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Trump rips, threatens to cut 'foolish' US aid to Pakistan
Reuters, Published on 02/01/2018
» WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Monday that the United States has "foolishly" handed Pakistan more than $33 billion in aid over the last 15 years while getting nothing in return and pledged to put a stop to it.
Suicide bomber kills 11 in mosque attack in northeast Nigeria
Reuters, Published on 03/01/2018
» ABUJA, Nigeria: A suicide bomber killed 11 people on Wednesday in an attack on a mosque in northeast Nigeria, the epicentre of the conflict with Islamist insurgency Boko Haram, military officials and an aid worker said.
South safest in 14 years, army boasts
News, Post Reporters, Published on 05/01/2018
» The security situation in the deep South has consistently improved over the last 14 years when the troubles flared up, according to the Internal Security Operations Command (Isoc).
Watana gets another 80 years for bomb attacks
News, Post Reporters, Published on 19/01/2018
» Retried engineer Watana Pumret, earlier convicted of last year's Phramongkutklao Hospital blast, was yesterday given a jail term of 80 years and six months after he was found guilty in three more bombing cases.
Warrants out for 14 suspects in bus arson
News, Maluding DeetoMuhammad Ayub Pathan, Published on 19/01/2018
» The Yala provincial court has approved warrants for the arrests for 14 suspects believed to be involved in the torching of a passenger bus in Yala on Dec 17, said a source.
Milestones
News, Published on 21/01/2018
» Sentenced: By the Criminal Court to 80 and a half years in prison, serial bomber Watana Pumret. The 63-year-old was most famously convicted of the Phramongkutklao Hospital bombing last year. So far, for four bombings and an explosive cache, Watana has received prison sentences of 111 years and six months plus fines of 1,475 baht. He has two other cases to go.
Democracy and graft
News, Postbag, Published on 22/01/2018
» Re: "Beware fool's dream", (PostBag, Jan 16).
Local politician ambushed, killed in Pattani
Abdulloh Benjakat and Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 23/01/2018
» PATTANI: Gunmen ambushed and killed a member of a tambon administration organisation in Yarang district late on Monday night, local police said.
Car bombs kill at least 27 in east Libya city of Benghazi
Associated Press, Published on 24/01/2018
» BENGHAZI, Libya: Twin car bombs exploded as people left a mosque in a residential area of the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, killing 27 and wounding over 30 in an attack timed to cause mass casualties among first responders, officials said.
SE Asian states launch intelligence pact to counter Islamist threat
Reuters, Published on 25/01/2018
» JAKARTA/NUSA DUA, Indonesia: Six Southeast Asian nations launched an intelligence pact on Thursday aimed at combating Islamist militants and improving co-operation on security threats, overcoming what analysts described as a high level of distrust.