NARATHIWAT - A manhunt was launched for an armed suspect after two Tak Bai police investigators were killed and three others wounded during a drug search in Tak Bai district on Sunday.

CEUTA (SPAIN) - At least 72 people died during last week's mass influx of migrants into Spain's Ceuta enclave, when tens of thousands of people mostly swam around the border post from Morocco, local officials said on Sunday.

A murder suspect who told police there may be additional victims of the gang that killed two Russian siblings and a Thai family of three has been placed under witness protection, according to an informed source.

PORTO GERMENO (GREECE) - Greece on Sunday faced multiple fronts and a growing damage toll with wildfires believed to have devastated swathes of forest and agricultural land, and the prime minister warning of "extremely difficult" days ahead.

A Thai woman courier suspected of smuggling drugs into Japan has returned to Thailand after convincing Japanese prosecutors she was unaware that crystal methamphetamine was hidden in coffee sachets in a package she carried for a client.