Officials say the death toll from a huge fire in a Bangkok music bar has increased to 30.

Most of the people who were killed in a huge fire in a Bangkok music bar were found trapped in windowless bathrooms where they may have sought to escape the flames that claimed at least 27 lives.

In a story published July 12, 2026, about a deadly fire, The Associated Press erroneously reported the wrong death toll for a previous fire in Thailand.

Three former crew members of a Thai cargo ship struck in the Strait of Hormuz in March have filed a lawsuit against the vessel’s operator.

Officials in Thailand say an 11-year-old boy has crashed a pickup truck into Buddhist monks on a pilgrimage, killing 10 of them and injuring others.

Chinese dissident Dong Guangping has finally reached Canada after a perilous escape from China.

Thailand’s Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol, a lawyer and the eldest of King Maha Vajiralongkorn’s children, has died at age 47.

The U.S. State Department says an American diplomat assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Yangon, the biggest city in Myanmar, has been found dead.

Rescue workers in Laos have safely evacuated four villagers trapped in a flooded cave for 10 days.

Rescue divers in Laos have safely evacuated the first of five villagers trapped in a cave for over a week due to floodwaters.

Five villagers trapped in a flooded cave in central Laos for over a week have been found alive.

A search operation for seven villagers trapped inside a flooded cave in central Laos has entered its seventh day as rescuers encounter difficult terrain and weather in their bid to reach the group.

A train crashed into a public bus in the Thai capital, Bangkok, on Saturday.

Jeeno Thitikul holds a two-shot lead at the Mizuho Americas Open after a steady performance in the third round.

Southeast Asian leaders have adopted in an annual summit a contingency plan to mitigate the impact of the Iran war on their people and economies but acknowledged it will be difficult to enforce complex steps like establishing a regional fuel reserve to ensure a steady supply.

Scam compounds have mushroomed across Southeast Asia since the pandemic.

The Eurovision music spectacle is expanding to Asia.

Nuclear power is getting a second look across Southeast Asia to prepare for surging demand for power for artificial intelligence-focused data centers.

A Thai court on Tuesday found a major gold mine operator liable for pollution that has harmed nearby villagers, in a ruling that could influence future environmental lawsuits.

Cambodia says fighting with Thailand has left the Preah Vihear temple badly damaged and too dangerous for visitors.

A Thai zoo said police has arrested a man after he entered the enclosure of Moo Deng, the viral pygmy hippo.

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Officials say the deaths of 72 tigers at two tourist parks in northern Thailand are a result of canine distemper and not bird flu.

Thai police say they've caught an elusive serial burglar by going undercover as lion dancers at a temple fair.

Thailand has begun using a birth control vaccine on elephants in the wild to try curb a growing problem where human and animal populations encroach on each other.

A 17-year-old has killed one person and injured two others after he stole a gun from police and stormed a public high school in southern Thailand.

The Bhumjaithai party of Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has taken a commanding lead in Thailand’s general election.

A construction crane has collapsed onto an elevated road near Bangkok, a day after another construction accident in northeastern Thailand killed 32 people.

A construction crane has fallen onto a moving passenger train in northeastern Thailand, causing a derailment that killed at least 32 people.

The United States will be providing significant aid to Thailand and Cambodia to ensure regional stability in the wake of the two nations fighting last year.

Thailand has repatriated 18 Cambodian prisoners of war.

Foreign ministers from Cambodia and Thailand have convened with their Chinese counterpart to discuss the border dispute between the two Southeast Asian countries.

Top diplomats from Thailand and Cambodia have started talks in China to address their border dispute.

Thailand and Cambodia have signed a ceasefire agreement to end weeks of fighting over border disputes.

Cambodia says that Thailand hit a site in the country's northwest with an airstrike on Saturday even as the two sides pursue talks to end clashes.

Thailand’s foreign minister says Thailand and Cambodia will resume talks to work toward a more durable ceasefire along their border.

Thailand has helped launch a global effort to fight the spread of online scams that include criminal enterprises based largely in Southeast Asia.

Thailand's government reports a rocket attack from Cambodia on Sunday killed a 63-year-old villager.

Fighting is raging along the Thailand-Cambodia border, despite U.S. President Donald Trump's claim of a new ceasefire agreement.

President Donald Trump says Thai and Cambodian leaders have agreed to renew a truce after days of deadly clashes.

Thailand is preparing for a new election early next year after Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul dissolved the House of Representatives.

Thai officials have announced four civilian deaths as heavy combat flares along the border with Cambodia.

Renewed border fighting between Thailand and Cambodia is showing no signs of stopping.

At least two of several agreements aimed at ending global conflicts that President Donald Trump has hailed as evidence of his negotiating prowess are in trouble and at risk of collapsing.

Cambodia and Thailand are engaged in renewed fighting, forcing tens of thousands to flee border areas.

Thailand has launched airstrikes along its disputed border with Cambodia.

In a story published Dec. 5, 2025, The Associated Press reported that a judge in Mexico had issued an arrest warrant for Raúl Rocha Cantú related to an investigation of criminal activity.

Rescue teams are racing to reach communities isolated by last week’s catastrophic floods and landslides in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand as over 900 people remained missing.

Southeast Asia has been hit by unusually severe floods this year, with late storms killing more than 1,400 people and leaving hundreds missing across Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Thailand.

Emergency crews are racing to reach survivors and recover bodies after catastrophic floods and landslides in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Malaysia.

Over 800 people remain missing after devastating floods killed over 1,000 people last week in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand.

The death toll from flooding in southern Thailand has reached at least 145, according to officials.

A court in Thailand has issued an arrest warrant for Jakkaphong “Anne” Jakrajutatip, a co-owner of the Miss Universe Organization, in connection with a fraud case.

A woman in Thailand shocked temple staff when she started moving in her coffin after being brought in for cremation.

Fátima Bosch Fernández of Mexico has been crowned Miss Universe 2025 at this year's competition in Bangkok.

A restaurant in central Thailand has become an internet sensation after a nearby river flooded it with water and fish.

The death toll from a capsized boat carrying Rohingya migrants from Myanmar has risen to 26, with 14 survivors.

Thailand has paused a U.S.-brokered ceasefire with Cambodia indefinitely after a land mine explosion injured four Thai soldiers.

Thailand has threatened to suspend a U.S.-brokered ceasefire with Cambodia.

India is repatriating the first batch of hundreds of its nationals who last month fled to Thailand from Myanmar, where most had been working at a notorious center for online scams.

A Thai regional army commander say that the number of people fleeing from Myanmar to Thailand after Myanmar’s military shut down a major online scam center has slowed to a trickle.

East Timor has been formally admitted into the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in the group’s first expansion since the 1990s.

Thailand’s Queen Mother Sirikit, who supervised royal projects to help the rural poor, preserve traditional craft-making and protect the environment, has died.

The United States stayed perfect at the LPGA’s International Crown tournament, winning its third and fourth fourball matches and ending No. 1-ranked Jeeno Thitikul's unbeaten record in the team competition.

A report by an environmental group says millions of tons of discarded U.S. electronics are being shipped overseas each month.

Malaysia and the U.S. are working to secure an expanded ceasefire agreement between Thailand and Cambodia.

The humble water buffalo has become a prized show animal in Thailand.

A part of a road has collapsed in Bangkok, leaving a large sinkhole that disrupted traffic, damaged infrastructure and prompted evacuations in the surrounding area.

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is in Bangkok’s Klong Prem Central Prison after the Supreme court said he must serve a one-year prison term for previous convictions.

Veteran Thai politician Anutin Charnvirakul has been elected prime minister in a parliamentary vote.

Thailand’s Constitutional Court has dismissed Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra for violating ethics rules in a phone call with a Cambodian official.

Heavy rain has hit Southeast Asia after Typhoon Kajiki made landfall in Vietnam.

Thailand’s army is warning that it may have to“exercise the right of self-defense” in response to continuing incidents it blames on Cambodia in which Thai soldiers patrolling along the two countries’ border have been wounded by land mines.

Three Thai soldiers have been wounded after one stepped on a land mine along the border with Cambodia.

Hundreds of Buddhist monks in Cambodia have held a religious ceremony to honor soldiers killed in recent border clashes with Thai forces and to pray for peace.

Cambodia has welcomed the return of two wounded soldiers captured by the Thai army.

Thailand and Cambodia have organized border visits for foreign diplomats to observe the damage from recent clashes.

Thailand and Cambodia have reaffirmed a fragile ceasefire after days of fighting along the shared border.

A ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia appears to be holding as tensions linger despite a truce agreement.

A gunman has shot and killed five people at a popular fresh food market in the Thai capital before killing himself.

Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to an unconditional ceasefire to end deadly border clashes.

Thai and Cambodian leaders will meet in Malaysia to discuss ending hostilities.

Long-festering tensions over border territory have escalated into armed conflict between Cambodia and Thailand, leading to dozens of deaths on both sides and displacing tens of thousands of people.

Thailand and Cambodia are accusing each other of new attacks as border clashes reach into a third day.

Fighting between Thailand and Cambodia over disputed border areas has entered its third day, leaving at least 32 dead and displacing more than 80,000 people.

Thailand and Cambodia have implemented a ceasefire intended to end five days of armed combat over disputed territory along their border.

Thai and Cambodian soldiers have clashed along the two countries' border in a major escalation of a festering dispute over territory that killed least 14 people, mostly civilians.

Thailand says it has closed northeastern border crossings with Cambodia, was withdrawing its ambassador and expelling the Cambodian ambassador to protest a land mine blast that injured soldiers.

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Cambodian authorities have made 1,000 arrests after Prime Minister Hun Manet ordered a crackdown on cybercrime operators.

President Donald Trump has been sending letters to countries outlining higher tariffs they’ll face if they don’t make trade deals with the U.S. by Aug. 1.

A court’s suspension of Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has raised questions about whether her family’s political comeback will end with another downfall.

Thailand’s Constitutional Court has suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra.

Thousands of protesters have gathered in Thailand’s capital demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra.

Thailand has started banning the sale of cannabis to those without a prescription, three years after becoming the first country in Asia to decriminalize the plant.

Cambodia’s powerful former leader Hun Sen and Thailand’s prime minister have made separate visits to border areas.

Thailand’s government is further restricting cannabis with a ban on sales of the plant to those without prescriptions.

Thailand is imposing new border restrictions including blocking tourists from entering Cambodia as the two countries engage in retaliation in their border dispute.

Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has apologized for the political turbulence set off by a leaked recording of her negotiating with Cambodia’s former leader in the two nations' latest border dispute.

Thailand’s Constitutional Court has suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from office pending an ethics investigation over a leaked phone call with a senior Cambodian leader.