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Thailand’s king has been granted full ownership of the palace’s multi-billion dollar assets under a law passed last year, according to a rare "explanatory note" published by the financial arm of the powerful but secretive … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper – Nigeria and World...

A whale has died in southern Thailand after swallowing more than 80 plastic bags, officials said, ending an attempted rescue that failed to nurse the mammal back to health. Thailand is one of the world’s largest consumers of plastic bags, which kill hundreds of marine creatures...

A man in Bangkok, Thailand is being treated for wounds to his joystick after he inflicted severe wounds on himself while watching hardcore porn. READ MORE HERE

Nuhu Bamali, the Nigerian Ambassador to Thailand has stated that there are over 1,000 young Nigerians currently residing in the various jails of Thailand due to their use of improper channels of leaving Nigeria in search of greener pastures in Asia. The Ambassador made this statement at the...

Maha Vajiralongkorn, Son of late King Bhumibol officially became king Thursday at invitation of National Assembly. His ascension to the throne marks the beginning of a new era in Thai history after the 70-year reign of his late father, Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died in October. VOA reports...

King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand is dead. GUARDIAN UK reports that the King Adulyadej's death throws politically turbulent Thailand into uncertainty. His son and heir apparent, the 63-year old Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, is expected to become Thailand's new king. The cause of the...

Parents rushed to an elementary school in Thailand Monday, where 18 girls were killed overnight in a fire at their school dormitory. "It is still very chaotic here," the school's manager Rewat Wassana told CNN. "We are in the process of identifying bodies, none of the parents can claim their...

Miss Iraq 2015, Shaymaa Qasim has been warned by terrorist group ISIS in a spine chilling phone call that she will be abducted unless she joins them. According to the Jerusalem Post and Kuwaiti daily al-Watan, Student Shaymaa, who is Iraqi's first beauty queen since 1972 was told to join the...

A 27-year-old man is facing a jail term for insulting the King of Thailand’s dog, the AFP reported. Thanakorn Siripaiboon has been charged by police with lese majeste for a “satirical” Facebook post about the king and his dog, his lawyer Pawinee Chumsri told the AFP. Lèse majesté is the crime...