A Thai criminal court has sentenced a Thai-born American to 2 1/2 years in prison for insulting the monarchy, the latest case involving controversial laws for defaming, insulting or threatening the royal family.
Thai authorities have summoned former Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva for questioning over the deaths of protesters during a deadly crackdown last year.
The mammoth flooding that has deluged much of Thailand, killing hundreds, appears to be subsiding.
Flooding caused by monsoon rains and swollen rivers has ravaged Thailand, affecting more than 9.5 million people nationwide.
CNN's Paula Hancocks reports on the turmoil in Thailand where more than nine million people have been affected by floods.
The worst flooding to afflict Thailand in half a century could take more than a month to recede in some areas, the Thai government said Sunday.
CNN's Paula Hancocks reports on the plight of the people in Bangkok who are overwhelmed by flooding.
CNN's Paula Hancocks reports on the effort to get aid to parts of Thailand devastated by flooding.
More than two months of floods and 8 million people affected -- the disaster in Thailand is immense; the aid effort a challenge.
The Thai parliament elected the nation's first female prime minister Friday, with more than half the lawmakers backing her vote.
Thai PM-elect Yingluck Shinawatra talks with CNN in her first post-election interview with international media.
The woman set to become Thailand's first female prime minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, said Monday that authorities will reopen an investigation into her brother, former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was convicted of corruption after being forced from office.
Thai voters went to the polls for the fourth time in seven years and elected their first-ever female prime minister.
Thailand's first elections since last year's violent protests place it at the crossroads between national reconciliation and further destabilization, a scenario analysts believe could have serious implications beyond its borders.
CNN's Sara Sidner looks at the fierce rivalry between the red shirts and the yellow shirts in Thailand's elections.
How can a candidate who is not on the ballot still appear to be a top contender in Thailand's big election?
Thailand's general election on Sunday pitted the Democrats, led by Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, against the opposition Pheu Thai party, led by Yingluck Shinawatra, youngest sister of Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in a bloodless coup in 2006.
Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej approved the prime minister's request to dissolve the lower chamber of that country's Parliament on Monday, setting the stage for new elections, a government spokesman said.
Leaders from Thailand and Cambodia failed to reach an agreement Sunday in a meeting aimed at mediating a longstanding border conflict over an ancient Hindu temple.
Tens of thousands of people have fled fighting between Thailand and Cambodia over the past week, 30 people have been injured, and five Thai soldiers have been killed, the Thai Ministry of Public Health said Tuesday.
Fighting erupted for a third consecutive day in a disputed area along the Thai-Cambodian border Sunday, a Thai military official said.
Renewed clashes in a disputed area along the Thai-Cambodian border killed at least one Thai soldier and left 11 people injured Saturday, Thailand's MCOT news agency reported.
Thailand's foreign minister gives his country's side of the border skirmish with Cambodia.
Thailand and Cambodia have been clashing for several days over a disputed Hindu temple. CNN's Ralitsa Vassileva reports.
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva explains how the Thai government dealt with political protests during riots last year.
Authorities in Thailand were trying Tuesday to deal with a new group of 67 members of an ethnic Muslim minority that arrived in a boat claiming that they were the victims of persecution.
Rohingya refugees seeking asylum and work from Myanmar face a tough future in Thailand. CNN's Anna Coren reports.
Thailand's Constitutional Court dismissed a case that could have disbanded the country's ruling party Monday, the country's MCOT news agency reported.
Hundreds of fetuses are found at a Buddhist temple in Bangkok, following complaints over a foul odor there.
A legislator from Thailand's ruling party said Tuesday that he is proposing a new abortion law there after police found thousands of illegally aborted fetuses in a Buddhist temple.
More than 2,000 illegally aborted fetuses have been recovered at a Buddhist temple in Bangkok, Thai police said Friday.
Severe, continuous flooding in Thailand has claimed 32 lives, Thailand's official news agency reported Saturday.
While waters subsided in some provinces, the death toll has risen to at least 41 in the Thai floods.
CNN's Maggie Lake interviews Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega.
Thailand has lifted emergency rule from three more provinces, but not Bangkok, the foreign ministry said Monday.
Apichatpong Weerasethakul won this year's Palm d'Or. The Thai director tells CNN about his big win and facing censors.
Not many winners of the Cannes Film Festival Palm d'Or thank ghosts and spirits in their acceptance speech.
Acclaimed Russian pianist Mikhail Pletnev has been charged with sexually abusing under-age children in Thailand, police said Wednesday.
Thailand extends a state of emergency for a quarter of the nation, including the capital. CNN's Dan Rivers reports.
Concerns about further unrest prompted the Thai government to extend a state of emergency in 19 provinces, including Bangkok, for another three months Tuesday, officials said.
Thailand's economy appears to be shrugging off the recent political turmoil, with government growth forecasts being revised up for the second time in three months.
After a spring marred by political turbulence, Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva called for national reconciliation in a speech delivered Thursday.
Thailand's prime minister said Saturday that the curfew imposed during anti-government protests has been lifted.
Thailand's government works to restore order after clashes cripple the nation's capital.
Several Red Shirt leaders have called off their anti-government protests in Bangkok. CNN's Dan Rivers reports.
Thai government officials extended a curfew as violence continues in the country besieged by anti-government protests.
A look at the unrest in Bangkok through the eyes of iReporters.
Days of violent unrest in the Thai capital have left dozens dead and hundreds injured, as security forces clashed with anti-government protesters, with the demonstrators finally surrendering on Wednesday evening.
Arwut Siripanich's wife and daughter begged him to leave their home in the Bangkok neighborhood close to the site where anti-government protesters have camped out for days.
A boutique hotel manager tells CNN he fears "things might get out of hand" and business has worsened amid the protests.
CNN's Dan Rivers offers what he's observed on the unrest and Red Shirt movement from his Bangkok apartment.
The scene of one of the battlefronts between anti-government protesters and Thai soldiers looked different on Tuesday.
Days of violent unrest in the Thai capital have left dozens dead and hundreds injured as security forces clash with anti-government protesters.
Political tensions in Thailand exploded into a major outbreak of violence this week as police opened fire on anti-government protesters near Bangkok.
A CNN crew heads into Thailand's Red Shirts Heartland to take a look at the people behind the protests.
As the oil spill threatens U.S. shrimpers, producers in Thailand are seeing an opportunity. CNN's Dan Rivers reports.
A journalist who was interviewing a key political protest leader in Bangkok said the sniper bullet that struck the man came so close that it "felt like it grazed my head."
The bitter standoff between government troops and Red Shirt protesters in downtown Bangkok worsened Friday, the day after the wounding of a key protest leader aggravated the already deep tensions permeating the Thai capital.
Fresh violence has broken out in the Thai capital with the shooting of the leader of an anti-government protest group by unknown assailants.
Two Thai police officers were killed and eight people injured in overnight violence that lasted into early Saturday in areas where anti-government protesters are camped out.
"Red Shirt" protest leaders in Thailand say a deal has been reached with the government. CNN's Dan Rivers reports.
Anti-government protesters who have been blocking off central Bangkok appear to have reached a deal with the government, their leaders told demonstrators Tuesday.
Thailand declares the business district's main thoroughfare off-limits to demonstrators. CNN's Arwa Damon reports.
Thailand's prime minister said Monday that his government is working to achieve normalcy in the country amid massive opposition protests, but warned it will take "time, patience and cooperation" from all parties involved.
For the first time amid the political upheaval raging in Thailand, the nation's revered king spoke out Monday, calling on new judges to help stabilize the country.
Leaders of Thailand's anti-government protests said Saturday that they we would turn themselves in to police on May 15.
Thai police agreed Friday to restore the television signal for an anti-government group in the country on condition that protesters vacate the compound of the satellite center that distributes it, authorities said.
Thousands of anti-government protesters defied calls to disperse and flocked to Bangkok Tuesday, jamming the commercial hub of the city for the fourth straight day as officials predicted a blow to the economy.
Thousands of anti-government protesters defied an order Sunday to disperse from the capital's commercial center, but the government said it would use negotiation -- not force -- to get them to comply.
Thousands of people hit the streets of Bangkok Saturday, extending the weeks-long anti-government protests, police said.
The Thai military is withdrawing its forces from parts of the country's capital to avoid potential confrontations with red-shirted anti-government protesters backing the ousted prime minister.
Security forces are fanning out across Bangkok, Thailand, as "Red Shirt" protesters descend on the city.
Thailand braced for anti-government demonstrations that began Friday and were expected to peak over the weekend with as many as 150,000 protesters on the streets.
A bomb scanner sold to dozens of countries around the world has been shown to be useless at detecting explosives, the Thai government said, raising the possibility that thousands of lives have been lost to bomb attacks because of ineffective screenings.
Discredited in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Thai government weighs in on "hoax" bomb scanners. CNN's Dan Rivers reports.
Thai officials will deport five crew members of a cargo plane carrying arms from North Korea. CNN's Dan Rivers reports.
Visitors shuttle in and out of a state-of-the-art hospital in an Indonesian town once devastated by towering tsunami waves five years ago, while in nearby Thailand backpackers dance to music in bars and tourists lodge in a hotel that had been demolished in the Boxing Day disaster.
A Swedish tourist tells CNN's Dan Rivers his incredible tale of survival as a tsunami struck Thailand five years ago.
Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest-reigning monarch, emerged from a hospital for the first time Friday since seeking medical attention more than a month ago.
CNN's Anna Coren speaks with journalist James Hookway about the political climate in Thailand.
A scare over the health of Thailand's king has delivered a blunt lesson to investors about political risk in a country where many see the revered monarch as the sole hope of reconciliation in an increasingly fractured society.
Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest-reigning monarch, has been hospitalized with fever and fatigue, the royal palace said Sunday.
Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in Bangkok, Thailand, on Saturday to mark the third anniversary of a military coup that ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
As political protests ebb in Bangkok, business worries mount for Thailand and companies doing business there.
CNN's Dan Rivers reports live from Bangkok, Thailand as gunfire breaks out during anti-government riots.
The declaration of a state of emergency in Thailand following violent clashes between anti-government and security forces marks the latest escalation in a long-running political crisis which has plunged the southeast Asian country into frequent bouts of disorder and instability.
CNN's Anna Coren speaks with Thai Government Spokesman Panitan Wattanayagorn about the protests.
Anti-government protesters clash with police on the streets of Bangkok, Thailand. CNN's Dan Rivers reports
Anti-government protesters in Thailand are considering suspending their demonstrations for the Thai New Year, one of their leaders said Friday.
Thai and Cambodian troops exchanged fire early Friday killing at least four soldiers near a disputed border temple that was the site of clashes last year, a Thai military official said.
Thailand's prime minister is investigating who ordered refugees abandoned at sea. CNN's Dan Rivers reports.
An Australian man is jailed for insulting the Thai king in a novel he wrote. CNN's Dan Rivers reports.
An Australian author imprisoned last month for insulting the king and crown prince of Thailand was on his way home Saturday after receiving a pardon from the king.
Thailand's prime minister suspects there were "some instances" in which Myanmar's Rohingya boat people were pushed out to sea, a frank admittance of a practice drawing worldwide condemnation.
Bedraggled, hungry and dazed, the refugees arrived on the shores of Thailand after fleeing one of the most repressive governments in the world -- the hard-line military regime in Myanmar, also known as Burma.
Bedraggled, hungry and dazed, the refugees arrived on the shores of Thailand after fleeing one of the most repressive governments in the world -- the hard-line military regime in Myanmar, also known as Burma.
Thailand's Senate will investigate allegations that the country's military abused Muslim refugees fleeing Myanmar, a leading senator said Tuesday, in the latest of several probes into the issue.
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