THAILAND

Southeast Asia’s biggest budget airline, which reported its first profit in nine quarters, plans to boost flights to second-tier cities as competition heats up.

An initial police investigation suggested the blast was caused by a fuel leak aboard the boat.

Grab, an Asian car- and motorcycle-hailing app, will provide up to $250,000 of insurance for passengers and drivers in Southeast Asia, known to have some of the most dangerous roads in the world.

During Wednesday’s 7.8 magnitude earthquake, which struck 500 miles from Padang in West Sumatra province, none of the country's 22 tsunami warning buoys were working.

Five Hong Kong booksellers associated with a publishing house that specializes in books on sensitive Chinese political topics disappeared last year, sparking concerns about Beijing's growing clout.

As global companies and funds seek to expand in the fast-growing region, the acquisition of startups is expected to rise to 250 a year by 2020, according to a report.

The recent disappearances of Hong Kong booksellers have prompted fears that mainland Chinese authorities are attempting to curb civil rights in the region.

Motorcycle taxis are already popular in Thailand and other parts of Southeast Asia because of their low cost and ability to navigate easily through traffic.

In Myanmar, one of the world’s largest suppliers of opium, police are preventing Christian anti-drug crusaders from destroying poppy fields.

Bilal Mohammad and Mieraili Yusufu are facing eight charges related to the 2015 bombing, including conspiracy to explode bombs and commit premeditated murder.

The summit will be held at Sunnylands, the same California estate where the U.S. president hosted China’s Xi Jinping in 2013.

The Japanese brewing giant has reportedly offered to buy the two beer brands that SABMiller and AB InBev want to sell to address regulatory concerns.

The social networking site saw India becoming its biggest mobile market in 2016, but a ruling by the country's government could derail those plans.

The case of the missing Hong Kong booksellers has raised concerns that their detention could be China’s attempt to clamp down on anti-Beijing sentiments.

The move comes days after Switzerland said it was sending information on illegal transactions to Malaysian authorities.

The Hong Kong-based publisher of books critical of China disappeared in late December, two months after four of his business associates separately went missing.

It was the second time in a week that debris was determined not to have been from an airliner that disappeared in March 2014.

The women serve as emissary-representatives for the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, a worldwide Jewish community.

Buddhists have flocked to buy "luuk thep" in hopes that good spirits will enter them and bring luck amid political uncertainty.

The health ministry identified the patient as a 71-year-old Omani man and said it was trying to contact 218 passengers and crew who traveled with him to Thailand.

A piece of curved metal that could be wreckage from the doomed Malaysia Airlines flight washed up on a beach in Thailand.