US charges man over alleged Iranian plot to assassinate Trump
By AFP and publiished by CNA Washington – US prosecutors announced charges on Friday (Nov. 8) in an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate former president Donald Trump and a prominent dissident Iranian-American journalist. The foiled assassination plot on Trump was allegedly directed by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to avenge the death of Iranian […]
Read MoreTrump safe after new assassination attempt thwarted at Florida golf course
By Reuters and published by Yahoo!News FORMER US president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was safe on Sunday (Sep. 15) after the Secret Service foiled what the FBI called an apparent assassination attempt while he was golfing on his course in West Palm Beach, Florida. Several Secret Service agents fired on a gunman […]
Read MoreForeigner badly injured in suicide attempt
A FOREIGN MAN, believed to be British, has been left with serious injuries after plunging from a Pattaya condo balcony despite an official spending three hours trying to talk him out of taking his own life, TV Channel 7 said this afternoon (Aug. 16). At 11 a.m. today Pol. Col. Aphinan Boontharat, an investigator […]
Read MoreSuspected shooter came within inches of killing Trump, but left few clues as to why
By Agencies and published by CNA Bethel Park, Pennsylvania – The portrait pieced together so far of the 20-year-old nursing home aide who allegedly tried to assassinate Donald Trump at an election rally reveals frustratingly little about why he would make such an attempt – or how he managed to come so close to […]
Read MoreThaksin concerned about Trump rally shooting having himself faced assassination attempts
DE FACTO Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra said this afternoon (July 14) he is concerned about Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump being injured during an assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania while also mentioning that he too survived attempts on his life when he was prime minister, Naewna newspaper said. Thaksin added […]
Read MoreMilitary flees Bolivia government palace after coup attempt fails, general taken into custody
By AP and published by Yahoo!News La Paz, Bolivia – Armoured vehicles rammed the doors of Bolivia’s government palace on Wednesday (June 26) in an apparent coup attempt, but President Luis Arce vowed to stand firm and named a new army commander who ordered troops to stand down. Soon the soldiers pulled back, along […]
Read MoreSrettha quietly pressing Pichit to quickly call it quits
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin is desperately talking Prime Minister’s Office Minister Pichit Chuenban into calling it quits very shortly to dampen a fresh impeachment bid lodged by senators against the both of them, a partisan source said today (May 20). The Pheu Thai-attached prime minister who is currently on official […]
Read MorePichit dismisses hearsay on resigning to head off impeachment bid
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE Minister Pichit Chuenban today (May 20) categorically dismissed hearsay he has just called it quits in the face of an impeachment bid recently lodged against Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin and himself. The Pheu Thai-attached Pichit told reporters at Government House he is not going to resign as […]
Read MoreThanathorn’s brother given jail sentence for attempted payoff
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SAKULTHORN JUANGROONGRUANGKIT, brother of Progressive Movement leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, was today (May 20) handed a six-month jail sentence due to attempted bribery charges. The Criminal Court ruled Sakulthorn, CEO of Real Asset Development Co., was guilty of offering 20 million baht in kickback cash to government officials and brokers in […]
Read MoreMan held for slashing woman at shopping mall car park
A MAN who slashed a woman’s cheek at the parking lot of a department store in Rangsit area in a robbery attempt last evening (May 6) was arrested soon afterwards at another shopping mall in Pathum Thani area, Amarin TV said last night. The suspect, identified as Mr. Kantinan Kulsriroj, 46, was arrested with […]
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