Thai Queen

A Thai man was given a 50-year prison sentence Thursday for criticising the monarchy -- the longest jail term ever handed down under the kingdom's strict royal insult laws, a legal rights group said.

Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn has stripped his 34-year-old consort of all titles for "disloyalty" and apparent "ambition" to match the Queen's position, a royal command issued late Monday said, less than three months after she was bestowed with the honour.

Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn on Saturday begins intricate Buddhist and Brahmin ceremonies to symbolically transform him into a living god as the Southeast Asian nation officially crowns its first monarch in nearly seven decades.

Just days before his official coronation, Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn on Wednesday married the deputy head of his personal guard force and gave her the title Queen Suthida.

A team of British divers who helped save a junior football team stranded in a flooded cave in Thailand were awarded in Britain's traditional New Year Honours alongside former supermodel Twiggy and Monty Python's Michael Palin.

Thailand's crown prince will lead a mass cycling event today in tribute to his father King Bhumibol Adulyadej, a rare public appearance for the prince amid anxiety over his ailing dad's health.

Saina, who has won here in 2009, 2010 and 2012, first takes on Thai Nichaon Jindapon against whom the Indian has won all three meetings yet. World No.12 Sindhu faces Hsu Ya Ching of Chinese Taipei. If both the Hyderabadi girls win, it means a clash of the two Indian badminton queens at the Istora Gelora Bung Karno Stadium.

The woman who was in line to be Thailand's next queen has relinquished her royal title.

Miss Universe Thailand has resigned less than a month into her reign after being harshly criticised on social media over her political comments and looks.

Anirban Lahiri struggled to a 75 after carding a triple bogey seven, three bogeys and two birdies. At the top of the leader board was Thai newcomer Poom Saksansin.

A Thai criminal court sentenced a 61-year-old man to 20 years in prison Wednesday for sending text messages deemed offensive to the country's queen. The court found Amphon Tangnoppaku guilty on four counts under lese majeste and computer crime laws, sentencing him to five years imprisonment for each charge, to be served consecutively.

A Thai man was given a 50-year prison sentence Thursday for criticising the monarchy -- the longest jail term ever handed down under the kingdom's strict royal insult laws, a legal rights group said.

Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn has stripped his 34-year-old consort of all titles for "disloyalty" and apparent "ambition" to match the Queen's position, a royal command issued late Monday said, less than three months after she was bestowed with the honour.

Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn on Saturday begins intricate Buddhist and Brahmin ceremonies to symbolically transform him into a living god as the Southeast Asian nation officially crowns its first monarch in nearly seven decades.

Just days before his official coronation, Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn on Wednesday married the deputy head of his personal guard force and gave her the title Queen Suthida.

A team of British divers who helped save a junior football team stranded in a flooded cave in Thailand were awarded in Britain's traditional New Year Honours alongside former supermodel Twiggy and Monty Python's Michael Palin.

Thailand's crown prince will lead a mass cycling event today in tribute to his father King Bhumibol Adulyadej, a rare public appearance for the prince amid anxiety over his ailing dad's health.

Saina, who has won here in 2009, 2010 and 2012, first takes on Thai Nichaon Jindapon against whom the Indian has won all three meetings yet. World No.12 Sindhu faces Hsu Ya Ching of Chinese Taipei. If both the Hyderabadi girls win, it means a clash of the two Indian badminton queens at the Istora Gelora Bung Karno Stadium.

The woman who was in line to be Thailand's next queen has relinquished her royal title.

Miss Universe Thailand has resigned less than a month into her reign after being harshly criticised on social media over her political comments and looks.

Anirban Lahiri struggled to a 75 after carding a triple bogey seven, three bogeys and two birdies. At the top of the leader board was Thai newcomer Poom Saksansin.

A Thai criminal court sentenced a 61-year-old man to 20 years in prison Wednesday for sending text messages deemed offensive to the country's queen. The court found Amphon Tangnoppaku guilty on four counts under lese majeste and computer crime laws, sentencing him to five years imprisonment for each charge, to be served consecutively.