Myanmar’s junta chief Min Aung Hlaing will travel to Thailand for a regional summit as his country reels from an earthquake that killed thousands and left cities in ruins. The earthquake in central Myanmar last Friday killed 3,085 people and injured 4,715, the junta has said. Hundreds more are missing and the toll is expected…
BBC Rescuers are against the clock to locate those trapped alive under the rubble At least 15 people are thought to still be alive and trapped under the rubble of a Bangkok skyscraper that collapsed after a massive earthquake hit Myanmar and Thailand. Rescuers say they have detected signs of life and communicated with some…
BBC As the sun sets over Bangkok, hundreds of rescue workers desperately search for survivors at the collapsed 30-storey skyscraper on a construction site in Thailand’s capital. Rescuers are trying to reach dozens of workers trapped in the rubble after the skyscraper collapsed. Standing on a bridge a short distance from the scene, under the…
Thai rescue workers arrive on scene at a construction building collapse in the Chatuchak area following an earthquake on March 28, 2025 in Bangkok, Thailand. Lauren Decicca | Getty Images News | Getty Images Bangkok authorities declared the Thai capital a “disaster area” on Friday, after a powerful earthquake in Myanmar created tremors which caused…
Thomas Mackintosh BBC News Watch: Moment Thai hostages reunite with families after 15 months Five Thai farm workers released by Hamas in Gaza last month have arrived home in Bangkok, after spending nearly 500 days in captivity. Pongsak Thaenna, Sathian Suwannakham, Watchara Sriaoun, Bannawat Saethao and Surasak Lamnao had all been working in southern Israel…
EPA Lim Kimya was hit in the chest by two bullets in Bangkok’s royal quarter It had all the hallmarks of a cold-blooded, professional assassination. Next to a well-known temple in Bangkok’s historic royal quarter a man is seen on a security camera video parking his motorbike, removing his helmet, so that his face was…
