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Sudan landslide kills more than 1,000 in Darfur
AFP, Published on 02/09/2025
» KHARTOUM - The United Nations said on Tuesday it is working to respond to a devastating landslide in the Darfur region of Sudan that buried an entire mountain village, killing as many as 1,000 people.
Pick of the opposition?
Published on 14/06/2025
» A fresh round of party hopping has begun, with the Klatham Party on the prowl for defectors and the People's Party (PP) claiming to be a primary target.
NK troops sent to the Ukraine: cannon fodder?
Oped, Published on 24/10/2024
» The rumours were true. The apparent dispatch of elite North Korean military units to fight alongside Russian troops in Ukraine appears at first surprising but actually is quite logical given the historic and comradely ties between Pyongyang and Moscow. After all, North Korea's isolated Kim Jong-un regime has forged increasingly close ties with Vladimir Putin's Russia and the cash-strapped North Koreans have shipped more than eight million 122mm and 152mm artillery shells to Russia during in the past year.
Govt faces reshuffle risk
Oped, Editorial, Published on 03/09/2024
» The upcoming annual military reshuffle is being watched by political pundits and society because it will happen during the tenure of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, a daughter of former PM Thaksin and a niece of former PM Yingluck.
Thaksin reclaims political centre stage
Oped, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 24/08/2024
» As the Pheu Thai Party was busy forming a new cabinet, Thaksin Shinawatra re-consolidated his power in the blink of an eye. Few, if any, political observers would have imagined this phenomenon in almost two decades of colour-coded politics that saw Thaksin, for much of that time, living in self-imposed exile.
Senate poses risk to political reform
Oped, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 13/07/2024
» The political dust has settled, as the new Senate was successfully installed this week. Yet, looking at the components of the upper chamber, a new kind of politics still seems like a distant dream.
Germany arrests Red Army member after decades on run
Published on 27/02/2024
» BERLIN - Daniela Klette, a member of the notorious Red Army Faction militant group, has been arrested in Berlin after decades on the run from armed robbery and attempted murder charges, prosecutors said on Tuesday.
Israel rebuffs US call for pause to Gaza fighting
AFP, Published on 04/11/2023
» GAZA STRIP, Palestinian Territories - Israel's unrelenting offensive against Hamas battled on into its fifth week with no sign of slowing on Saturday, as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Arab foreign ministers in search of a diplomatic opening to ease the crisis.
No longer friends, it seems
News, Published on 04/02/2023
» During the heyday of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), the movement’s epitome was characterised by what many came to know its chairman Jatuporn Prompan for — feisty, unrelenting and vocal.