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Hamas says Israeli troops sticking point in truce talks as Gaza pounded
AFP, Published on 10/07/2025
» JERUSALEM — Hamas on Thursday said it opposes any ceasefire deal that includes a large Israeli military presence in Gaza, after offering to release some hostages and as the civil defence reported scores of civilians killed across the Palestinian territory.
Trade and Middle East Conflicts Drive Oil Prices
Published on 25/06/2025
» From 1 April to 18 June 2025, ICE Brent crude oil prices declined by USD 5.68 per barrel compared to the previous quarter, averaging USD 69.28 per barrel. The drop followed an announcement by eight OPEC+ countries—Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, the UAE, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria, and Oman—to increase crude oil production from April to July 2025. The additional output, which totalled 1.37 million barrels per day, reversed earlier voluntary cuts. Saudi Arabia is now pushing for a full reinstatement of its 2.2 million barrels per day in voluntary cuts by September 2025 to regain global market share.
Cambodia 'spurred on by indecision'
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 02/06/2025
» Cambodia has seized on Thailand's weakened security posture to roll out an aggressive three-pronged border strategy, putting the Thai defence establishment under growing strain, an international relations expert says.
Check dams proposal for North triggers backlash
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 24/05/2025
» Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai's proposal to construct check dams in northern Thailand to cleanse rivers contaminated with heavy metals has sparked fierce opposition from civil society groups.
Israeli minister threatens to annex parts of Gaza
AFP, Published on 21/03/2025
» JERUSALEM - Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz threatened on Friday to annex parts of the Gaza Strip unless Hamas militants release the remaining Israeli hostages held in the war-battered Palestinian territory.
Israel's many wars lead to first combat unit of religious women
Bloomberg News, Published on 20/12/2024
» JERUSALEM — Religious girls don’t belong on the battlefield. That has been the traditional view of most of Israel's modern Orthodox community, and young women have generally gone along with it.
Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of war crimes
Reuters, Published on 14/11/2024
» JERUSALEM — Israeli authorities have caused a forced displacement of Palestinian people in Gaza to an extent that constitutes war crimes and crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch said in a report on Thursday.
Russian forces push deeper into northern Ukraine
New York Times, Published on 13/05/2024
» KHARKIV, Ukraine - In the past three days, Russian troops, backed by fighter jets, artillery and lethal drones, have poured across Ukraine’s northeastern border and seized at least nine villages and settlements, and more territory per day than at almost any other point in the war, save the very beginning.
Rayong tourism operators on edge
Business, Molpasorn Shoowong, Published on 11/05/2024
» Some fruit farms in Rayong reported tour cancellations after a chemical tank exploded on Thursday, while tourism operators called for an integrated plan for developing tourism and the industrial sector.
Call for tourism buffer zone
Business, Narumon Kasemsuk, Published on 24/04/2024
» Tourism operators in Rayong have called for buffer zones to clearly separate industrial areas from tourism areas as the chemical warehouse explosion in the province this week could have a negative impact similar to two previous oil leaks.