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US intercepts drones and missiles aimed at Israel, as allies pledge support
Published on 14/04/2024
» The United States military said it had shot down some of the drones and missiles that Iran fired at Israel on Saturday, as other allies affirmed support for Israel or pledged to help defend it.
Iran seizes Israeli-linked cargo ship
Published on 13/04/2024
» Iran’s Revolutionary Guards seized an Israeli-linked cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, days after Tehran said it could close the crucial shipping route and warned it would retaliate for a recent Israeli strike on its consulate in Syria.
US, Japan, Philippine leaders show united front against China
Published on 12/04/2024
» The leaders of the United States, Japan and the Philippines on Thursday agreed to advance their defence and economic cooperation, in a move aimed at pushing back against China's ambitions in the Indo-Pacific region.
Q&A, truth, lies, the web and you
Life, James Hein, Published on 10/04/2024
» The online world is changing and not necessarily for the better. I'm old enough to remember what you were looking for came up as the first search result, when there was a search facility, that is. The old Bulletin Boards kept their subject matter to the topic of the board with opinions kept to opinion sites. Sites on science were not one-sided as they presented the facts along with the supporting data for checking and verification. If people disagreed, they also brought their data along to challenge a thesis and a healthy and often robust debate followed. That was then.
In Russia, the really dangerous ones are sane
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 08/04/2024
» There are plenty of crazies in Russian politics who make bizarre claims about their country's victim status ("the evil West made us do it") and issue blood-curdling but implausible threats about using nuclear weapons on their enemies. But the really dangerous ones are quite sane.
It's feeling a bit on the warm side
Roger Crutchley, Published on 07/04/2024
» It was Oscar Wilde who observed that "conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative". He might have had a point but it means there are a lot of unimaginative people in Thailand at present. I can hardly recall a conversation lately without a reference to the heat. It has definitely been "a bit on the warm side".
Israel sacks two officers over aid workers’ deaths
Published on 05/04/2024
» JERUSALEM - The Israeli military has dismissed two officers and formally reprimanded senior commanders after an inquiry into the killing of seven aid workers in an air strike in Gaza found serious errors and breaches of procedure.
Israel pledges independent probe of Gaza NGO deaths
Published on 02/04/2024
» JERUSALEM - The Israeli military says an “independent, professional expert body” will investigate the deaths of seven people working for the World Central Kitchen (WCK) in Gaza, which the NGO said was the result of an Israeli air strike.
Indonesia buying two French submarines
Published on 02/04/2024
» PARIS - The Indonesian Navy has signed a contract to buy two Scorpene submarines made by the French state-owned shipyard Naval Group, the company said on Tuesday on its website.
Thailand, UK upgrade economic ties
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 02/04/2024
» Thailand and the UK have announced the elevation of economic, trade and investment relations to a strategic partnership, serving as a foundation for the development of a free trade agreement (FTA) in the future.