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Australian, 62, wanted over rape and sex assaults in homeland is arrested on Thai island
Fugitive holidaymaker Helio Taiyang Richardson, 62, was said to have flown to Thailand to evade 13 charges of sexual assault and two charges of rape in Australia.
Locals join colourful wooden longboat race in Thailand
Locals riding colourful longboats furiously paddled across the Nan River in Phichit province for 117th Phichit Longboat Racing Festival on September 7.
Firemen rescue cat impaled on iron railings in Thailand
The moggie had fled to the neighbourhood rooftops to escape wandering dogs in Samut Prakan province, Thailand, on September 3. However, it botched a leap and landed on the spikes of a villager's metal fence.
Suspected drug traffickers arrested in sting operation at Thai-Malaysia border
Saharo and Firdos, both 24, were caught by Central Investigation Bureau officers selling hard drugs from Malaysia in Narathiwat, Thailand, on September 9.
Officials release uncensored mugshots of Philippine 'sex cult' pastor
Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos on September 10 posted online uncovered photos of the celebrity pastor and his personal aides wearing orange detainee clothing as they were booked by police in Quezon City, the Philippines.
Rescue teams deliver aid to flood victims in northern Thailand
Footage shows helicopters and volunteers in boats ploughing through the deluge in Chiang Rai on September 12. The region, along with neighboring Chiang Mai, have been the worst affected.
Tourist 'high on drugs' steals taxi and crashes it into lamppost in Pattaya, Thailand
Aria Afraz Komachali, 19, from Iran, was said to have carjacked a local driver's cab while on an alcohol and cannabis-fuelled rampage in 'Sin City' Pattaya in the early hours of Thursday morning September 12.
Thai Navy SEALs float baby across flood using basin
Footage shows the officers wading through chest-deep floods while pulling the three-month-old infant in a basin across the deluge in Chiang Rai province on September 11.
Wildfires surround LATAM Airlines planes in Brazil
Civil Defense teams were working to contain the blaze. A fixed-wing aircraft was reportedly used in to assist in fighting the flames.
Helicopter drops supplies to residents stranded in Thailand floods
Chief of Defence Forces General Songwit Noonpakdee held a meeting with relevant organisations in Chiang Rai on September 11.
Rescue teams survey landslide damage as six die in northern Thailand
Video shows Chiang Mai Governor Nirat Pongsitthavorn speaking with disaster responders at the Ban Doi Laem community in Chiang Mai province on September 11.
Scientists warn of possible eruption amid 'anomalous' gas emissions at Kanlaon Volcano in the Philippines
The 8,100-ft stratovolcano, which straddles the provinces of Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental in the country's Visayas region, has been spewing ash and sulfur dioxide at increased rates since September 10.
Marine police rescue sailors stranded at sea during storm
The Marine Police Station 2 Division 7 launched a rescue mission after being notified that a fishing boat was left drifting off Pattani, Thailand, on September 8.
Resident stranded in tree pleads for help during Myanmar floods
U Myo Myint and his wife climbed the branches to escape from the raging muddy torrents surging through streets during heavy rain in the Tat Kon Township of Nay Pyi Taw Union Territory.
Rescuers carry pensioners to safety across floods in northern Thailand
Footage shows volunteers giving piggyback rides to elderly locals on September 11 amid evacuations in Chiang Rai, where landslides from heavy rain have killed at least three people.
Rescue teams battle through raging floods in northern Thailand
Video shows personnel wading and swimming through the gushing deluge across submerged streets in Chiang Rai province on September 11. They delivered relief goods to stranded residents by boat, and evacuated locals whose homes were severely flooded.
Rescue teams evacuate residents from floods in northern Thailand
Video shows rescue personnel and border police fetching locals on boats as raging torrents tore through a village in Chiang Rai province on September 11.
Zoo throws birthday party for oldest hippo in Thailand
Staff treated Mae Mali, 59, with a giant cake made of her favourite fruits and vegetables at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province on September 8.
Cruel dog owner tapes pets' mouths shut 'to stop them barking'
Kanyarat Moonsawat, 38, said she muzzles the canines with duct tape and old socks to protect passing tourists in Pattaya, Thailand.
Five-months pregnant woman, 33, killed by herd of elephants in Indonesia
Mother-of-three Karsini, 33, was tapping rubber trees with her husband Rasum when the herd of around 15 jumbos entered their plantation in Musi Rawas Regency, South Sumatra, on September 8 morning.
