Bangladesh saw its highest temperature for almost 60 years in the past week, while Thailand reports record-equalling heat in the western province of Tak with the baking weather expected to continue into next week.
China completed three days of military exercises around self-ruled Taiwan on Monday that saw it simulate targeted strikes and practise a blockade of the island.
About 5,000 people, many of them women and children, have crossed into Thailand since Wednesday, after fighting broke out in Myanmar's southern Karen state when rebels attacked a military border guard outpost, according to media reports.
Worth billions of dollars, Thailand’s wildlife trade entails a highly lucrative illegal underbelly – one which is rapidly shifting online.
The former army chief, who came to power in a coup in 2014, faces a difficult challenge from a resurgent opposition fronted by Paetongtarn Shinawatra, daughter of billionaire former PM Thaksin Shinawatra.
69-year-old former general who led a military coup in 2014 faces a challenging path back to the top with opinion polls putting him far behind two opposition candidates.
Arrest and confiscations come amid spike in clashes between police and smugglers in the kingdom's remote northern hinterlands, long a hub for the trade in illegal narcotics.
Thai police have said one person managed to survive the accident and 11 others were trapped in the vehicle and died in the blaze.
Around the world, people ushered in the Lunar New Year, the most important annual holiday for Chinese people.
The shoot-out takes place in Thailand's southernmost province where rebels in the Muslim-majority region are battling for greater autonomy from the state.
Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha has formally joined the new United Thai Nation Party in a bid to continue his work running the country.
Around 400 individuals, including foreign nationals, were believed to be working at the Grand Diamond City casino-hotel in Poipet at the time of the blaze.
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