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LIFE

Your horoscope for Mar 13-19

Guru, Chaiyospol Hemwijit, Published on 13/03/2026

» Your spot-on horoscope for work, money and relationship from Guru by the Bangkok Post's famously accurate fortune teller. Let's see how you will fare this week and beyond.

WORLD

Kharg Island: Iran's vital oil hub in the crosshairs?

AFP, Published on 11/03/2026

» PARIS — Kharg Island, a scrubby stretch of land in the northern Gulf, handles almost all of Iran's crude exports and any attempt to seize it would mark a major escalation in the conflict, analysts say.

WORLD

Ukrainian bank worker detained by Hungary was forcibly medicated: Kyiv

AFP, Published on 09/03/2026

» KYIV (UKRAINE) - Kyiv on Monday accused Hungary of grossly violating the rights of seven Ukrainian bank employees -- including by forcibly drugging a man with diabetes -- after they were detained with a truck of cash and gold.

WORLD

Beijing signals high hopes for South China Sea 'golden rules' by end of year

Published on 09/03/2026

» China has signalled strong optimism for finalising negotiations with neighbouring Asian countries to seal a new institutional framework on contested South China Sea waterways.

WORLD

Macron to visit Cyprus as French warships deploy to counter Iran threat

AFP, Published on 09/03/2026

» PARIS - President Emmanuel Macron will visit Cyprus on Monday, his office said, as France deploys warships to the Mediterranean following a drone attack on the island EU member days ago.

THAILAND

Reform mandate meets political reality

Published on 07/03/2026

» The post-election political landscape has entered a delicate new phase after voters endorsed the first step towards constitutional change in a referendum held alongside the Feb 8 general election — a victory claimed by the People’s Party.

WORLD

Hungary and Ukraine feuding over Russian oil

AFP, Published on 06/03/2026

» BUDAPEST - Kyiv accused Budapest of kidnapping seven of its citizens on Friday, as Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said he would use “every means” to pressure Ukraine in an escalating row over stalled Russian oil supplies.

WORLD

Ukraine accuses Hungary of taking 'hostage' bank staff carrying $40mn

AFP, Published on 06/03/2026

» KYIV (UKRAINE) - Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha accused Hungary on Friday of taking "hostage" a group of Ukrainian bank employees who were reportedly transporting US$40 million and nine kilogrammes of gold.

WORLD

Trump says 'everything's been knocked out' in Iran

AFP, Published on 04/03/2026

» WASHINGTON (UNITED STATES) - US President Donald Trump on Tuesday boasted of wide damage on Iran inflicted by the US-Israel attack, while denying that Israel had forced his hand into launching the war.

OPINION

Put guns in the crosshairs

Oped, Editorial, Published on 04/03/2026

» On Feb 19, caretaker Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, in his capacity as interior minister, issued an order to freeze the issuance of permits to carry firearms in public for one year, supposedly to reduce gun-related violence.