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Myanmar to resettle 6,000 Rohingya refugees
Associated Press, Published on 20/02/2018
» DHAKA: Myanmar agreed with Bangladesh on Tuesday to resettle more than 6,000 Rohingya Muslims who have been stranded in a no man's land between the two countries, as plans for the repatriation of hundreds of thousands of others have been delayed over concerns for their safety if they return to Myanmar, officials said.
PTT profit up 43% to B135bn in 2017
Online Reporters, Published on 20/02/2018
» State-owned PTT Plc, Thailand’s largest conglomerate, reported a 42.9% jump in net profit to 135.2 billion baht in 2017 due to improved performances in all business groups.
Nearly 200 dead in Syria enclave
AFP, Published on 20/02/2018
» ARBIN, Syria: Air strikes hit Syria's Eastern Ghouta for a third straight day on Tuesday, bringing the civilian death toll to nearly 200 as the UN warned the situation in the rebel enclave was spinning "out of control".
Australia resettles Cambodian activist's family
Associated Press, Published on 20/02/2018
» CANBERRA: Australia has accepted the family of a murdered Cambodian political activist as refugees, as the Australian government encourages its rejected refugees to resettle in Cambodia.
Singapore won't cane suspect sought from UK
Published on 20/02/2018
» SINGAPORE: The city-state has agreed not to cane a man accused of carrying out a rare bank robbery in the city-state if Britain extradites him to face charges, officials said Tuesday.
Protection for welfare fund whistleblowers
King-oua Laohong, Published on 20/02/2018
» The Public Sector Anti Corruption Commission (PACC) has praised a university student and a former employee of a welfare centre for low-income earners in Khon Kaen for exposing corruption at the centre and provided protection for them.
More bombs fall on Syria's Ghouta after heaviest toll in years
Reuters, Published on 20/02/2018
» BEIRUT: Pro-government forces bombarded Syria's eastern Ghouta on Tuesday, killing at least 49 people, after the heaviest one-day death toll there in three years on Monday, a war monitoring group said.
Police: Two of Premchai's guns illegal
Online Reporters, Published on 20/02/2018
» Construction tycoon Premchai Karnasuta will likely face firearms charges after police found at least two of the weapons seized from his house earlier might be illegal.
Turkey will ‘lay siege’ to Syria's Afrin in coming days: PM
AFP, Published on 20/02/2018
» Turkey will lay siege to Afrin in northern Syria, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday a month after Ankara launched an offensive against Kurdish militia in the region.
Chinese warships enter Indian Ocean amid Maldives tensions
Published on 20/02/2018
» SHANGHAI: Eleven Chinese warships sailed into the East Indian Ocean this month, a Chinese news portal said, amid a constitutional crisis in the tiny tropical island chain of the Maldives now under a state of emergency.