Western Union unveil new payment method for Amazon purchases

By Mbugua John,

The Western Union Company today unveiled a new payment option that allows Amazon.com customers in Kenya to pay in local currency for their Amazon....

Amazon , PayCode , Western Union

Malkia Strikers face tough draw in Olympic qualifiers

By Philip Muchiri,

The national women’s volleyball team Malkia strikers, faces an uphill task to qualify for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan on their first hurd...

Malkia Strikers

Will Thailand King prevent sister from running to be next prime minister?

By CNN,

Thailand king has strongly criticized his sister's announcement she will stand in elections next month -- an unprecedented move that could upend the p...

thailand king

Thai King’s sister a candidate for Prime Minister

By VOA,

Thailand’s royalty made an unprecedented move into politics Friday when the sister of King Maha Vajiralongkorn was declared a prime ministerial cand...

King Maha Vajiralongkorn , Thailand

Factbox: The Thai princess who gave up her royal title for love

By Reuters,

Princess Ubolratana Rajakanya Sirivadhana Barnavadi on Friday upended military-ruled Thailand’s politics by becoming the prime ministerial candidate...

Princess Ubolratana , Thailand , Thaksin Shinawatra

US-North Korean nuclear talks making only limited progress, envoy says

By VOA,

The U.S. has made only limited progress with North Korea on nuclear talks, Washington's North Korea envoy Stephen Biegun acknowledged Thursday. "Wh...

North Korea , Nuclear talks , US

Wife of jailed Bahraini footballer begs Thai PM for his release

By Reuters,

The wife of jailed Bahraini footballer Hakeem Al Araibi pleaded with Thailand’s prime minister on Wednesday to ensure he is not extradited to his na...

Bahraini , Footballer

Thailand to hold first general election since coup on March 24

By Reuters,

Thailand will hold a general election to restore civilian rule on March 24, the election commission said on Wednesday, announcing a new date for the o...

General Election , King Maha Vajiralongkorn , Thailand

Thailand deports self-styled ‘sex coach’

By CNN,

The self-described "sex coach" who claimed to have insider knowledge of Moscow's attempts to meddle in the US elections was deported from Thailand Thu...

Anastasia Vashukevich , General Surachate Hakparn , Thailand

Chinese court sentences Canadian to death for drug smuggling

By Reuters,

A Chinese court on Monday sentenced a Canadian man to death for drug smuggling, a ruling sure to aggravate already sour relations between Beijing and ...

china , drug smuggling , Huawei Technologies , Meng Wanzhou

Saudi teen lands in Canada after fleeing family

By CNN,

A Saudi teen who fled to Thailand to escape her allegedly abusive family has arrived in Canada after being offered asylum there. Rahaf Al-Qunun l...

asylum , Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau , Chrystia Freeland , Rahaf Al-Qunun

al-Qunun, Saudi teen who fled to Thailand, given UN refugee status

By CNN,

The 18-year-old Saudi woman who fled to Thailand to escape her family has been declared by the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) to be a legitimate refugee, A...

Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun

Thailand welcomes EU decision to lift warning on illegal fishing

By Reuters,

Thailand on Wednesday welcomed a decision by the European Commission to drop the Southeast Asian nation from a list of countries it had warned over il...

Australian police investigate suspicious packages sent to diplomatic missions

By Reuters,

Police in Australia are investigating suspicious packages sent to a wide range of embassies and consulates on Wednesday, which officials said included...

‘They will kill me’: Saudi woman to seek asylum after fleeing family to Thailand

By Reuters,

An 18-year-old Saudi woman who fled her family and barricaded herself inside a Bangkok airport hotel to prevent being expelled by Thai authorities has...

Rights group urges Thailand not to return Saudi woman fleeing family

By Reuters,

A human rights group urged Thai authorities on Monday to halt plans to deport an 18-year-old Saudi woman who says she is fleeing abuse from her family...

Human Rights Watch , Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun , Thailand

Saudi woman says she’s being ‘held’ at Thai airport

By CNN,

A young Saudi woman says she is being detained at Bangkok's main airport after trying to escape from her parents in Kuwait. Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun...

Human Rights Watch , Immigration Bureau , Saudi embassy , Saudi woman , Suvarnabhumi Airport

One dead in Thailand as tropical storm uproots trees, blows off roofs

By Reuters,

Thailand’s first tropical storm in three decades killed one person on Friday as it arrived on the south coast, knocking down trees and blowing off r...

Thailand

Evergreen Mercy Moim signs for Thai outfit, Supreme Club

By Stanley Mativo,

National women’s volleyball team captain and the 2018 Kenya Volleyball Federation (KVF) League Most Valuable Player Mercy Moim, has penned down a fi...

Kenya Prisons , Mercy Moim , Supreme Club , Thailand

Cambodia investigates 3 tons of African ivory abandoned at port

By VOA,

Some three tons of African ivory sat in an unmarked crate in a Cambodian port for more than a year, until a tip from the U.S. embassy led authorities ...

Emily Zeeberg , Meas Nee , Sun Chhay