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.

Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters have marched through the streets of the Thai capital, reviving their whistle-blowing, traffic-blocking campaign to force the resignation of the country’s prime minister.

An eight-year-old girl has died and dozens of others have been wounded when gunmen attacked an anti-government protest in Thailand.

Anti-government protesters have surrounded the Thai prime minister’s temporary office in Bangkok to demand her resignation a day after clashes with police left at least five people dead.

One civilian has been killed and 50 other people injured in clashes between Thai police and anti-government protesters in Bangkok, emergency medical officials have said.

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

At least 28 people have been left injured after two explosions shook an anti-government demonstration site in the Thai capital, Bangkok.

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 prime minister has refused to resign ahead of national elections set for February 2, despite opposition demands she step down as the caretaker head of government.

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.

The United Nations closed its main office in Bangkok, dozens of schools closed and many civil servants stayed away from work as the Thai capital braced for more violence.

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.

Protests in the Thai capital have turned violent with at least one man killed and five wounded by gunshots in street fighting between government supporters and opponents.

The country with the developed world’s biggest income gender gap now has its first female president, but Park Geun-hye already has South Koreans wondering whether she will improve the status of women in a society still dominated by men.

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.

US President Barack Obama has launched a three-day Southeast Asia tour, hailing alliances with countries such as Thailand as cornerstones of the administration’s deeper commitment to the Asia-Pacific region.

Burma’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has met Thailand’s prime minister in her first ever audience with a head of government from the region, her political party said.

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

Floods pushed further into Bangkok today as residents of long-submerged provinces north of the capital started to rebuild their lives.

Thailand’s prime minister says she is optimistic the country’s worst flooding in a half-century will mostly spare Bangkok, as some dykes overflowed but the capital’s defences otherwise held firm during critical high tides.

The complex network of flood defences erected to shield Thailand’s capital from the country’s worst floods in nearly 60 years was put to the test today as coastal high tides hit their peak but no major breaches were reported.

THAILAND’S prime minister said that Bangkok was fighting the forces of nature as residents fled and floodwater threatened to burst through dikes protecting the capital.

Tens of thousands of Thais are fleeing flood-threatened Bangkok after as the city’s governor ordered official evacuations for the first time since the crisis began.

The governor of Bangkok issued a dramatic warning to residents of the Thai capital to prepare for floodwaters to roll deeper into the city from suburban areas already choking under the deluge.

Efforts to block floodwaters from entering Bangkok are failing, Thailand’s prime minister said today.

Beside a wall of white sandbags that has become a front line in Thailand's battle to prevent an epic season of monsoon floods from reaching Bangkok, needlefish swim through knee-high water inside Sawat Taengon's home.

Soldiers, public works crews and volunteers raced to repair a key barrier protecting Bangkok’s northern suburbs from approaching waters today.

Thailand's prime minister is warning that rising floodwaters which have wreaked havoc across the nation are now threatening the capital, Bangkok.

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

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.

The sister of ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra today announced an agreement to form a five-party coalition government after her Pheu Thai Party won a landslide victory in Thailand’s parliamentary elections.

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.

Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has conceded his party lost national elections to the opposition led by the sister of ousted former leader Thaksin Shinawatra.

GRAFT-BUSTING “Massage Parlour King” Chuwit Kamolvisit must be the only candidate in Thailand’s election who wants to be in opposition — and prefers being labelled a pimp rather than a politician.