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US soldier allegedly bet on Maduro operation using intel
AFP, Published on 24/04/2026
» WASHINGTON - A US soldier faces charges for using classified information to bet on online prediction markets related to the US operation to capture former Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro, the Department of Justice said on Thursday.
US imposes sanctions on Cambodian senator and 28 others for alleged romance scams
Reuters, Published on 24/04/2026
» WASHINGTON - The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control on Thursday imposed sanctions on Kok An, a Cambodian senator, and 28 individuals and entities that it said had stolen millions of dollars from US citizens using romance scams.
Myanmar's robbery of a democracy
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 24/04/2026
» Five long years after Myanmar's military seized power on 1 Feb 2021, what has taken place in recent weeks amounts to a delayed fait accompli. Led by Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, then commander-in-chief of the armed forces, the coup diverged from its traditional playbook seen in 1962 and 1988, when tanks rolled and the military ruled by brute force. This time, the takeover nearly unravelled amid a nationwide uprising that evolved into a civil war, waged by an armed and determined resistance comprising the civilian-led National Unity Government (NUG), the People's Defence Forces (PDFs), and a constellation of Ethnic Armed Organisations (EAOs).
PM2.5 scourge tops Thai-Myanmar talks
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 23/04/2026
» Cross-border PM2.5 pollution was one of the top items on the agenda in Thailand's talks with Myanmar's new leadership, as Foreign Affairs Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow concluded his two-day visit to Nay Pyi Taw yesterday.
Foreign Ministry launches diplomatic reset plan
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 22/04/2026
» Foreign Affairs Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow has unveiled a more proactive diplomatic strategy aimed at guiding the country through growing global uncertainty.
Downing Street ‘exerted pressure to OK Mandelson’
AFP, Published on 21/04/2026
» LONDON - Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s office applied constant pressure on civil servants to approve the appointment of Peter Mandelson as UK ambassador to Washington and seemed to brush off security concerns, a sacked official told MPs on Tuesday.
Thai job broker accused of smuggling 'little ghosts' into S.Korea
Online Reporters, Published on 21/04/2026
» A Thai woman and a Korean chicken farmer face charges of smuggling illegal Thai workers, known as "little ghosts", into South Korea.
Scarce food, bleak futures spur Rohingya refugees to gamble with death at sea
Reuters, Published on 21/04/2026
» COX'S BAZAR — Rohingya refugee Rahila Begum spent two days adrift in the Andaman Sea this month, clinging to a wooden shard after her overcrowded boat capsized, one of the few survivors of a disaster that left 250 missing and feared dead.
UK PM denies misleading MPs, says officials hid Mandelson info
AFP, Published on 21/04/2026
» LONDON - Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday denied misleading parliament over the appointment of Peter Mandelson as UK envoy to Washington, and accused officials of deliberately hiding information that the Labour politician had been denied security clearance.
Eight busted in B55m call-centre scam losses
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 20/04/2026
» Police have arrested eight suspects linked to a cross‑border money‑laundering operation that helped call‑centre scam gangs swindle more than 400 victims in Thailand of around 55 million baht.