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UK considers envoy for Britons held abroad
AFP, Published on 29/06/2025
» LONDON - Britain is preparing to emulate the United States by appointing an envoy tasked with freeing citizens arbitrarily detained abroad, as it faces calls to do more to bring them home.
Thousands of Cambodians rally as border dispute with Thailand intensifies
Reuters, Published on 18/06/2025
» PHNOM PENH - Thousands of Cambodians joined a state-organised march in its capital on Wednesday to support the government in an ongoing border dispute with Thailand triggered by the death of a Cambodian soldier last month.
India, Canada return ambassadors as Carney, Modi look past spat
AFP, Published on 18/06/2025
» KANANASKIS (CANADA) - India and Canada agreed Tuesday to return ambassadors to each other's capitals, turning the page on a bitter spat over an assassination as Canada's new leader welcomed counterpart Narendra Modi.
'Hidden treasure': Rare Gandhi portrait up for UK sale
AFP, Published on 16/06/2025
» LONDON - A rare oil painting of Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi, which is believed to have been damaged by a Hindu nationalist activist, is to be auctioned in London in July.
Air India crash death toll hits 270, families wait for bodies
Reuters, Published on 14/06/2025
» AHMEDABAD - The death toll in the deadly Air India plane crash rose to 270 on Saturday, with families increasingly getting upset due to delays in handing over bodies which were badly charred in the tragedy in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad.
Defusing Thai-Cambodian border row
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 13/06/2025
» At issue in the ongoing border standoff between the Thai and Cambodian armed forces is timing and circumstance. In less than two weeks, a seemingly minor border skirmish intensified into a full-scale military confrontation. What is being overlooked in the thick of mutual antagonism and ultranationalism on both sides is when and how the current round of confrontation transpired. Getting its origins right is crucial to finding ways and means for conflict resolution.
Border tensions: What's behind the row between Thailand and Cambodia?
Published on 07/06/2025
» Tension has been rising between Thailand and Cambodia following the killing of a Cambodian soldier on May 28 during a brief exchange of gunfire at a disputed border area between the two Southeast Asian neighbours.
Rooted in the earth, India's traditional mud wrestling thrives
AFP, Published on 30/05/2025
» KOLHāPUR (INDIA) - Crowds cheer as muscular men in tight loincloths slap sacred scented soil on their bulging thighs and arms for a mud wrestling bout in India.
Covid narrative redux
Postbag, Published on 18/05/2025
» Re: "Protectionism will not protect", (Opinion, May 16).
Thai society's religious diversity celebrated through landmarks, festivals
Life, Published on 15/05/2025
» Although Buddhism is the predominant religion in Thailand, the country is home to people of various faiths, resulting in a society rich in beliefs, ways of life and religious art that reflect cultural and religious pluralism.