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Prayut to use S44 to lift political ban, doesn’t say when
Reuters, Published on 19/12/2017
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Tuesday he would use a special order that gives the military sweeping powers to lift a ban on political activity that has been in place since a 2014 coup, paving the way for a 2018 general election.
Pheu Thai urges junta to end ban on political activity
Reuters, Published on 08/11/2017
» The Pheu Thai Party on Wednesday urged the ruling junta to end a ban on political activity since the 2014 coup, saying it feared a delay could signal that a general election promised for next year might be pushed back yet again.
Bangladesh to buy rice from Thailand, India
Reuters, Published on 09/10/2017
» DHAKA: Bangladesh is set to import a total of 250,000 tonnes of rice from Thailand and India in intergovernmental deals to shore up depleted stocks of the staple, head of the state grain buyer said on Monday.
NZ election final tally opens way for coalition talks
Reuters, Published on 07/10/2017
» WELLINGTON: A final tally of New Zealand's Sept 23 election released on Saturday showed neither the ruling National Party or opposition Labour won enough seats to form government, leaving the small nationalist New Zealand First Party with the balance of power.
PM Prayut: I know where Yingluck is
Reuters, Published on 26/09/2017
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Tuesday that he knows where ousted former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra is but will not disclose her location until after a verdict is delivered later this week in her negligence trial.
Tearful Yingluck says she was never dishonest
Reuters, Published on 01/08/2017
» Yingluck Shinawatra delivered a tearful closing statement to a Bangkok court on Tuesday, saying she did not act dishonestly in a multi-billion dollar rice subsidy scheme and that she was being politically persecuted.
US admiral stresses democracy at Cobra Gold
Reuters, Published on 14/02/2017
» CHON BURI - The most senior US officer to visit Thailand since the 2014 coup emphasised the importance of restoring democracy on Tuesday as he launched the annual Cobra Gold military exercise.
Trump bars door to refugees, visitors from seven nations
Reuters, Published on 28/01/2017
» President Donald Trump on Friday put a four-month hold on allowing refugees into the United States and temporarily barred travellers from Syria and six other Muslim-majority countries, saying the moves would help protect Americans from terrorist attacks.
Trump may reinstate CIA's 'black site' prisons
Reuters, Published on 26/01/2017
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump is expected to order a review that could lead to the reinstatement of a CIA programme to hold terrorist suspects in secret overseas "black site" prisons that used interrogation techniques often condemned as torture, two US officials said on Wednesday.
Nine suspects arrested for hacking websites
Reuters, Published on 26/12/2016
» Police have detained nine people suspected of hacking government websites to protest against amendments to a cyber security law that critics say strengthens the authorities' oversight of the internet.