TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Thailand's Constitutional Court on Wednesday rejected a request by the country's main opposition party to annul a controversial election disrupted by anti-government protests. The court said in a statement that it had declined to consider the petition by a Democrat Party lawyer to nullify the February 2 vote because there were ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Thailand's constitutional court ruled that a February 2 election opposed by anti-government protesters can legally be delayed. The court said on Friday that the power for postponement rests with the prime minister in consultation with the Election Commission chief. It said delays were justified under the law "to prevent ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's party is due Saturday to kick off campaigning for controversial elections boycotted by the opposition and rejected by anti-government protesters preparing to "shut down" Bangkok. The Puea Thai party will launch its bid for re-election next month with rallies in its northern heartlands ...

Gunmen killed an anti-government protester and wounded two others in the Thai capital on Saturday, raising fears the country's deepening political crisis was headed toward sustained violence on the streets of Bangkok. The attack took place close to a protest camp in the city centre, according to a government-run medical centre. The Erawan medical ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Thailand's main opposition party met on Saturday to decide whether or not to boycott a February election and join anti-government rallies seeking to scuttle the poll and force Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra out of office. Yingluck called a snap election on December 9 to try to ease tensions as protests grew, but the movement ...