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Bombing in Thailand's Deep South injures 7
News, Published on 16/02/2025
» Narathiwat: Seven people were injured on Friday evening in a bomb attack near a territorial defence unit in Wang district, local officials said yesterday.
Myanmar refugees discharged from Thai hospitals due to US aid freeze
Reuters, Published on 29/01/2025
» Healthcare centres serving tens of thousands of refugees on the Thai-Myanmar border have been ordered shut after United States President Donald Trump froze most foreign aid last week, forcing Thai officials to transport the sickest patients to other facilities.
Jihadists kill at least 40 farmers in northeast Nigeria
AFP, Published on 13/01/2025
» KANO (NIGERIA) - Jihadists have killed at least 40 farmers in Nigeria's northeastern Borno state in the latest violence to hit the conflict-wrought region, a government official said Monday.
Assad’s fall: The end of Syria’s brutal ruling dynasty
Published on 08/12/2024
» Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president who inherited power in 2000 with promises of reform, only to brutally suppress his opponents in a war that claimed hundreds of thousands of lives, has been toppled in a lightning rebel advance, according to state television.
Syrian rebels advancing rapidly
Published on 07/12/2024
» Syrian rebels pressed their lightning advance on Saturday, saying they had seized most of the south, as government forces dug in to defend the key central city of Homs to try to save President Bashar al-Assad’s 24-year rule.
Senator blames insurgents for Songkhla statue attack
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 22/11/2024
» A senator has blamed this week’s grenade attacks in Songkhla on the Barisan Revolusi Nasional Melayu-Patani (BRN) insurgent group, saying it intended to discredit a policy to strengthen multiculturalism and promote economic development in the troubled southern border region.
Grenade blasts injure 3 at worker camp
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 21/11/2024
» SONGKHLA: A 9-year-old girl was among three people injured by two exploding grenades fired into the construction camp of a giant Guanyin statue in Thepha district of this southern province yesterday.
Pakistan separatists kill 24 in train station blast
Published on 09/11/2024
» QUETTA, Pakistan - At least 24 people were killed and more than 40 injured in a bomb blast at a railway station in Quetta in southwestern Pakistan on Saturday, police and other officials told Reuters.
Rifle used in Narathiwat murder linked to 24 cases
Published on 09/11/2024
» A military rifle used to kill the mayor of a tambon in Narathiwat has been traced to more than 20 different criminal cases throughout the southern region of Thailand.
A backdrop to Trump's stunning win
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 08/11/2024
» Analysts often face the tough task of assessing an outcome the way it is rather than how they would like it to be. Nowhere is this challenge more daunting than analysing the stunning election results in the United States this week. Against the odds, former President Donald J Trump of the Republican Party has resoundingly won a second term over Vice President Kamala D Harris of the Democratic Party both in the popular vote and the Electoral College. The Republican Party also captured the Senate and the House of Representatives. While the implications for Thailand and the rest of Southeast Asia are wide-ranging and far-reaching, it is first and foremost necessary to understand the nature of the Trump victory.