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$346m US-Nigeria arms deal sets rights groups on edge
AFP, Published on 22/08/2025
» ABUJA - Rights groups are questioning a multimillion-dollar arms sale by the United States to Nigeria as security forces in the west African nation continue to be accused of killing civilians with impunity.
Israeli security cabinet to discuss future Gaza war plans
AFP, Published on 07/08/2025
» JERUSALEM - Israel’s security cabinet was expected to meet later on Thursday to discuss military plans in Gaza, Israeli media said, as the families of hostages launched a desperate plea for help aboard a flotilla to the territory.
Time for this unnecessary war to end
News, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 29/07/2025
» It was a war everyone saw coming. After weeks of provocations and inflammatory rhetoric across the Thai–Cambodian border since May 28, the failure to de-escalate tensions finally erupted into deadly border skirmishes. Despite diplomatic efforts, no fruitful progress was made. As diplomacy faltered, ultra-nationalism made inroads, and rhetoric gave way to border clashes beginning last Thursday.
USAID finds no signs of massive Hamas aid theft
Published on 26/07/2025
» An internal US government analysis found no evidence of systematic theft by the Palestinian militant group Hamas of US-funded humanitarian supplies, challenging the main rationale that Israel and the US give for backing a new armed private aid operation.
RTA dismisses 'fake temple strike' news
News, Published on 26/07/2025
» The Royal Thai Army (RTA) has dismissed as groundless Cambodian media reports accusing the Thai military of targeting Cambodian civilians and severely damaging the Preah Vihear temple, a World Heritage site, during Thursday's airstrikes.
Human cost of war
Oped, Postbag, Published on 25/07/2025
» Re: "Thai airstrikes hit two Cambodian targets," (BP, July 24).
Errant kamikaze drone sparks petition
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 23/07/2025
» Thailand has lodged a petition via the Thai-Myanmar Township Border Committee (TBC) following the discovery of a military kamikaze drone that reportedly crashed in Tak province, a source said.
Written in blood
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 21/07/2025
» In 2015, Joe Freeman and Aung Naing Soe noticed the prominent status of poetry in Myanmar politics. At the time, both journalists heard that Maung Saungkha, a 23-year-old poet, posted a poem about having a tattoo of an unnamed president on his penis on Facebook. Saungkha, however, was charged for defaming former president Thein Sein under telecommunication law, serving a six-month jail term.
Attack on monastery in Myanmar kills at least 23
Published on 11/07/2025
» At least 23 people have been confirmed dead, including four children, after an attack on a monastery in a village in Sagaing region of Myanmar, witnesses said on Friday.
China pressures rebels in Myanmar rare-earth belt
Published on 08/07/2025
» The global supply of heavy rare earths hinges in part on the outcome of a months-long battle between a rebel army and the Chinese-backed military junta in the hills of northern Myanmar.