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US embassy in Iraq hit as war enters third week
AFP, Published on 14/03/2026
» BAGHDAD - Explosions rocked cities across the Middle East on Saturday as the US embassy in Baghdad was hit by a drone strike and Tehran warned Emiratis to stay away from ports as it targets the world’s energy supply lines.
North Korea fires 10 missiles into the sea
Published on 14/03/2026
» YEONCHEON, South Korea - North Korea fired more than 10 ballistic missiles into the sea on Saturday, South Korea said, as US and South Korean forces conducted military drills and US President Donald Trump renewed overtures towards Pyongyang for dialogue.
Iran and US each threaten attacks on oil facilities
AFP, Published on 14/03/2026
» TEHRAN - Iran threatened on Saturday to reduce US-linked oil facilities to “a pile of ashes” as the two-week-old Middle East war spilled over into a global oil price crisis.
Fading hopes of quick end to war depress stocks
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee and Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 14/03/2026
» RECAP: Asian stocks retreated on Friday as dwindling hopes of a resolution to the war with Iran kept oil prices aloft, though a US waiver allowing purchases of Russian crude helped keep a floor under losses.
Anti-torture law falling short, seminar told
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 14/03/2026
» Three years after Thailand enacted landmark legislation to combat torture and enforced disappearance, rights advocates and legal experts contend the law still faces serious gaps in enforcement.
Stepping up against discrimination
News, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 14/03/2026
» Amidst the global turmoil happening today, it is easy to yield to a sense of despair and despondency. Yet, there are positive changes at the national-local level which seem incremental at first glance, but which are, in reality, monumental; they act as a gentle palliative projecting hope. On this front, Thailand experienced a sense of elation a year ago, when the possibility of same-sex marriage became the norm in the country due to reform of the Thai Civil Code.
Thai Union advances seagrass restoration research as global habitats continue to decline
Published on 13/03/2026
» BANGKOK, March 12 – Thai Union Group PCL, a global seafood leader, is advancing seagrass restoration in Italy through Mareblu, its Italian seafood brand, in partnership with LifeGate, a sustainability organisation, at a time when native seagrass meadows are declining worldwide.
Iran not going to close Strait of Hormuz, Iran UN envoy says
Reuters, Published on 13/03/2026
» Iran's UN Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani on Thursday said Tehran was not going to close the Strait of Hormuz, but added it was Iran's inherent right to preserve the peace and security of the waterway.
North Korea releases image of leader’s daughter firing pistol
AFP, Published on 12/03/2026
» SEOUL - North Korea released an image on Thursday of leader Kim Jong Un’s teenage daughter firing a pistol, weeks after photos showed her shooting a rifle — once again stoking speculation she is being groomed as heir.
War disrupts fertiliser supplies, puts food security at risk
AFP, Published on 12/03/2026
» With production in the Gulf countries at a standstill and gas prices rising, the war in the Middle East is disrupting the supply of fertilisers and posing risks for food security.