Thai police have filed six charges against three men accused of illegally transporting almost 2,000 dogs to Vietnam to be butchered for human consumption.
US President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai discussed progress towards a security handover from US to Afghan forces by 2014, the White House said.
Sebastian Coe, chairman of the 2012 Olympic organising committee, expressed confidence Thursday that the riots in the capital over the past week will not tarnish the image of next year's Games.