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OPINION

PM must step up for peace

Oped, Editorial, Published on 21/04/2026

» Yesterday, a bomb exploded in front of a school in Bannang Sata district of Yala province, injuring an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) officer. The same morning in adjacent Pattani province, a security volunteer was killed by someone using a military-grade weapon as he rode a motorcycle from his home to begin a security protection shift.

OPINION

Is the Iran war America's Suez or its Gallipoli?

Oped, Published on 21/04/2026

» When Egypt closed the Suez Canal for five months in 1956, it triggered events that shrunk the global standing of Britain's pound sterling, inaugurated the petrodollar age, and demonstrated how a small country can inflict serious damage upon the economic power that had subjugated it decades earlier.

OPINION

Mining is killing region's rivers

Oped, Pianporn Deetes, Published on 21/04/2026

» Last week, Thailand's Pollution Control Department (PCD) released a report on its tenth round of water quality monitoring tests on three rivers in the northern region. The report is based on samples taken from the Kok, Sai, Ruak, and Mekong rivers in the country's northernmost area.

WORLD

Bulgaria ex-president wins parliamentary majority

AFP, Published on 20/04/2026

» SOFIA — Bulgarian ex-president Rumen Radev, a critic of the European Union (EU) who has called for renewing ties with Russia, took an absolute majority in parliamentary elections that could spell an end to the country's half-decade of political uncertainty, according to near complete vote results on Monday.

WORLD

Iran says no plan for US peace talks

AFP, Published on 20/04/2026

» TEHRAN — Iran insisted it has no plan to attend a new round of negotiations with the United States on Monday, as uncertainty grows over a push to stop the Middle East war from resuming.

WORLD

War in the Middle East: latest developments

AFP, Published on 20/04/2026

» PARIS — The latest developments in the Middle East war:

THAILAND

Volunteer slain, bomb targets Ranger patrol in far South

Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 20/04/2026

» YALA - One defence volunteer was killed and seven rangers suffered minor injuries in two separate attacks on Monday in the restive southern region, according to police reports.

WORLD

North Korea test-fires missiles armed with cluster bombs - KCNA

AFP, Published on 20/04/2026

» SEOUL - North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles that tested the power of its cluster munitions, its government news agency said on Monday, confirming the latest in a flurry of launches by the nuclear-armed state.

WORLD

Israel vows to level homes in Lebanon, counter threats with 'full force'

AFP, Published on 20/04/2026

» BEIRUT - Israel said its military had been instructed to use "full force" against threats in Lebanon despite a truce, and vowed to level homes allegedly used by Hezbollah, with state media reporting demolitions were underway on Sunday.

SPORTS

Buriram fall short in extra-time

Sports, Tor Chittinand, Published on 20/04/2026

» Buriram United ended their AFC Champions League Elite challenge in the quarter-finals after a 3-2 extra-time defeat against UAE's Shabab Al Ahli at Jeddah's Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium on Saturday night.