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Myanmar insurgents say they razed military base near Thai border
AFP, Published on 27/04/2021
» A prominent ethnic rebel group attacked and burned down a military base in eastern Myanmar near the border with Mae Hong Son province early Tuesday morning, an official from the group said.
Seven suspects arrested for Yala attacks
AFP, Published on 09/11/2019
» Seven suspected rebels have been arrested in the South, authorities said Saturday, as a manhunt sweeps through remote villages for gunmen who killed 15 in an ambush considered the deadliest attack in the yearslong insurgency.
Dirty underwear and contested airspace: the long hunt for Baghdadi
AFP, Published on 30/10/2019
» WASHINGTON: The operation to kill the Islamic State group's leader took months of intelligence work, required the snatching of his underwear and ended when one of the world's most sought-after men blew himself up.
God and good luck guide train travellers in far South
AFP, Published on 27/12/2016
» SUNGAI KOLOK, Narathiwat - For passengers on the 12:33 train from Songkhla's Hat Yai to Sungai Kolok, god and good luck are touchstones for survival.
Duterte: Trump backs my drug war
AFP, Published on 03/12/2016
» MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte says Donald Trump told him that Manila was conducting its deadly drug war "the right way", in stark contrast to the criticism he has received from the current White House.
Noodle shop bomb kills 1, wounds 18 in restive Thai south
AFP, Published on 24/10/2016
» PATTANI - One person was killed and 18 others were wounded, some of them critically, when a bomb exploded outside a noodle shop in Thailand's far south, police and witnesses said Monday.
Pattani inquest rules army killed 4 unarmed men
AFP, Published on 15/09/2016
» BANGKOK - An inquest has ruled that security forces gunned down four unarmed Muslim men in a high-profile case in the deep South, a lawyer said Wednesday.
Rights activists charged over report on army torture
AFP, Published on 26/07/2016
» Three prominent Thai rights defenders were charged Tuesday with criminal defamation over a rare report describing torture suffered by detainees in the restive south, police said.
Ex-teacher, 77, arrested for giving flowers to protesters
AFP, Published on 27/10/2015
» An elderly man faces up to seven years in jail after being charged with sedition for giving flowers to anti-junta activists during a protest in March, his lawyer said Tuesday.
Russia builds up Syria airbase
AFP, Published on 27/09/2015
» DAMASCUS - Moscow pressed its military buildup at a new airbase in Syria Saturday, as Washington admitted rebels it trained surrendered ammunition and equipment to Al-Qaeda in a fresh US policy setback.