Thailand's general election kicked off at 8 a.m. local time Sunday, amid concerns of possible violence and bloodshed due to disruption from anti-government protesters.
Voting in Thailand's tense general elections ended at 3 p.m. Sunday and ballot counting has begun.
Thai First Army Area deployed troops to watch over 10 district offices in capital Bangkok during general election on Sunday.
Thai army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha on Monday pledged to closely work with the government-run Center for Managing Peace and Order (CMPO) to further strengthen security following the death of a core protest leader on Sunday.
A plane operated by a New Zealand company has crash landed in the Solomon Islands, media reported Sunday.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad took part Sunday evening in a religious mass to commemorate the birth of Islam's Prophet Muhammad, according to the state-run SANA news agency.
A heated debate emerged on Sunday 's weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on Sunday, regarding the peace talk with the Palestinians and the level of incitement against Israel in the Palestinian Authority, the Ha'aretz daily reported.
Six people were killed in a fire in Qingyuan City, south China's Guangdong Province on Sunday, local authorities said on Monday.
Indonesian authorities saved a Chinese sailor off the Indonesian island of Bintan on Sunday, three days after the barge he was on capsized in Singapore waters, authorities said.
India has appealed for calm in Singapore where the death of a 33-year-old Indian construction worker in a road mishap sparked the worst riots in the South East Asian nation in the last 44 years.
The Venezuelan ruling coalition led by President Nicolas Maduro on Sunday won the the first local elections since the death of former President Hugo Chavez.
A group of anti-government protesters on Sunday toppled the statue of Vladimir Lenin in Kiev
Venezuela is "perfectly ready" to carry out the municipal elections on Sunday, the country's National Electoral Council (NEC) President Tibisay Lucena said Wednesday.
Traffic and schools have been hit in northeast China's Heilongjiang and Jilin provinces as a blizzard closed expressways and schools and delayed flights.
The Syrian troops backed by a big firepower unleashed on Sunday a military operation to storm a key town in the northern outskirts of the capital Damascus after fully besieging it, as the rebels rained down Damascus with mortars as part of their reprisal.
The United States on Monday expressed "deep concern" about a decision by Maldivian President Mohamed Waheed Hassan to remain in office past the expiry of his term at midnight on Sunday.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday offered condolences over the loss of life and property in the Philippines done by Super Typhoon Haiyan, offering more assistance in relief efforts in the Southeast Asian nation.
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