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Fearing US invasion, Venezuela to hold emergency drills
AFP, Published on 27/09/2025
» CARACAS — Venezuela, on high alert over a military deployment of the United States off its coast that has stirred invasion fears, will hold disaster preparedness drills on Saturday as President Nicolas Maduro mulls invoking emergency powers.
Venezuela accuses US of waging 'undeclared war'
AFP, Published on 20/09/2025
» CARACAS - Venezuela on Friday accused the United States of waging an "undeclared war" in the Caribbean, where Washington has deployed warships and blown up alleged drug boats in recent weeks.
With eye on US threat, Venezuela holds Caribbean military exercises
AFP, Published on 18/09/2025
» CARACAS — Venezuela said Wednesday it had begun three days of military exercises on its Caribbean island of La Orchila as tensions soar amid US military activity in the region.
‘Not a friendly place’: Inside the prison where Thaksin is jailed
Published on 11/09/2025
» Three blankets to sleep with, an open bathing area, bland food and the constant risk of violence. These are the conditions inside the maximum security prison in Thailand’s capital where 76-year-old former premier Thaksin Shinawatra is jailed, according to two people with knowledge of the facility.
War on drugs now a national priority, says acting PM
Post Reporters, Published on 20/08/2025
» Acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai has declared the fight against illicit drugs a national priority, calling for collaboration across all sectors to combat the crisis.
500kg of crystal meth seized after chase in Loei
News, Published on 20/08/2025
» Police have arrested two men in Loei province after seizing 500 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine worth an estimated 60 million baht. The suspects reportedly admitted they were paid 80,000 baht for each drug delivery.
Millions of meth pills seized from sealed warehouse
Chakkrapan Natanri, Published on 13/08/2025
» SAKON NAKHON - Police have seized five million methamphetamine pills from a pickup truck parked in a rented, shuttered warehouse in Kham Ta Kla district of this upper northeastern province.
Ethnic law a small win
Oped, Editorial, Published on 12/08/2025
» Three days before the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples on Aug 9, parliament finally passed a law to protect ethnic minorities' way of life. For Thailand's indigenous communities, which have fought for this law for decades, this is a bittersweet victory.
Barbed wire blocks Cambodia’s scammers, drug traffickers, illegal immigrants
Online Reporters, Published on 10/08/2025
» SA KAEO: Soldiers have laid about 16 kilometres of barbed wire to prevent scammers, drug traffickers and illegal workers from easily crossing the Thai-Cambodian border in the East.
US raises bounty on Venezuela's Maduro to $50m
AFP, Published on 08/08/2025
» WASHINGTON - The United States on Thursday doubled its bounty on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro -- who faces federal drug trafficking charges and whose most recent election victory was not recognised by Washington -- to $50 million.