Myanmar president visits Thailand on quest for legitimacy as Bangkok backs engagement
By Panu Wongcha-um, Reuters, and published by Yahoo!News MYANMAR’S junta chief turned President Min Aung Hlaing will make an official visit to Thailand today (Aug. 6), as Bangkok makes a push for re-engagement between its war-torn neighbour and the regional bloc Asean. Myanmar’s leaders have been barred from summits of the Association of Southeast […]
Read MoreAir Force Chief to view Pitch Black exercise Down Under
By Thai Newsroom Reporters AIR FORCE chief ACM Seksan Khantha is visiting Australia tomorrow (Aug.4) to view an international air combat exercise codenamed Pitch Black 2026. Five upgraded, US-made F-16 A/B Fighting Falcon fighter jets, also known as the F-16 MLU Cobra, and 98 fighter pilots and air force men from Thailand’s Wing 4 […]
Read MoreDetained Suu Kyi meets Red Cross official in Myanmar: president office
By AFP and published by Yahoo!News MYANMAR’S detained democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with the nation’s Red Cross representative today (Aug. 3), the president’s office said, the first publicised meeting between her and a foreign official since she was ousted in a 2021 coup. The military deposed Suu Kyi in February 2021, […]
Read MoreTrump says Iran talks to take place on Monday, sets no deadline for deal
By Reuters and published by CNA CAIRO: United States President Donald Trump said talks with Iran will happen on Monday (Aug. 3) but declined to set a deadline for an agreement after earlier saying he had called off an imminent attack in hopes of quickly reaching a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz […]
Read MoreJapanese prosecutors drop drug charges against Thai courier
Updated at 2.55 p.m. A THAI woman who worked as a courier carrying parcels to Japan and was arrested on July 12 after crystal methamphetamine was found hidden in coffee sachets packed in her baggage is being deported to Thailand after Japanese prosecutors dropped charges against her, Amarin TV said today (July 31). Ms. […]
Read More‘Considerable number’ of people dead, many trapped in shopping mall after magnitude 7.1 quake hits Japan’s Kyushu
By AFP and published by CNA TOKYO: A 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit Japan’s southern Kumamoto prefecture on Tuesday (July 28), knocking out power to thousands of homes, rupturing roads and leaving some trapped and others reported dead inside a partially collapsed shopping mall. In “Kashima town, a shopping complex’s second floor collapsed, leaving many people […]
Read MoreChinese embassy urges Thailand to probe excessive use of force against its citizen
THE Chinese embassy called on Thailand to promptly investigate and resolve a fracas involving a Chinese citizen and security staff at a book fair who had allegedly used excessive force against her, Amarin TV said this evening (July 27). The embassy said it has been informed of the incident and received a statement from […]
Read MoreRohingya schools in Malaysia face closures amid online surge in hate speech
By Reuters and published by Yahoo!New KUALA LUMPUR: Nur is a 12-year-old Rohingya Muslim refugee in Malaysia who has stopped going to school since June, after two men threatened to beat her on her way to class. “Why do you want to go to school? Do you want to take over our country?” they […]
Read MoreOne killed, 15 wounded after car hits crowds near Berlin Pride
By AFP – published by CNA and DPA – published by Yahoo!New BERLIN: At least one person was killed and around 15 wounded after a car is believed to have hit the crowd on the outskirts of the Berlin Gay Pride parade, police said Saturday (July 25). “We believe that a vehicle entered the […]
Read MoreItalian youths apologise for row on Skytrain, deported
A GROUP of Italian youths, identified as students, who brawled with a Thai woman on Skytrain after she asked them to quieten down recorded a video clip expressing regret for the incident, admitting that money cannot buy manners, and are being immediately deported, Amarin TV said this afternoon (July 25). The Italian embassy’s Facebook […]
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