Far-right win leaves Germany’s Merz shaken as AfD plots path to power
By Reuters and published by Yahoo!News BERLIN: Chancellor Friedrich Merz ruled out working with the Alternative for Germany on Monday (Sep. 7) after the far-right party surged into first place in state elections in Saxony-Anhalt, but he conceded the result had shaken his party “to its very foundations”. The AfD is appealing to lawmakers […]
Read MoreThird night of attacks in Far South with convenience store set ablaze
INSURGENTS in the Far South continued their wave of attacks for the third night in a row with gunmen armed with war weapons storming a convenience store in Pattani before setting it on fire at around 8 p.m.(Aug. 24), Amarin TV said. Firefighters were mobilised to control the blaze that engulfed the store in […]
Read MoreUnrest in Far South aimed at replacing 4th Army Region Commander: Academic
FOLLOWING 51 bombing and arson attacks in the three Far South provinces of Narathiwat, Pattani and Yala on Saturday night (Aug. 22), with a couple more arson and bomb attacks occurring in Pattani last night, an academic at Rangsit University today analysed that the cause of the unrest is to pressure the authorities to […]
Read MoreSuspect nabbed in Narathiwat bombing spree; railway track being inspected
A SUSPECT has been arrested in the wave of 40 bombing and arson incidents in Narathiwat on Saturday night (Aug. 22) on charges of damaging a surveillance camera while authorities are rushing to inspect and repair a bombed railway line, Amarin TV said today. A joint force of Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) officers, Narathiwat […]
Read MoreAnother car bomb blast in Narathiwat but no casualties
SHORTLY after a car bomb blast in Far South Narathiwat province late last month slightly injured one official followed by an attack on a checkpoint that killed five rangers and injured six civilians the next day an improvised explosive device (IED) that was planted in an official vehicle was set off this evening (Aug. […]
Read More2 policemen shot dead, 3 injured in clash at Narathiwat
A TEAM of six policemen returning from drug investigation in Far South Narathiwat province spotted a suspicious group of men sitting in a hut at a palm plantation and upon moving in to investigate them too were hit by a volley of M16 assault rifle gunfire killing two officers and injuring three others in […]
Read MorePeace talks with southern insurgency groups put off after Narathiwat attacks
THE Thai government has indefinitely postponed peace talks with southern insurgency groups after two attacks last week with five rangers killed and six civilians injured in one of them while a police officer was slightly injured in a car bomb blast, Naewna newspaper said this morning (July 28). Mr. Thanat Suwannanon, director of the […]
Read MoreArrest warrant out for one suspect in Narathiwat checkpoint attack
THE Internal Security Operations Command Region 4 Forward Command said this evening (July 25) that progress has been made in investigating the attack on a checkpoint in Far South Narathiwat province midweek that killed five rangers and injured six civilians with an arrest warrant having been issued for one suspect while another has been […]
Read More5 rangers dead as insurgents in disguise attack Narathiwat checkpoint
FIVE rangers manning a checkpoint in Far South Narathiwat province were killed when a group of six insurgents dressed as security personnel attacked them at around 6.45 p.m. today (July 22) and fled, Naewna newspaper said. The insurgents drove to Bukeh Sami municipal checkpoint in Tanyong Mat subdistrict, Ra-ngae district, in a black four-door […]
Read More4th Army Region Commander apologises over remarks about Islamic schools
DURING Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul’s visit to Pattani province today (April 17) 4th Army Region Commander Lt. Gen. Norathip Poinok issued an apology after a complaint was submitted over his comments that Islamic boarding schools (pondok schools) are breeding grounds for terrorists and are subject to IO (information operation) attacks, Amarin TV said. At […]
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