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Australian senator suspended for burqa stunt
Published on 25/11/2025
» CANBERRA - Australian Senator Pauline Hanson wore a burqa to Parliament on Monday as a political prop in her push to ban the Muslim garment in public, sparking accusations of racism from Muslim senators.
Bangkok vendors face royal defamation charge
Published on 22/11/2025
» Two Bangkok noodle vendors have been indicted on a royal defamation charge for putting up signs at their shop calling for the repeal of the lese-majeste law and the release of political prisoners.
Thai protesters target Malaysian, US embassies for border ‘interference’
Online Reporters, Published on 22/11/2025
» Protesters gathered in front of the Malaysian embassy in Bangkok on Saturday to demand that Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim stop his “interference” in Thailand’s handling of its border dispute with Cambodia.
Iran: Drought, incompetence, revolution?
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 22/11/2025
» Twenty years of strict sanctions on Iran by both the United States and the United Nations did not bring down the regime of the ayatollahs. Half a dozen major waves of non-violent protest involving several thousand deaths have not brought it down either. Even last June's massive bombing campaign by Israel and the US did not bring it to heel.
'Severely restricted': Russia's Saint Petersburg faces cultural crackdown
AFP, Published on 18/11/2025
» SAINT PETERSBURG - Russian bookseller Lyubov Belyatskaya sighed as she lamented the "climate of widespread anxiety" that has taken hold in her native Saint Petersburg amid the war in Ukraine.
US, Malaysian embassies to see Bangkok weekend protests
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 18/11/2025
» The "United Land Power to Protect Sovereignty" group, a nationalist coalition, announced plans to stage a protest outside the American and Malaysian embassies on Saturday to oppose "foreign interference" in Thai sovereignty in its attempt to resolve the border conflict with Cambodia.
Pageant fallout
Oped, Postbag, Published on 18/11/2025
» Re: "Turmoil in tiaras at Miss Universe in Thailand", (BP, Nov 6). There was an international furore a couple of weeks back over comments made by the co-organiser of the Miss Universe Pageant, Nawat Itsaragrisil, to Miss Mexico, Fatima Bosch.
Mega church gathers in Manila to protest Philippine corruption
Published on 16/11/2025
» Thousands of members of an influential religious group started gathering in Manila on Sunday for a rally to call for accountability in the Philippine government over a widening corruption scandal.
China tells citizens to avoid Japan travel as Taiwan row grows
AFP, Published on 15/11/2025
» BEIJING — China has advised its citizens to avoid travelling to Japan, following a diplomatic feud sparked by comments by Tokyo's new premier about a hypothetical attack on Taiwan.
Indigenous protest blocks UN climate summit
AFP, Published on 14/11/2025
» BELEM, Brazil - Dozens of Indigenous protesters, some holding babies, peacefully blocked the entrance to the UN climate summit in Brazil on Friday to demand a meeting with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and discuss their plight in the Amazon.