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New clashes rock Syria’s Druze heartland
AFP, Published on 18/07/2025
» WALGHA, Syria - Armed tribes supported by Syria’s Islamist-led government clashed with Druze fighters in the community’s Sweida heartland on Friday, a day after the army withdrew under Israeli bombardment and diplomatic pressure.
Group seeks legal work for refugees
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 17/07/2025
» A civil society network on Thursday urged a parliamentary committee to allow Myanmar refugees housed in temporary shelters here to work legally, as international humanitarian aid for them threatens to dry up soon.
US senators approve $9bn of Elon Musk's cuts
AFP, Published on 17/07/2025
» WASHINGTON - The US Senate approved early Thursday a package of spending cuts proposed by President Donald Trump that would cancel more than $9 billion in funding for foreign aid programs and public broadcasting.
Gaza aid point crush kills 20 people
AFP, Published on 17/07/2025
» GAZA CITY (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - A crush at an aid centre in southern Gaza killed at least 20 people on Wednesday, with the site's operator blaming "agitators" within the crowd and the Palestinian territory's civil defence agency attributing the panic to Israeli gunfire.
MSF warns acute malnutrition soaring in Gaza
AFP, Published on 12/07/2025
» GENEVA - Doctors Without Borders warned Friday that its teams on the ground in Gaza were witnessing surging levels of acute malnutrition in the besieged and war-ravaged Palestinian territory.
Gaza civil defence says Israeli strike kills children at clinic
AFP, Published on 11/07/2025
» GAZA CITY (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Gaza's civil defence agency said eight children -- killed as they queued for nutritional supplements outside a health clinic -- were among 66 people who died in Israeli strikes on the Palestinian territory Thursday.
Thais part of Asean peace talk team
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 11/07/2025
» Thai officials will be part of an Asean delegation discussing peace with Myanmar's junta government in the capital, Nay Pyi Taw, next month, Foreign Affairs Minister Maris Sangiampongsa said on Wednesday.
Israel-Hamas ceasefire negotiations resume as Trump pushes for deal
AFP, Published on 08/07/2025
» DOHA — Indirect negotiations on a Gaza ceasefire between Israel and Hamas resumed in Qatar on Tuesday, as United States President Donald Trump pressed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a deal to end the war.
Netanyahu nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
Reuters, Published on 08/07/2025
» WASHINGTON - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday told President Donald Trump he had nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize, handing Trump a nomination letter during a meeting at the White House.
Myanmar's 'my way' vs Asean norms
Oped, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 08/07/2025
» It appeared to be a done deal. During their summit on May 26, Asean leaders agreed to admit Timor-Leste as the 11th member of the regional bloc. Since then, Nay Pyi Taw has raised an unexpected objection, with the junta issuing an official statement that could potentially embarrass Asean and its current chair, Malaysia.