The body of American actor David Carradine was found in a hotel room with a rope tied to his neck and genitals, Thai police said today.

Bangkok's Mayor Apirak Kosayothin ordered the cancellation of the two major public New Year's Eve countdown celebrations and other smaller ones following six or more bomb blasts in the city today.

A series of New Year's Eve bomb blasts rocked the Thai capital Bangkok today, killing at least two people and injuring 12, police said today.

As the first anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami approaches, 805 of the 3,750 bodies received by Thailand’s victim identification centre remain unidentified, officials said today.