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Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn swore in PM Srettha Thavisin and cabinet ministers in a coalition government made up of 11 parties.

Thailand's king has commuted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's eight-year prison sentence to one year.

Their visits come at a fraught time for the royal family, with the monarch's eldest daughter in a coma since December.

Doctors are using medication and equipment to support her lung, heart and kidney functions after she suffered a heart problem.

Malaysia beat Laos 2-1 to win the men's doubles title in the 35th Thai King's Cup Sepak Takraw World Championships in Bangkok today.

Any criticism of the monarch - whom some have viewed as semi-divine - is taboo as well as illegal.

A rundown of the most important stories you need to know for the day, from the newsroom of Astro AWANI.

Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn said "we love them all the same" of protesters who seek to curb his powers and he called Thailand "the land of compromise".

Germany has said it would be unacceptable for the king to conduct politics there.

Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn's praise for a man who held up a royal portrait at a protest site in Bangkok has drawn controversy in Thailand.

His seven-decade rule spanned some of the most tumultuous moments in Thai history, including several coups, a deadly crackdown on student protesters, natural disasters and a regional financial crisis.

The unidentified youth is suspected of having fired the gun from a garden or house window at a group of cyclists that included King Maha Vajiralongkorn and his entourage.

Political observers say the new king's coronation will formally kick-start politics following a year-long mourning period and a general election should follow soon after.

Thailand's king signed a new constitution in a ceremony on Thursday, an essential step towards holding an election that the military government has promised to restore democracy after a 2014 coup.

Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn will sign a new constitution on Thursday, the palace said, an essential step towards holding a general election the military government has promised to restore.

Donald Trump says he would impose the tariffs until China stops the flow of illegal drugs, particularly fentanyl, into the United States.

Topping the demands of Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party is the release of all its leaders, including Khan, who has been jailed on a series of corruption charges since August 2023.

The report highlights that "60 per cent of all female homicides" are committed by "people closely related to them".

Two subsea cables, one linking Finland and Germany and the other connecting Sweden to Lithuania, were damaged in less than 24 hours.

It is clear that adding more lanes and highways doesn't work, because we are still attempting the same approach to solve the issue.

This investment includes efforts to upgrade INOKOM's existing assembly capacity to meet Hyundai's automotive needs.

'C4Cinta', directed by young filmmaker Karthik Shamalan, has set a new benchmark in Malaysian Tamil cinema.

The court denied bail and scheduled case mention on Feb 7 for the submission of forensic, autopsy, and chemist reports.

The classroom assessment approach offers a much more interesting learning ecosystem, says Fadhlina Sidek.

Google and Meta says the government should wait for the results of an age-verification trial before going ahead.