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 16 — Pheu Thai party leader Paetongtarn Shinawatra has secured majority votes in Parliament today to become Thailand’s 31st Prime Minister.

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.

BANGKOK, June 18 — Influential former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, a powerful backer of the ruling government, was formally indicted on Tuesday for allegedly insulting the monarchy in a 2015 media interview, a spokesman for the attorney-general's office said.

BANGKOK, June 18 — Four high-profile cases involving key political players in Thailand are scheduled to go before the courts today, in the latest legal wrangling that could see Southeast Asia's second-largest economy plunged into a new period of uncertainty.

BANGKOK, June 10 — Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said on Saturday he was ready to face charges of insulting the monarchy that mark a setback to a political heavyweight whose allies are currently in government.

BANGKOK, May 29 — Thailand's attorney-general will indict former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra for allegedly insulting the monarchy, an official said on Wednesday, in a setback to a political heavyweight whose loyalists are currently in government.

BANGKOK, April 11 — Thailand's prosecutors have pushed back until next month a hearing that will decide whether to indict former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra on charges of insulting the monarchy as the investigation into the case has not been completed.

BANGKOK, Feb 18 — Thailand's billionaire former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was released from detention today, enjoying freedom in his country for the first time since fleeing into exile nearly 16 years ago to avoid jail.

BANGKOK, Feb 18 — Thailand's convicted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was released on parole today, his lawyer said, starting a first day of freedom in his homeland, 15 years after fleeing in the wake of his overthrow by the royalist military.

BANGKOK, Sept 1 — Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn has commuted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's eight-year prison sentence to one year, the Royal Gazette said on Friday, a day after the billionaire submitted a request for pardon.

BANGKOK, Sept 1 — Thailand’s jailed former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has requested a royal pardon from the eight-year jail term he is serving, outgoing justice minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said.

BANGKOK, Aug 29 — Thailand's jailed former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been suffering from fatigue and stress since last week, says his daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra.

BANGKOK, Aug 23 — Thailand's billionaire former leader Thaksin Shinawatra was hospitalised on his first night in prison after his historic return from self-exile, officials said on Wednesday, citing concern about his heart and blood pressure.

BANGKOK, Aug 22 — Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was given an eight-year prison sentence today, can seek a royal pardon and the process might take one to two months, said the Department of Corrections' Deputy Director-General Sitthi Sutivong.

BANGKOK, Aug 22 — Srettha Thavisin, until recently chief of one of Thailand's biggest real estate developers, was on Tuesday voted in as Prime Minister at the head of an unlikely alliance of populists and pro-military parties after weeks of post-election deadlock.

BANGKOK, Aug 22 — Real estate mogul Srettha Thavisin won the backing of Thailand's parliament on Tuesday to become prime minister, paving the way to a new coalition government and ending weeks of uncertainty and political stalemate.

BANGKOK, Aug 22 — Thailand braces today for the return of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra from 17 years of exile, a historic homecoming that coincides with a bid by his allies to form a new government with some of its biggest rivals.

BANGKOK, Aug 19 — Thailand’s self-exiled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra will return to Thailand on Tuesday (August 22), the same day a joint sitting of the bicameral legislature will vote for a new prime minister.