Buildings across the Thai capital, Bangkok, have been set ablaze by anti-government protesters after the military stormed a protest camp in the centre of the city.
At least six people are known to have died in Wednesday’s assault on the so-called red shirts, but that number could rise further.
The government imposed a curfew from 8pm (1300GMT) [...]
Opposition protesters have agreed to hold peace talks with the Thai government following days of deadly unrest in the capital.
The proposal, however, failed to stop sporadic fighting on the outskirts of Bangkok on Tuesday.
“We have agreed to take a new round of talks proposed by the senate because if we allow things to go on [...]
About 5,000 people remain at an anti-government protest site in the capital of Thailand despite the expiry of a government deadline to leave the area.
The red shirts were seen dancing inside the fortified encampment, which stretches for several miles in Bangkok, after the 3:00pm local time (0800 GMT) deadline came and went on Monday.
“There are [...]
The Thai military has imposed curfew in some parts of Bangkok as soldiers remain locked in confrontation with anti-government protesters.
At least 25 people have been killed and 215 others wounded in two days of violent unrest in the Thai capital.
“There will be a curfew announcement in some necessary areas and roads in Bangkok so that [...]
Sporadic explosions have been heard in central Bangkok after a night of violence that saw the death toll in clashes between Thai security forces and anti-government red shirt protesters rise to 18.
The Thai capital has now been rocked by two days of running street battles as security forces battled to evict thousands of so-called red [...]
Bangkok is bracing for more unrest after the Thai prime minister rejected an offer by anti-government protesters to end their demonstrations in return for fresh elections within 30 days.
Instead, Abhisit Vejjajiva reiterated in a nationally televised address on Sunday that the authorities will retake the main protest site of the so-called red shirts in Bangkok’s [...]
Tensions were high in the Thai capital a day after at least one person was killed and 86 wounded in grenade attacks linked to a weeks-long anti-government protest.
Hundreds of riot police and so-called red shirt protesters faced off at a major intersection in Bangkok’s financial district on Friday morning before the police pulled back without [...]
A series of explosions have rocked the business district of Bangkok, Thailand’s capital, killing at least three people.
Five blasts on Thursday in the Silom area also injured about 75 others, including foreigners, according to authorities and hospital officials.
The blasts were caused by M-79 grenades, according to Panitan Wattanayagorn, an army spokesman.
Abhisit Vejjajiva, the prime minister, [...]
Thailand’s political crisis has spilled from the capital to the northeast of the country, as anti-government protesters continue to hold up a train they say is carrying soldiers and equipment bound for Bangkok.
On Wednesday, red shirt protesters stopped a train carrying about 70 soldiers and military hardware in Khon Kaen province.
Despite negotiations between the area’s [...]
Anti-government protesters in Thailand have seized a train carrying about 70 soldiers and military equipment northeast of the capital, Bangkok.
The troops were travelling through the Khon Kaen area, a stronghold of the so-called red shirt protesters, when they were seized on Wednesday.
Hundreds of red shirts stopped the 18-car train from leaving a station 450km from [...]