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Brilliant Ariya On Top of World With Manulife Classic Win
Thailand's Ariya Jutanugarn drained a 25-foot birdie putt to win the Manulife LPGA Classic in a three-way playoff...
Thai Man Jailed For 35 Years For Defaming Royals On Facebook
A Thai man was jailed for 35 years on Friday for Facebook posts deemed insulting to the royal family, a watchdog said,...
Promote Domestic Investments – PEF To GIPC
Unhappy with what it has described as excessive focus on Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs), at the expense of local...
Rural Thai City Emerges As Sporting Camelot
A 'godfather' of Thai politics is using cash and contacts to transform his once poor, forgotten rice-farming fiefdom...
Sharp Operator Deuba Takes Helm In Nepal For Fourth Time
Sher Bahadur Deuba, who Tuesday became prime minister for the fourth time, is a sharp political operator who has swept...
‘Eerie’ Calm Settles Over Qatar’s Deserted Airport
Qatar's state-of-the-art Hamad International bills itself as one of the most luxurious airports in the world -- but on...
One-Armed Kiwi Climbs Professional Tennis Ranks
Under blazing tropical skies, Alex Hunt tosses the ball high into air and smashes down a serve at a Bangkok tennis...
Thais Jail Singapore Bank ‘note’ Robber For 14 Months
A Thai court on Tuesday sentenced a Canadian man to 14 months in jail for crimes linked to a rare bank robbery in...
Ko Still Golf’s No.1 Despite Rankings Blunder
Lydia Ko will remain world number one for at least one more week after the company which calculates the women's global...
Skin Cure Fad Driving Myanmar Elephant Poaching Surge
Myanmar's wild elephants are being poached in record numbers with at least 20 killed this year due to surging demand...
Ariya To Supplant Ko, First Thai To Reach No. 1
Thailand's Ariya Jutanugarn has seized the number one world ranking from New Zealand's Lydia Ko with neither lifting a...
Nordqvist Leads In Search of LPGA Three-Peat
Sweden's Anna Nordqvist got off to a hot start in her bid for a third straight LPGA ShopRite Classic crown on Friday...
Ko’s Reign At Number One Set To End
Lydia Ko's reign as world number one is set to end on Sunday, but it remains unclear just who will replace her atop the...
Golden Triangle Narco-Gangs Churning Out New Highs, UN Warns
Southeast Asian drug cartels are diversifying the narcotics they produce, the UN's crime agency warned Wednesday, with...
A Prayer For the Victims of Turkey
God in heaven, I pray for the hundreds of thousands of Kurds, Alevis, Hizmet movement participants and minority...
UK Journalist Faces Thai Jail For Carrying Protective Gear
A British journalist faces jail time after he was arrested at Thailand's main airport with a gas mask and plates for a...
Sri Lanka Deploys More Troops As Flood Toll Climbs To 177
Thousands of Sri Lankan troops battled Monday to get relief supplies to nearly half a million people displaced by the...
Sri Lanka Monsoon Toll Climbs To 164
Sri Lanka's monsoon toll climbed to 164 with the discovery of more bodies of people buried in landslides triggered by...
Sri Lanka Steps Up Relief As Monsoon Toll Exceeds 150
Emergency teams rushed food and water Sunday to half a million Sri Lankans displaced by the island's worst flooding for...