Thai police, DEA bust Nigerian drug gang
THAI narcotics police together with a US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) official in Thailand smashed a Nigerian drug trafficking ring based here with four Nigerians and an Ivory Coast national as well as three Thai women being arrested, Amarin TV said this afternoon (Oct. 22). In mounting Operation Mouse Hunt altogether 17 locations in […]
Read MorePaetongtarn named Pheu Thai leader
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PAETONGTARN SHINAWATRA, daughter of de facto Pheu Thai boss/”sickly” inmate Thaksin Shinawatra was today (Oct. 27) named leader of the core coalition party. In today’s extraordinary caucus, Paetongtarn was unrivalled to assume the top Pheu Thai leadership practically under influence of her father who has been invariably regarded by the […]
Read MoreTwo fairground rides closed after accident injures three people
SOON after a giant octopus ride at a funfair beneath Rama VIII Bridge malfunctioned, throwing three people to the ground last night (Oct. 26) the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) quickly closed both this and the risky flying bee ride, Matichon newspaper said. Bangkok Governor Chadchat Sittipunt sent Deputy Governor Wissanu Supsompon and Bang Plad […]
Read MoreAt UN podium, Israel’s envoy plays gruesome video of Thai being attacked
By Reuters and published by Yahoo!News United Nations – Israel’s United Nations envoy showed the 193-member General Assembly a brief video on Thursday (Oct. 26) that he said showed a Hamas fighter trying to decapitate a man with a garden tool during the Palestinian militants’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel. Ambassador Gilad Erdan told […]
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