Red Shirts, Political Unrest | featured news

Hopes for a quick, peaceful resolution to Thailand's political crisis dimmed Sunday after the prime minister rejected a compromise ...

Hundreds of Thai riot police moved on Friday in front of a barricade erected by anti-government protesters in Bangkok's Silom business district, a day after grenade attacks in the area killed three people.

Thai protesters are sticking to their demand for parliament to be dissolved immediately, according to a report on Thursday, after a tense night as fears grew of a crackdown to end their six-week rally in Bangkok.

Thai troops fired rubber bullets at opposition "red shirts" on Saturday as they moved in to clear a protest site in Bangkok in the biggest confrontation in the month-long campaign for new elections, witnesses said.