Former prime minister and de facto leader of the ruling Pheu Thai Party Thaksin Shinawatra on Sunday pledged to build up to one million housing units for low-income people during a speech at a rally in Bueng Kan province.

State agencies are studying the feasibility of hosting an F1 event in 2027 with a plan to hold it as a city race along Vibhavadi Rangsit Road in Bangkok, said Kongsak Yodmanee, governor of the Sports Authority of Thailand.

The government is stepping up suppression of a new form of narcotic drugs called "pod k”, a mixture of vape juice and ketamine now popular among clubbers, deputy government spokesman Anukool Pruksanusak said on Sunday.

PHUKET: Two foreign visitors died after attending a world-renowned electric dance music festival in this southern island province on Saturday night.

Hamas provided the names of three female Israeli hostages it plans to hand over on Sunday, after a delay in releasing the list pushed back the start of a ceasefire in Gaza and led to more deadly strikes.

TAK: Thirty-two Indonesian nationals, 30 men and two women, have been caught fleeing from neighbouring Myanmar into Thailand through a border area in Mae Sot district and detained for questioning.

LANGKAWI, Malaysia - Southeast Asian nations told Myanmar's military government on Sunday its plan to hold an election amid an escalating civil war should not be its priority, urging the junta to start dialogue and end hostilities immediately.

TIBú (COLOMBIA) - The death toll from attacks by ELN rebels in Colombia has risen to 60 in the country's restive Catatumbo region near the border with Venezuela, officials said Saturday.

Talks between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and China to crack down on online scams need detail as the proposal from Beijing was still in an early stage, Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampongsa said on Saturday.

MANILA - The Philippines and the United States carried out joint maritime exercises for a fifth time in the South China Sea, Manila's armed forces said on Sunday, in a move that would likely irk China.