Thailand last held a successful election in 2011
Rights activists say Thailand’s ruling junta has worked systematically to snuff out all challenges to its authority.
Coup leaders say they will keep former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, Cabinet members and anti-government protest leaders in detention.
After six months of political unrest and a day after the caretaker prime minister refused to stand down, Thailand’s army has declared martial law.
Despite several protest sites shutting down, Thailand’s foreign minister says emergency laws could be extended until demonstrations end completely.
In surreal scenes after days of violent marches, Thailand’s protesters hugged police as they entered Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s grounds.
Thailand’s government has ordered police to stand down, bringing an end to days of violence in Bangkok in which five people have died.
Thailand’s Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra says she would "open every door" to find a peaceful solution to a political crisis gripping Bangkok.
Thousands of protesters launched a "people’s coup" on Thailand’s government on Sunday, swarming multiple state agencies in violent clashes.
Questions have been raised over Thai prime minister’s appointment of Nalinee Taveesin to Cabinet, who counts Zimbabwe’s president as a friend.
Thailand’s premier has defended her appointment of a Cabinet minister on a US blacklist owing to alleged business links to President Robert Mugabe.
Thailand’s Yingluck Shinawatra has had to defend Cabinet minister Nalinee Taveesin, who has been blacklisted by the US for her links to Robert Mugabe.
The US has urged flood-stricken Thailand to overcome political infighting during its crisis as it announced immediate assistance for its ally.
Bangkok residents are protesting as frustration mounts that parts of the Thai capital are suffering badly while the centre stays dry.
Bangkok’s well-protected centre is only at risk of "minor" flooding, the Thai premier says, as the deluge closed in on the metropolis.
Authorities in the Thai capital are repairing a damaged flood gate that has become the focus of anger, fear and rivalry between arms of government.
Thai authorities are trying to stem growing anger among flood victims as water swamps new areas and the government maps out a plan of recovery.
In a bid to prevent further flooding, Thailand’s premier says she will order Bangkok to open all of its floodgates, but this poses risks of its own.
Thailand floods have engulfed another industrial estate but Bangkok appears to have escaped the devastation despite heavy monsoon rain.
Thailand fought to keep floodwaters from flowing towards Bangkok as a spring tide hindered efforts to protect the economic hub’s 12-million people.
