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A Thai court found Daniel Sancho Bronchalo, a member of a famous Spanish acting family, guilty of premeditated murder and sentenced him to life in prison, in a lurid case that involved the victim being dismembered.

The case is a 66-year-old European man who arrived in Thailand from an unspecified African country on August 14, Thailand's Department of Disease Control reported.

Thailand's parliament voted on Friday for Paetongtarn Shinawatra to be the country's next prime minister, thrusting another member of the kingdom's most famed and divisive political dynasty into the top job.

'Beautiful, gifted' Liam Michael Ross died after allegedly being stabbed in stomach at a bar in the tourist hotspot of Krabi.

Ross Liam Michael, 35, died after the attack in the tourist hotspot of Krabi, 650km south of Bangkok.

Traces of the deadly poison were found on cups and thermoses inside the hotel room.

After examining the plane's black box, investigators said SQ321 was a normal flight until a "slight vibration" just seconds before disaster struck.

Thai prosecutors said on Wednesday former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will be indicted for defaming the monarchy.

A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, launched an offensive against the simian raiders, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit.

Keith Davis has described the 'absolute carnage' during the plane's freefall, revealing his wife suffered a serious spinal injury.

Goh Choon Phong said his airline is cooperating with investigations into the incident and apologised for the "traumatic experience".

The man died as a plane carrying dozens of Aussies dropped 6000 feet during food service.

As a forensic investigations expert, Peter Baines has spent his career running towards disaster and tragedy - whether it be a grisly crime scene or an international disaster.

The trouble started when the Day brothers were stopped on their rented motorcycles and then tried to allegedly bribe a police officer.

Dozens of exotic wildlife, including an endangered red panda, have been found inside the luggage of a group of passengers attempting to depart Bangkok's international airport.

A 33-year-old British base jumper has reportedly died after jumping off the roof of a 29-storey apartment block in Pattaya, Thailand.

The decision comes 18 months after Thailand became the first Asian country to decriminalise the drug.

It's one of the few places in the world with a New Year's Eve party more famous than Sydney. And it didn't disappoint.

Following several years of pandemic-induced downturn, the travel sector is not only back, it's positively booming.

The favourite holiday destinations of Aussies have been revealed. Travel insurers Bupa have revealed where Aussies like to go for a break, according to data from people buying their all-important policies.

The artworks were tied to an art dealer and collector accused of running a huge antiquities trafficking network out of Southeast Asia.

A moderate earthquake has shaken eastern Myanmar and been felt in a popular tourist destination in Thailand.

Eric Chang says he thought he'd flown to Thailand to pick up an award from the United Nations. Instead, it turned out to be two kilograms of heroin.

At least two people have been killed and six injured in a Bangkok shopping centre shooting, and a suspect is in custody, authorities say.

Thailand's golden beaches, shopping districts and ornate temples are filling with tourists once again and Chinese vacationers are getting an especially VIP welcome under a new visa-free scheme.

Some scientists and a YouTuber found the incredible creature in mangroves, then auctioned off the right to name it.

A series of new parks have opened around the world in the last two years, keeping things fun with jaw-dropping, hair-raising, all-consuming attractions.

The scales that cover a type of anteater were found Wednesday night in the northeastern province of Kalasin

Kylee Enwright was relearning to walk and talk when she unexpectedly suffered a second catastrophic brain bleed.

Officials believe there are still a number of people trapped under the debris waiting to be rescued.

A new species of dinosaur has been discovered in Thailand.

A 57-year-old Thai woman had to have her leg amputated after she got caught up in a moving walkway.

An Air New Zealand customer says his Thailand holiday was cut short after the airline wrongly said one of his flights had been cancelled.

The 42-year-old Harvard alumni, said his policy priorities over the next four years will be to "demilitarise, demonopolise and decentralise" Thailand.

Thai opposition parties swept the board in Sunday's nationwide election as voters delivered a powerful rebuke of the military-backed establishment that has ruled since a 2014 coup.

A woman in Thailand has been arrested on suspicion of killing 12 people she knew with cyanide.

A Perth father who lost his six-month-old daughter in the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami has been killed in Thailand.

A pack of monkeys has swarmed and attacked an Australian family who was enjoying a day at a packed Thailand beach.

Mourners filled a temple chamber for a final prayer session in northern Thailand for one of the 12 boys rescued from a flooded cave in 2018 who died at school in England last month.

Police in Thailand have caught up with a suspected drug kingpin who they say underwent extensive plastic surgery in order to look like a Korean man.

Hundreds of passengers were stranded on an aircraft at Alice Springs airport for seven hours.

The captain of the Thai boys' football team that was trapped in a cave for two weeks in 2018 has died in England, where he was attending a sports academy.

Peter Coker Junior is sought by US authorities on charges of fraud and shares manipulation in connection with two companies

The Lunar New Year 2023 begins on Sunday, January 22. Here's a look at how millions of people across the world will be celebrating the Year of the Rabbit.

A young woman from Victoria who contracted a rare parasite on holiday in Thailand is urging travellers to learn from her experience.

Next time you're stuck in traffic, you might be able to take comfort in knowing that it could be a lot worse.

The man was identified as 45-year-old Patrick Ward, whose passport said he was born in New Zealand.

Rescuers found a survivor and recovered five bodies from a Thai warship that sank over the weekend as hopes faded for two dozen people still missing.

Navy ships and helicopters searched for more than 30 sailors still missing more than 17 hours after their warship sank.

The princess lost consciousness while training her dog for a championship organised by the army, the palace said.