DSI gears up to summon Israeli national on nominee charges
AN Israeli man who is a director of a company that roped in Thai nominees to hold shares and evade Foreign Business Act B.E. 2542 (1999) for the purchase of real estate is being summoned for questioning by the Department of Special Investigation (DSI), PPTVHD36 said today (Sep. 8). This followed a crackdown by […]
Read More5 groups likely to join Sonthi’s new political movement: Thepthai
THE new political movement by former leader of People’s Alliance for Democracy, aka “Yellow Shirts”, Sondhi Limthongkul under the concept of “Taking Back our Thailand” will likely attract five groups, former Democrat MP Thepthai Senapong said in a Facebook post today (Sep. 7), according to Naewna newspaper. Sonthi said he is mobilising the public […]
Read MoreAnutin signs order deporting Israeli man
PRIME MINISTER-cum-Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul today (Sep. 5) signed an order deporting an Israeli man from Thailand after Koh Samui Provincial Court found him guilty of threatening another person, Amarin TV said. The order states that Mr. Yaacov Ohayon had sent threatening messages to the victim, implying this person’s life and safety was at […]
Read MoreFacebook page spotlights sign at a Phuket shop barring Israeli tourists
THAI social media users flocked in to comment after the Phuket Times Facebook page posted an image of a sign in front of a shop on the island that bars Israelis from entering, Naewna newspaper said today (Aug. 22). The shopkeeper said “I was once verbally abused by Israelis in front of my shop. […]
Read MoreUS could not verify Israeli warnings of Iran plots against Trump, sources say
By Reuters and published by Yahoo!News WASHINGTON: The US has received several warnings from Israel over the past year that Iran intended to assassinate President Donald Trump, including before a secret Air Force One ruse in Turkey, that US intelligence officials could not independently verify, according to a current US official and two former […]
Read MoreUnlicensed school on Koh Phangan raided
A TEAM of soldiers and policemen raided an unlicensed school on Koh Phangan where over a hundred foreign students, among them many from Israel, were studying and also rounded foreign teachers working there without permits, Amarin TV said today (May 2). Lt. Gen. Norathip Poinok, commander of the 4th Army Region and director of […]
Read MoreIsraeli ‘Avengers’ gang member nabbed at Koh Samui
AN Israeli man who is said to be a high-ranking member of the “Avengers” gang and has committed numerous crimes in his home country was arrested at a Koh Samui luxury villa with details of three of his accomplices hiding out with him sent to Israel for background checks, Amarin TV said today (May […]
Read MoreIsrael and Lebanon begin ceasefire, Trump says Iran may meet US over weekend
By Reuters and published by CNA WASHINGTON – A 10-day ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel went into effect on Thursday (April 16) and President Donald Trump said the next meeting between the United States and Iran may take place over the weekend, adding to optimism that the Iran war could be nearing an end. […]
Read MoreHopes for Middle East peace grow as Israel discusses Lebanon ceasefire
By Reuters and published by CNA WASHINGTON – Optimism grew on Thursday (April 16) that the war in the Middle East may be near an end, with a key Pakistani mediator in Tehran and the administration of President Donald Trump talking up hopes for a deal that would open the crucial Strait of Hormuz. […]
Read MoreUS to host Israel-Lebanon talks as strikes threaten Iran ceasefire
By AFP and published by CNA WASHINGTON – Israel and Lebanon will hold talks next week in Washington, a State Department official said on Thursday (April 9), amid mounting international concerns that Israel’s bombings could shatter an already fragile US-Iran ceasefire. Israel’s heaviest strikes on Lebanon since Hezbollah entered the Middle East war in […]
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