BANGKOK, April 9 — Foreign nationals will temporarily be exempted from submitting the TM.6 Form when entering or exiting Thailand at the immigration checkpoints, effective April 15 to October 15.

NIAGARA FALLS, April 9 — Throngs of skywatchers across North America gazed upward at a blackened sun in the midday dusk yesterday, celebrating the first total solar eclipse to darken the continent in seven years with cheers, music, and matrimony.

SYDNEY/TOKYO, April 9 — Australia has downplayed reports that Japan could soon join its AUKUS security pact with the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States (US), saying that any cooperation would be on a project-by-project basis as differences emerge within the pact over adding new members.

JAKARTA, April 9 — Aditya Nugraha, a 21-year-old Indonesian, was travelling from the capital city of Jakarta to his hometown of Palembang on Sumatra island, over 500km away, to celebrate the Hari Raya Aidilfitri holiday this week.

SAMUI, April 9 — Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said the central bank should cut its key interest rate by at least a quarter point this week to support government efforts to revive Southeast Asia's second-largest economy.

SAMUI, April 8 — Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has said now is a good time to open talks with Myanmar as the military regime that seized power in a 2021 coup is weakening.

MANILA, April 8 — Philippines' President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has called on China today to talk to prevent more incidents like ramming vessels and the use of water cannons in the South China Sea.

LOS ANGELES, April 8 — A Boeing 737-800 plane made an emergency stop on Sunday after the crew reported the engine cowling fell off and struck the wing flap during takeoff from Denver International Airport in the US state of Colorado, authorities said, reported Xinhua.

MOSCOW, April 8 — The United States is increasingly frustrated with Israel's actions in the Gaza Strip and expects that the Jewish state will meet its commitments to address the threat to civilians in the enclave and allow more humanitarian aid there, White House National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby said, reported Sputnik.

CAIRO, April 8 — Iraq agreed on Sunday to send 10 million litres of fuel to the Gaza Strip in support of the Palestinian people, Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said.

GAZA CITY, April 8 — A delegation from the Palestinian group Hamas held discussions on Sunday with the head of Egyptian intelligence in Cairo on efforts to reach a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and a hostage swap deal with Israel.

CAIRO, April 7 — Houthi forces in Yemen said on Sunday they had launched rockets and drones at British, US and Israeli ships, the latest in a campaign of attacks on shipping in support of Palestinians in the Gaza war.

TAIPEI, April 7 — A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck off the coast of Hualien County in eastern Taiwan at 6.01 pm Sunday, according to the Central Weather Administration (CWA), as reported by the Central News Agency (CNA).

TEHRAN, April 7 — Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has reported that the number of journalists killed by the Israeli armed forces mounted to 140 in the Gaza Strip since the onset of the ongoing onslaught.

GENEVA, April 7 — The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Saturday said the massive destruction inflicted on Gaza’s largest hospital, reduced to “an empty shell” with human graves following the latest Israeli siege.

THE HAGUE, April 7 — Climate activist Greta Thunberg was detained twice by police at a demonstration in The Hague, the Netherlands, for several hours on Saturday.

CAIRO, April 7 — A Hamas delegation headed by the group’s deputy chief in Gaza, Khalil Al-Hayya, will go to Cairo on April 7 for Gaza ceasefire talks, in response to an invitation extended by Egyptian mediators, the group said in a statement on Saturday.

WASHINGTON, April 7 — The United States is on high alert and preparing for a possible attack by Iran targeting Israeli or American assets in the region in response to Israel’s strike on the Iranian embassy in Syria, a US official said on Friday.

WASHINGTON, April 6 — Tesla has canceled the long-promised inexpensive car that investors have been counting on to drive its growth into a mass-market automaker, according to three sources familiar with the matter and company messages seen by Reuters.

WASHINGTON, April 6 — US military officials met their Chinese counterparts earlier this week for a series of meetings in Hawaii focused on how the two countries can operate safely, US officials said on Friday.