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Police chief vows to sack cops after clip goes viral
Online Reporters, Published on 24/08/2021
» The police chief says he will fire the policemen involved in the fatal torture of a drug suspect in Nakhon Sawan after a clip showing a man being suffocated with a plastic bag went viral on Tuesday, a day after a provincial police boss vowed to probe the accusation.
Two officers killed in attack on Nigeria defence academy
AFP, Published on 24/08/2021
» KANO (NIGERIA) - Gunmen attacked Nigeria's elite military academy on Tuesday, killing two officers and kidnapping another in a brazen assault on a symbol of the armed forces.
Jailed Chadian ex-leader Hissene Habre dies in Senegal
AFP, Published on 24/08/2021
» DAKAR - Former Chadian president Hissene Habre, who was serving a life term in Senegal for war crimes and crimes against humanity, has died, Senegalese Justice Minister Malick Sall said Tuesday. He was 79.
Chad's Habre: Brutal tyrant who was jailed after landmark trial
AFP, Published on 24/08/2021
» DAKAR - Former Chadian president Hissene Habre, who has died at the age of 79, was a brutal dictator under whose eight-year reign tens of thousands of people were executed, tortured or jailed.
Full approval soon for Pfizer's Covid vaccine
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 24/08/2021
» The Food and Drug Administration has asked Pfizer for more information about its Covid-19 vaccine and expects to give full authorisation for its regular use soon, after it was approved for emergency use on June 24.
Myanmar junta mulls raising village militias
Reuters, Published on 24/08/2021
» Myanmar's junta is considering raising village militias to combat opposition to its rule, state media said Tuesday, as it struggles to assert control more than six months after seizing power.
Delta sub-variants detected, but not of special concern
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 24/08/2021
» The Delta variant of Covid-19 has spread to all 77 provinces, along with four sub-variants that have not shown themselves to be especially harmful mutations yet, a senior medical official said on Tuesday.
Panjshir resistance digs in to defend key valley from Taliban
AFP, Published on 24/08/2021
» PANJSHIR VALLEY, Afghanistan: Atop a craggy mountain that has withstood foreign invaders for decades, anti-Taliban fighters fire a mounted heavy machine gun into a deep valley.
Trader arrested, charged with selling guns online
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 24/08/2021
» Police have arrested a man for allegedly selling firearms online and seized a rifle, a handgun and air gun parts from his house in Bo Klue district of Nan province.
New DSI chief approved by cabinet
King-oua Laohong, Published on 24/08/2021
» The cabinet on Tuesday endorsed Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin's recommendation that Trairit Temahiwong, an inspector-general at the ministry, be appointed the new director-general of the Department of Special Investigation (DSI), effective on Oct 1.