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Millions at risk as US funds for water projects dry up
Published on 19/07/2025
» TAVETA, Kenya - The Trump administration’s decision to slash nearly all US foreign aid has left dozens of water and sanitation projects half-finished across the globe, creating new hazards for some of the people they were designed to benefit, Reuters has found.
'Mass grave': Medics appeal for aid at last working hospital in Syria's Sweida
AFP, Published on 19/07/2025
» SWEIDA (SYRIA) - In the last barely-functional hospital in Sweida, bodies are overflowing from the morgue, staff said, amid violence that has wracked the Druze-majority southern Syrian city for nearly a week.
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.
Poll finds rising economic anxieties
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 18/07/2025
» Thais fear for the future, with rising anxieties over income and possible job losses, according to the "What Worries the World" survey conducted by global market research firm Ipsos.
Israel attacks Syria in defence of Druze, moves troops north
Bloomberg News, Published on 17/07/2025
» Israel struck Syria’s military headquarters in Damascus on Wednesday and moved more troops to the border in a bid, officials said, to prevent attacks against the Syrian Druze community.
French pop festival subsidy withdrawn over Kneecap appearance
AFP, Published on 17/07/2025
» NANTERRE - A town that hosts one of France's biggest pop festivals announced on Wednesday that it was withdrawing its subsidy to the event because controversial Irish rappers Kneecap had been booked to play.
Govt urges 'maximum restraint'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 17/07/2025
» Interior Minister Phumtham Wechayachai said the government is "deeply dissatisfied" with Cambodia over the recent Ta Muen Thom incident but urged the public and military to remain calm.
Israel bombs Syrian army headquarters
AFP, Published on 16/07/2025
» SWEIDA, Syria - Israel said it bombed Syrian army headquarters in Damascus on Wednesday after warning the Islamist-led government to leave the Druze minority alone in its Sweida heartland where a monitor says sectarian clashes have killed nearly 250 people.
New Senate panel on border issues proposed
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 16/07/2025
» A new Senate committee to monitor border security issues could help foster peace and stability along Thailand’s frontiers, says Senator Sawat Thatsana.
Domestic violence victim fled through window after brutal assault
Online Reporters, Published on 16/07/2025
» SAMUT SAKHON - Social activist Guntouch Pongpaiboonwet, known as Gun Jompalang, accompanied a 32-year-old woman identified as "Bua" to Krathum Baen police station on Wednesday to provide additional testimony about the horrific violence inflicted on her by her husband.