Two Americans who maintained a social media account called "Traveling Butts" have been arrested in Thailand after posting a photo of themselves at a famous Buddhist temple with their rear ends exposed.

Donald Trump's commerce secretary has held out the prospect that Airbus's acquisition of a majority stake in Bombardier's controversial C-Series jet programme could have an impact on US tariffs on the plane which threaten jobs in Northern Ireland.

US President Donald Trump hosts Thailand's junta leader at the White House on Monday, a rare instance of a military ruler being feted in Washington before even a nominal return to civilian rule.

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Insults against the monarchy in Thailand are punishable by up to 15 years in prison.

Ireland’s women cricketers are through to the Super Six stage of the Women’s World Cup Qualifier in Sri Lanka following India’s emphatic nine-wicket win over Zimbabwe.

The head of Burma’s military has joined growing criticism of the death sentences Thailand gave to two men from Burma for a double murder on a resort island, calling on Thailand’s military government to review the case.

Police said forensic tests on two suspects have failed to find a link to the site of Thailand’s deadliest bomb attack.

An investigation into a fatal bomb blast in Thailand last week has been hampered by broken security cameras in central Bangkok along the main suspect’s getaway route.

Thailand has asked Interpol for help in tracking down the man they believe planted a bomb in Bangkok that killed 20 people.

Thai military courts have jailed two people, one for 30 years and the other for 28 years, for insulting the monarchy on Facebook, the heaviest sentences for the crime in the country’s history, lawyers and a legal monitoring group said.

Rohingya and Bangladeshis migrants abandoned at sea by human traffickers had nowhere to go as Malaysia turned away two crammed boats, and Thailand kept at bay a large vessel with hundreds of hungry people.

Thailand has seized 3 tonnes of ivory hidden in tea-leaf sacks from Kenya in the second-biggest bust in the country’s history, one week after the biggest seizure, customs officials said yesterday.

The Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) has secured orders freezing €250,000 held in the name of a Thai national in the Dublin branch of an international bank. 

THAILAND:

Thai police have banned imports of a book written by a Scottish journalist because they view it as insulting the country’s monarchy.

A 24-year-old Japanese businessman who has 16 surrogate babies and an alleged desire to father hundreds more is under investigation.

Thailand’s military government gave preliminary approval for a draft law to make commercial surrogacy a criminal offence, following a spate of dramatic surrogacy scandals in the past two weeks.

Thailand’s military government has fully lifted a curfew it imposed nationwide after seizing power last month, saying there is no threat of violence.

The military junta that overthrew Thailand’s elected government has told football fans that they can watch the World Cup for free.

Thailand’s ruling military council yesterday warned it will not tolerate protests over its takeover of power.

If Prayuth Chan-ocha’s decision to stage Thailand’s latest in a long list of coups was as impulsive as he suggests, then the general has a Herculean task managing the fallout and deciding what happens next.

Ousted members of Thailand’s former government have turned themselves in to the country’s new military junta, as soldiers forcefully dispersed hundreds of anti-coup activists who defied a ban on large-scale gatherings.

Thailand’s ruling military has summoned the entire ousted government and members of the politically influential family at the heart of the country’s long-running conflict.

Thailand’s army chief has just announced a military takeover of the government, saying the coup is necessary to restore stability and order after six months of political deadlock and turmoil.

Thailand’s army has declared martial law, intensifying the turbulent nation’s deepening political crisis but denying a coup d’etat was under way.

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”.

Thailand’s government has declared a state of emergency in Bangkok and surrounding areas to cope with protests that have stirred up violent attacks.

Gunshots have rung out in the heart of Thailand’s capital in an apparent attack on anti-government protesters that wounded at least two people and increased tensions amid the deepening political crisis.

Tens of thousands of protesters are marching through central Bangkok, paralysing traffic and facing off with police outside the prime minister’s residence in their latest mass rally against Thailand’s government.

Thailand’s government said today that a general election will be held on February 2.

Police fought back for the first time on Sunday against protesters trying to overthrow Thailand’s government, firing tear gas and rubber bullets in running battles against rock-throwing mobs who tried to force their way into the prime minister’s sand-bagged office complex.

World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association chairman Jason Ferguson has defended the new UK Championship format after criticism from some of the world's leading players.

Australia’s ambassador met Indonesian government officials who summoned him following reports the Australian Embassy in Jakarta is a hub for Washington’s secret electronic data collection programme.

A PICTURE spoke volumes about America’s loss of global prestige and influence due to the shutdown of its government in a partisan stand-off over the federal budget and debt.

Britain’s Brian Cookson appears to be in the lead in the race for the presidency of the International Cycling Union (UCI) despite what his supporters are claiming is an attempt to torpedo his final speech tomorrow.

European Cycling Union vice president Harald Tiedemann Hansen feels Pat McQuaid will need a “sledge hammer” to defend himself against corruption allegations in his bid to be re-elected president of the International Cycling Union.

Sebastian Coe and Sir Chris Hoy have thrown their weight behind British Cycling chairman Brian Cookson’s bid to become president of the UCI, the sport’s world governing body.

Embattled UCI president Pat McQuaid has been challenged to prove his commitment to good governance by taking a dispute over theforthcoming election to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

A move to allow International Cycling Union (UCI) president Pat McQuaid to stand for re-election despite not being nominated by his own country has been condemned as “an embarrassment” by his rival.

Luis Suarez came off the bench as Liverpool wrapped up their pre-season tour with a 3-0 defeat of the Thailand national team in Bangkok yesterday.

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has insisted striker Luis Suarez will remain with the Reds "unless something drastic happens" - while also stressing no player is bigger than the club.

Graeme McDowell brushed aside his rival and a venomous viper to secure the biggest victory on the opening day of the Volvo World Match-Play Championship in Bulgaria.

A FIFA report into match-fixing in the weeks before the 2010 World Cup has found “compelling evidence” that one or more friendly games involving host South Africa were fixed ahead of the world’s showpiece tournament.