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Ecuador's president says he was target of attempted poisoning
AFP, Published on 24/10/2025
» QUITO - Ecuadoran President Daniel Noboa said Thursday that an unknown assailant had attempted to poison him with chocolate and a jam laced with chemicals, gifted to him at a public event.
British ex-soldier cleared of Bloody Sunday murders
AFP, Published on 23/10/2025
» BELFAST - A judge in Belfast on Thursday acquitted a British ex-paratrooper of killing unarmed civilians during the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre in Northern Ireland.
Malaysian PM says US trade deal ‘99.9% resolved’
Published on 23/10/2025
» Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim says his country is on the verge of wrapping up a trade deal with the United States after President Donald Trump slapped hefty tariffs on imports of its goods.
Thai minister sees ‘progress’ toward Cambodia peace deal
Published on 23/10/2025
» Talks between Thailand and Cambodia this week have made “meaningful progress”, Thai Defence Minister Natthaphon Narkphanit said on Thursday, ahead of the potential signing of a broader ceasefire agreement between the two countries on Sunday.
Jailed journalists win top EU rights prize
AFP, Published on 22/10/2025
» STRASBOURG, France - The EU parliament has awarded its Sakharov human rights prize to jailed Georgian journalist Mzia Amaghlobeli and Polish-Belarusian journalist Andrzej Poczobut, calling them symbols of the “struggle for freedom”.
State of emergency in Peru's capital after wave of violence
AFP, Published on 22/10/2025
» LIMA — Peru's interim president Jose Jeri announced a state of emergency in Lima and the neighbouring port of Callao on Tuesday, after weeks of anti-government protests over corruption and organised crime.
US appeals court says Trump can deploy soldiers in Portland
AFP, Published on 21/10/2025
» LOS ANGELES (UNITED STATES) - A US appeals court said Monday that President Donald Trump can send National Guard troops to Portland, despite objections from Oregon's governor.
Protesters out in force for anti-Trump 'No Kings' rallies across US
AFP, Published on 19/10/2025
» WASHINGTON - Huge crowds took to the streets Saturday in all 50 US states to vent their anger over President Donald Trump's hardline policies at "No Kings" protests that Republicans ridiculed as "Hate America" rallies.
‘No Kings’ rallies expected to draw millions across US
Published on 18/10/2025
» More than 2,600 “No Kings” protest events are scheduled to take place on Saturday in all 50 US states, a mass mobilisation against President Donald Trump’s policies on immigration, education and security that organisers say are pushing the country toward autocracy.
Southern scars
Oped, Postbag, Published on 18/10/2025
» Re: "Beneath Tak Bai's calm, scars remain", (Opinion, Oct 15). The Bangkok Post deserves praise for having columnist Kong Rithdee remind the nation of the scars and injustices experienced in the South during the Thaksin regime under Gen Pisal Wattanawongkrit, the Fourth Army regional commander in 2004. He also wrote about notorious cases of impunity and the rise of southern youth in joining secessionist groups.