BANGKOK, Feb 22 – Thailand’s Criminal Court approved on Wednesday an extension to the detention of Mohammad Hazaei, one of the suspects in the Sukhumvit bomb incidents last week, and the suspect is being detained at high-security Bangkok Remand Prison.

PATTANI, Feb 21 - Three suspected insurgents were killed while three security personnel were wounded on Tuesday in the latest clash in Thailand's insurgency-torn southern province of Pattani.

TRANG, Feb 21 --- The Thai authorities on Tuesday seized 111 endangered pangolins in a crackdown on a wildlife smuggling syndicate and arrested two suspects in Thailand’s southern province of Trang.

NARATHIWAT, Feb 21 – A former insurgent in the Pattani United Liberation Organisation (PULO) was shot to death in a rubber plantation in Narathiwat’s Ruso district hours after a village head was gunned down in the neighbouring province of Pattani.

LAMPANG, Feb 20 – The thick haze and smog covering Thailand’s northern provinces, particularly Lampang and Chiang Mai, on Monday improved dramatically owing to downpours.

BANGKOK, Feb 20 - Thai police on Monday took bomb suspect Mohammad Hazaei, an Iranian, to the Metropolitan Police Bureau for questioning and formally charged him of involvement in the Bangkok Valentine's Day blasts.

BANGKOK, Feb 19 – Thailand will be ready to submit an extradition request to Malaysian authorities for a suspect allegedly involved in the recent Bangkok explosions by next week, Wanchai Roujanavong, Director-General of International Affairs Department, Office of Attorney General said on Sunday.

CHIANG MAI, Feb 19 - A forest fire in Chiang Mai is causing low visibility, as northern provinces continue fighting a haze problem with more patients seeking medical treatment for haze-related respiratory illness.

BANGKOK, Feb 19 --- Thailand is confident in achieving its target in the pursuit of a Drug-Free ASEAN in 2015 while allocating Bt15 million in financial assistance for Myanmar to initiate a development project aimed at eradicating opium and drug production, according to the Narcotics Control Board.

BANGKOK, Feb 19 – A court has issued an arrest warrant for a fifth suspect involved in explosions in Bangkok on February 14 while the police are fast tracking investigation of a sixth suspect.