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Saudi teen runaway in Bangkok is 'legitimate refugee': UN
AFP, Published on 09/01/2019
» The UN has said an 18-year-old Saudi woman who fled her family is a legitimate refugee and has asked Australia to resettle her, Canberra said Wednesday, as the Twitter-led campaign to grant her asylum edged towards resolution.
Spray-can satire creates headache for junta
AFP, Published on 24/09/2018
» Thailand's junta chief caricatured as a "lucky cat" with a paw raised to rake in money, or his face crossed out by a thick, red line -- daring graffiti is cropping up across Bangkok as the city's walls become a canvas for rare political scorn.
Two charged in S. African court for 'freeing' endangered penguin
AFP, Published on 30/09/2016
» PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa - Two men have appeared in court in South Africa accused of stealing a endangered-species penguin called "Buddy" from a marine park and releasing him into the sea, police said Friday.
Pokemon Go players risk all for their monsters
AFP, Published on 22/07/2016
» PARIS - Walk into a minefield, enter a military base or simply cross the road without looking: fans of Pokemon Go are prepared to do whatever it takes to capture the likes of Pikachu and its friends.
Dolphin activist Ric O'Barry detained in Japan
AFP, Published on 20/01/2016
» TOKYO - US animal rights activist Ric O'Barry who featured in "The Cove", a documentary about dolphin slaughter in a Japanese town, has been detained in Tokyo by immigration authorities after being denied entry to the country, his supporters said Wednesday.
The Paris assailants: what we know
AFP, Published on 17/11/2015
» PARIS - Investigators probing the deadly Paris attacks have so far identified five of seven gunmen and suicide bombers whose bodies were found at three sites across the city, while the hunt is on for others.
Woman suspect 'found in Turkey'
AFP, Published on 01/09/2015
» The Thai woman identified Monday by police as a suspect in the Bangkok bombing denied any knowledge of the attack and said she was in Turkey and "shocked" to be linked with the crime.
Theatre group in junta crosshairs for 'defaming' Thai royals
AFP, Published on 05/01/2015
» Forced overseas to avoid arrest for defaming the Thai monarchy, members of a theatre group say the ruling junta has mired the kingdom in a witch-hunt as it ramps up prosecutions under the country's notorious lese majeste laws.
US tourist dead in suitcase in Bali
AFP, Published on 13/08/2014
» An American tourist's battered body was found in a suitcase at an exclusive hotel on Indonesia's resort island of Bali and her daughter and daughter's boyfriend have been arrested over the killing, police said Wednesday.