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

Hundreds of thousands of protesters poured into the streets of Ukraine’s capital yesterday, toppling a statue of former Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin and blockading key government buildings in an escalating stand-off with the president over the future of the country.

Anti-government protesters in Thailand have broken through a gate and forced their way into the prime minister’s office compound as police stood by and watched.

Thailand’s prime minister has rejected the demands of anti-government protesters locked in street battles with police, saying what they want is unacceptable under the constitution.

Protesters vowing to topple Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra took to the streets for a fourth straight day, declaring they would take over “every ministry” of the government.

A former Prime Minister of Thailand has been charged with murder in the latest twist in a political war between supporters and opponents of another ex-leader, Thaksin Shinawatra.

Thailand's Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has survived a no-confidence vote in parliament.

Anti-government protesters calling for Thailand's Prime Minister to step down launched a rally in Bangkok today that authorities feared would grow into the biggest demonstration the country has seen since she took office last year.

Thailand has issued a new passport for former Thailand Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to replace one revoked by the previous government.

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.

Thai MPs elected Yingluck Shinawatra as the country’s first female prime minister today.

THAILAND’S opposition won a landslide election victory yesterday, led by the sister of former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in a triumph for red-shirt protesters who clashed with the army last year.

Exit polls in Thailand are showing the party allied to ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has won an absolute majority in the fractious country’s tense election.

Thailand’s ruling Democrat Party staved off possible dissolution today when a court refused to accept a case accusing it of illegal financing.

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.

A bomb at a bus stop in Bangkok injured nine people shortly after polls closed in a parliamentary election today.

Thailand’s government must hold elections soon to prove it has a public mandate after protests that left 90 dead in the nation’s capital, a lawyer for fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said today.

Thailand’s Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant against former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on terrorism charges related to the country’s recent bloody protests.

CENTRAL Bangkok became a flaming battleground yesterday as an army assault forced anti-government protest leaders to surrender, enraging followers who shot grenades and set fire to landmark buildings, cloaking the skyline in black smoke.

THAILAND’S pro-establishment “Yellow Shirts” called for the imposition of martial law to end mass anti-government protests by the rival “Red Shirts” warning they may take action themselves.

Leaders of Thailand’s Red Shirt protesters told their followers to lose their signature crimson clothing so they can go undercover in case of a possible government crackdown.

ELITE-BACKED “Yellow Shirts” in Thailand vowed to take action yesterday if the government fails to deal with red-clad protesters within a week, raising fears of clashes between the rival groups.

THAI Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva yesterday made his army chief the head of national security in a bid to involve the military as anti-government protesters massed in the streets calling for his downfall.

Red-shirted protesters paraded coffins through Thailand’s capital today in a renewed attempt to pressure the government to step down after street fighting left 21 people dead, pushing the South-east Asian nation closer to political anarchy.

Anti-government protesters dug into their encampments around Bangkok and rejected talk of negotiations today after a month-long stand-off escalated into clashes that killed 20 people in Thailand’s worst political violence in nearly two decades.

Thailand's under-siege government closed a protest TV station today prompting activists to retaliate with a threat of escalating demonstrations.

Thousands of anti-government demonstrators broke through police and military lines today to flood the streets around Bangkok’s business district and other areas of Thailand’s capital.

Thousands of anti-government demonstrators clashed with Thai police and military troops trying to prevent them from leaving the capital’s commercial district today to stage protests elsewhere in Bangkok.

Thousands of defiant anti-government demonstrators have fanned out to other parts of Thailand's capital today, ignoring police orders to end their occupation of Bangkok's paralysed commercial district.

Thousands of anti-government demonstrators, facing threats of arrest, announced today they would end their occupation of the Thai capital’s commercial centre but would continue their protest in another location in the city.

Thousands of anti-government protesters refused to leave the commercial heart of Thailand’s capital today, occupying the area for a second day and defying threats of arrest, vowing to hang on until new elections are called.

Thousands of anti-government protesters occupied the commercial heart of Thailand’s capital today, forcing the closure of major shopping malls.

Thousands of anti-government protesters launched their fourth weekend march in the streets of the Thai capital today in a bid to force the prime minister to dissolve parliament and call new elections.

Protesters in Thailand claimed a symbolic victory today after forcing soldiers to retreat from parts of Bangkok’s historic district, raising tensions in what so far has been a non-violent bid to bring down the government.

Tens of thousands of red-shirted protesters threatened to force soldiers from the historic heart of Thailand’s capital, raising tensions in what so far has been a non-violent bid to bring down the government.

Tens of thousands of protesters riding motorcycles and crammed into trucks and cars rolled through the streets of the Thai capital today to rally residents to their “class war” against the government.

Thousands of demonstrators remained encamped in the historic heart of the Thai capital today, vowing to stir up a “class war” until the government is ousted.

DWINDLING hordes of protesters fanned across Bangkok yesterday, hurling blood at the prime minister’s residence and crowding outside Western embassies in a long-odds bid to force snap elections.

Protesters in Thailand today donated blood they plan to splatter at the Thai government headquarters in Bangkok in a symbolic sacrifice if their demands for new elections are not met.

Army reinforcements were rushed into Thailand’s capital as tens of thousands of anti-government demonstrators marshalled around a key military headquarters demanding that the government dissolve Parliament by midday today.

TENS of thousands of red-shirted protesters rallied in Thailand’s capital yesterday to press their demand that the government dissolve parliament or face massive demonstrations in the city.

TENS of thousands of red-shirted protesters rallied in Thailand’s capital yesterday to press their demand that the government dissolve parliament or face massive demonstrations in the city.

FORMER Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra was yesterday convicted of abusing his powers to make a personal fortune and had almost a billion dollars of his assets seized.

Former Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra was today convicted of abusing his powers to make a personal fortune and almost a billion dollars of his assets seized.