LONDON - British leader Keir Starmer said Wednesday there was "no justification" for violence after protesters clashed with police in a demonstration against officers' handling of the murder of a white student by a Sikh man.

Thai police have rescued a 21-year-old Chinese student from a "virtual kidnapping" orchestrated by a transnational criminal network that attempted to extort 12.5 million baht from her family.

Customs officials have seized 30 boxes of One Piece OP-16 trading cards valued at more than 2 million baht that were left near a gate at the Sadao border checkpoint, probably by smugglers.  

Bolt Thailand announced on Wednesday it had sacked and permanently banned the ride-hail driver accused of assaulting a Japanese passenger.

Thailand celebrated her Majesty the Queen's 48th  birthday on Wednesday, marked by individual 21-gun royal salutes by the three armed services at noon.