Thailand’s military ruler has apologised for suggesting that foreign visitors to its world-famous beaches might be unsafe wearing bikinis as the family of a British tourist who was brutally murdered at a Thai resort arrived in the country.

Investigators trying to find the missing Malaysian jetliner have received belated help from Thailand, whose military said it took 10 days to report radar blips that might have been the plane “because we did not pay attention to it”.

A Thai court has sentenced a British kickboxer to 25 years in jail for the 2010 murder of a former US Marine on a resort island.

This afternoon in the Italian city of Florence, UCI Congress will sit down in the Palazzo Vecchio with the future of world cycling at stake.

Thai police have rescued about 90 famished cats that they believed were being sent to Vietnam where the animals are considered a delicacy.

A Thai court has found that an Italian photographer killed while covering the military’s crackdown on anti-government protesters in Bangkok three years ago was shot by a high-velocity bullet like those issued to soldiers.

An Iranian man wounded by an explosion in Bangkok lobbed a grenade at police that rebounded and blew off his leg in a series of blasts Israel said were an attempted terrorist attack by Iran.

Thailand is welcoming Twitter’s new policy to censor tweets in specific nations where the content might break laws.

Thai authorities are staging a fighting retreat against flood waters that threaten Bangkok after the country’s oldest industrial estate was completely inundated and a nearby one faced imminent threat.

MANCHESTER CITY chief executive Garry Cook has resigned following an investigation into claims he sent an offensive email to the mother of player Nedum Onuoha.

THAILAND’S powerful military will respect a landslide election win by allies of Thaksin Shinawatra, whom it toppled five years ago, according to the defence minister, easing fears of another coup.

Mohamed Bin Hammam, the FIFA presidential candidate who secured the 2022 World Cup for Qatar, today denied claims the country paid bribes for votes.

New allegations that two FIFA executive committee members were paid $1.5m (€1m) to vote for Qatar’s 2022 World Cup bid emerged today.

Thai and Cambodian troops have broken a brief ceasefire in new clashes which left one Thai solider dead.

THAI and Cambodian troops clashed with guns and rocket-propelled grenades yesterday after a nearly full-day break in fighting that has killed at least 12 people in four days and sent nearly 50,000 into evacuation centres.

SOUTHERN Thailand is facing more torrential rain after downpours killed at least 15 people and forced the navy to help evacuate hundreds of stranded tourists.

Thailand’s ruling Democrat Party survived a legal challenge today which could have seen it dissolved and a new government formed after the Constitutional Court dismissed a charge that it misused an election fund.

Major suspected Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout was extradited from Thailand to the US today on terrorism charges.

SVEN-Goran Eriksson dismissed suggestions his time at Leicester will only be short-lived after being unveiled as the club’s new manager at the Walkers Stadium yesterday.

A Briton shouted abuse about Thailand’s prime minister when he appeared in court today charged over recent anti-government riots.

THAI troops hunted for militant protesters who left parts of Bangkok in flames as the authorities extended a night curfew in the capital despite tentative signs of a return to normality.

Thailand's government has demanded an end to the spiralling violence in Bangkok - but as yet neither side has laid down their arms.

A THAI hospital had to evacuate hundreds of patients yesterday after anti-government protesters stormed in to hunt for security forces they suspected were hiding inside.

THAI security forces fired live rounds and rubber bullets at protesters during a clash just outside Bangkok yesterday as the Red Shirts tested the government’s vow to contain their disruptive rallies.

Thai security forces fired bullets in the air today as they faced anti-government protesters on the outskirts of Bangkok.

Thailand’s beleaguered prime minister vowed to restore peace in Bangkok tonight after clashes between anti-government protesters and troops left 11 people dead and more than 500 wounded.

Thai security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets at anti-government demonstrators today during a crackdown in the capital, Bangkok.

Anti-government protesters stormed into Thailand’s parliament today as MPs scaled walls to flee and a helicopter evacuation of others still trapped inside was being prepared, Thai TV and officials said.

Researchers said for the first time an experimental vaccine has cut the risk of infection with the deadly Aids virus.

A Thai court sentenced an activist to 18 years in prison today for insulting the monarchy in speeches during political rallies.

Thailand’s prime minister said authorities will attempt to extradite the country’s fugitive former leader Thaksin Shinawatra if they can locate the globe-trotting tycoon.

A Bangkok university lecturer said today he fled to Britain after fearing he would be jailed for up to 15 years for insulting the Thai monarchy.

Thailand’s prime minister said international agencies looking into alleged abuse of illegal migrants by Thai authorities could speak to officials, but stopped short of saying they could meet migrants themselves.

A THAI court yesterdayjailed an Australian writer for three years for insulting the royal family in a novel.

An Australian writer was jailed for three years by a Thai court today on a charge of insulting Thailand’s royal family in his 2005 novel.

THE cause of a fire in a Bangkok nightclub that killed 59 New Year revellers is still not clear so it is premature to file criminal charges, Thai police said yesterday.

Thailand’s Constitutional Court dissolved the main party in the ruling coalition and banned the prime minister and 36 party executives from politics for five years.

A grenade attack on anti-government protesters occupying the Thai prime minister’s office killed one person and wounded at least 23 early today.

Thailand’s army chief urged the caretaker government today to lift a state of emergency and backed a proposal to form a government of national unity that would include all the country’s parties.

THAI police used tear gas to disperse a crowd of several thousand anti-government protesters who were besieging city police headquarters.

Little-known Chilean Felipe Aguilar kept his nerve to secure a thrilling final-hole victory at the Indonesia Open and capture a maiden success on the European Tour.

Thailand’s rival political parties began battling today to cobble together a coalition government after parliamentary elections.

Thailand’s Supreme Court today agreed to hear a corruption case against ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra over alleged wrongdoing in a land deal, in the top court’s first case against the exiled former premier.

A Thai court disbanded the political party of ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra today over election law violations.