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Toward global compacts on refugees and migrants
Asia focus, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 29/01/2018
» 2018 is a significant year for the global community to converge on two commitments: the Global Compact on Refugees and the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. The seeds for these agreements were sown in 2016 when leaders adopted the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants which called for an international framework for cooperation by 2018. The current momentum is to adopt such compacts in the latter half of 2018, and Thailand has been completing a round of discussions as potential inputs.
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
Trump peddles platitudes in Davos
News, John Lloyd, Published on 30/01/2018
» "When people are forgotten the world becomes fractured," President Donald Trump observed to the Davos forum in his breathlessly awaited speech on Friday.
US slaps sanctions on Laos Golden Triangle 'casino'
Reuters, Published on 31/01/2018
» HONG KONG: The US Treasury Department has slapped sanctions on a gambling empire hacked from the Laotian jungle which it said was involved in drug, human and wildlife trafficking and child prostitution.
Three suspects wanted in southern unrest caught
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 03/02/2018
» PATTANI: Three suspects wanted in security cases in the strife-torn deep South were caught at a rented house in Muang district on Saturday morning.
3 terror suspects arrested
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 04/02/2018
» PATTANI: Three suspects wanted in security cases in the strife-torn deep South were caught at a rented house in Muang district yesterday morning.
Singapore worries, and prepares, for militant attack
Reuters, Published on 04/02/2018
» SINGAPORE: Armed officers patrol a train station where television screens and giant posters warn of the threat from militants. Nearby, fake gunmen storm a shopping mall in one of many recent terror attack simulations.
Singapore: Terrorist attack 'when, not if'
Published on 05/02/2018
» SINGAPORE: Armed officers patrol a train station where television screens and giant posters warn of the threat from militants. Nearby, fake gunmen storm a shopping mall in one of many recent terror attack simulations.
South shows peace signs
News, Editorial, Published on 06/02/2018
» The orchestrated "surrender" of nearly 300 men in Pattani last week is getting a rough reaction from some critics. They label it either a sham that means nothing or a misguided amnesty to admitted terrorists. The critics are wrong and the commander of the 4th Army commander is right. The welcoming "Bring People Home" ceremony won't end the southern insurgency and isn't meant to immediately bring peace. It's a true indication of the extremely difficult tasks at hand.
Former leader, 2 Supreme Court judges arrested in Maldives
Associated Press, Published on 06/02/2018
» MALE, Maldives: The Maldives opposition leader and two Supreme Court judges were arrested early Tuesday hours after the government declared an emergency in the Indian Ocean nation that has been increasingly in turmoil in the days since the court ordered several jailed politicians to be freed.