were promised.

A fire destroyed 28 stalls at Chatuchak Weekend Market in Bangkok on Monday night and an initial assessment blamed it on an electrical short circuit - the second such fire in just a few days. 

Global funds piled back into Thai equities as a convincing win by the incumbent Bhumjaithai Party in Sunday’s election paved the way for policy continuity. 

SEOUL - Investigators raided South Korea's spy agency on Tuesday as they probed possible government links to a drone shot down over North Korea earlier this year.

TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) won 315 seats in weekend snap elections, giving it a two-thirds majority, official results confirmed Tuesday.

Criminals in Southeast Asia are harnessing inexpensive AI tools to target bigger pools of potential victims at high speed, keeping scam centers humming even as governments try and crack down, senior officials at Interpol say.

SISIMIUT (DENMARK) - Standing in his boat with binoculars in hand, hunter Malik Kleist scans the horizon for seals. But this February, the sea ice in southwestern Greenland has yet to freeze, threatening traditional livelihoods like his.

A California state court case over whether Instagram and YouTube harmed a woman's mental health through addictive app design kicks off on Monday with opening statements, in a test of whether Big Tech platforms can be held liable for harming kids. Alex Cohen looks at the case and its potential impact. - REUTERS

A U.S. senator in a delegation visiting Nuuk said on Monday (February 9) the people of Greenland were friends of the United States and that President Donald Trump’s comments about acquiring the territory had damaged trust with the inhabitants of the Arctic island. - REUTERS

The death toll from the collapse of residential buildings in the Lebanese city of Tripoli rose to at least 15 after search and rescue operations ended, Lebanon's National News Agency said on Monday citing the civil defense chief. - REUTERS