BANGKOK, Aug 16 — Thailand's parliament elected political neophyte Paetongtarn Shinawatra as its youngest Prime Minister today, only a day after she was thrust into the spotlight amid an unrelenting power struggle between the country's warring elites.

BANGKOK, Aug 15 — Thailand's governing alliance has agreed to back 37-year-old political newcomer Paetongtarn Shinawatra as its candidate for prime minister today, a day ahead of a pivotal vote in Parliament.

BANGKOK, June 18 — Thailand’s former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been released on a bail of 500,000 baht (RM64,138) by the Criminal Court today after he was formally indicted for insulting the monarchy and charges related to computer crime in connection with comments made during an interview in 2015.

PATTANI, March 2 — The Malaysian Government's chief facilitator for the Southern Thailand Peace Dialogue Process, Tan Sri Zulkifli Zainal Abidin, insisted that religion was not the cause of violence in the south of Thailand.