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Long fight against a hidden killer
Spectrum, Caitlin Taylor, Published on 07/01/2018
» The conflict may be over, but the danger lives on. Landmines left by insurgents and government forces have contaminated Thailand for more than four decades. Buried just beneath the surface, these weapons are designed to kill and injure those who misstep. They hide just off of well-worn paths, in fields, forests and sometimes dangerously close to places people call home.
Philippines raises volcano alert level as eruptions spew ash
Reuters, Published on 14/01/2018
» MANILA: The Philippines raised the alert at its restive Mayon volcano by one notch early on Sunday, citing signs of rising magma that could lead to hazardous eruptions.
Philippines raises volcano red alert at rumbling Mayon
Reuters, Published on 15/01/2018
» MANILA: The Philippines raised the alert level at its rumbling Mayon volcano south of Manila to Level 3 on Sunday after detecting lava flow and indications of activity that could lead to eruptions of magma.
Suicide attack in Baghdad kills at least 38
Reuters, Published on 15/01/2018
» BAGHDAD: Two suicide bombers blew themselves up at a busy street market in central Baghdad on Monday, in back-to-back explosions that killed at least 38 people, Iraqi health and police officials said.
Supreme Court upholds grenade attack sentence
News, Post Reporters, Published on 17/01/2018
» The Supreme Court yesterday upheld the Appeal Court's ruling sentencing a former red-shirt United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) guard to 35 years and four months in jail for his role in a grenade attack on a group of rival political protesters in 2014.
18 dead in Kabul hotel siege
Associated Press, Published on 22/01/2018
» KABUL: A Taliban assault on the Intercontinental Hotel in Afghanistan's capital killed at least 18 people, including 14 foreigners, and pinned security forces down for more than 13 hours before the last attacker was slain Sunday.
11 Afghan troops die in IS attack on Kabul military academy
Associated Press, Published on 29/01/2018
» KABUL: Islamic State militants attacked Afghan soldiers guarding a military academy in the capital of Kabul on Monday, killing at least 11 troops and wounding 16
'Systematic slaughter': Rohingya mass graves confirmed
Associated Press, Published on 02/02/2018
» BALUKHALI REFUGEE CAMP, Bangladesh: The faces of the men half-buried in the mass graves had been burned away by acid or blasted by bullets. Noor Kadir finally recognised his friends only by the colours of their shorts.
Fire at SeAH factory in Chon Buri
Online Reporters, Published on 05/02/2018
» CHON BURI: A fire caused extensive damage at a tube and condenser manufacturing factory in an industrial estate in Phan Thong district early on Monday morning.
Stored fireworks explode, burn down houses
Pongpat Wongyala, Published on 08/02/2018
» PATHUM THANI: Fireworks stored out the back of a family house where they were made exploded on Thursday morning, setting off a fire which destroyed three homes in Sam Khok district.