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US army chief General James C McConville arrived in Thailand on Thursday (July 9) for a two-day visit for a meeting with Thai Army commander General Apirat Kongsompong.

A United Nations conference adopted a migration pact in front of leaders and representatives from over 160 countries in Morocco on Monday, despite a string of withdrawals driven by anti-immigrant populism.

A massive trans-Pacific trade deal cleared a final hurdle Wednesday allowing it to enter into force this year, a pointed rebuke of President Donald Trump's protectionist policies from some of America's closest allies.

A year after an abrupt US withdrawal left a fledgling 12-nation Pacific trade pact for dead, the 11 remaining states will sign a re-vamped deal Thursday aimed at slashing tariffs.

Remaining members of a major Pacific trade deal abandoned by the United States have agreed to a new framework after days of stalled talks to revive the pact, Canada's trade minister said Saturday.

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Thursday expressed confidence that the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) will get the green light this year as planned.

The Internal Security Operations Command (Isoc) will this week hold final seminars nationwide on the so-called social contract for national reconciliation.

NEW YORK - When President Donald Trump announced America's abandonment of the Paris climate deal Thursday, saying he was elected to represent "Pittsburgh, not Paris," several US cities and states responded with a defiant counter-declaration: We're staying in.

PARIS - European leaders reacted with anger and defiance after President Donald Trump on Thursday announced the United States, the world's second biggest carbon emitter, was quitting the 2015 Paris climate agreement.

Leaders to take stock of progress on regionwide free trade pact when they meet in Manila today

Japan is currently drafting a legal framework with Thailand to allow the future transfer of its defence equipment and technology. If that happens soon, it would represent a significant milestone in their mutual defence cooperation since the end of World War II.