The last pod of 14 Irrawaddy dolphins found recently in Songkhla Lake in Songkhla province. (Photo: Department of Marine and Coastal Resources) The cabinet’s recent decision to approve the construction of a 4.48-billion-baht bridge across the Songkhla Lake is causing alarm among environmental activists and […]
Prayut: Popular in the South The Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) is downplaying remarks by a party member who suggested Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha should step aside and let PPRP leader Prawit Wongsuwon run in the next election as the party’s sole prime ministerial candidate. Responding […]
Russia has accused Ukraine of planning to detonate a radioactive dirty bomb and blame it on Moscow. Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu discussed the “rapidly deteriorating situation” in the Ukraine war in calls with NATO nations on Sunday. Without providing evidence, Shoigu said Ukraine could escalate […]
Xi Jinping is now the most powerful leader since Mao Zedong founded the People’s Republic of China in 1949. He’s secured an unprecedented third term as Communist Party leader and cemented his grip on power by appointing six close allies to the Politburo’s Standing Committee, […]
An attack on a hotel in the centre of the port city of Kismayo in southern Somalia killed nine civilians on Sunday before security forces killed the gunmen. Security officers killed three of the attackers and a fourth died in the bomb blast, said Yussuf […]
“Rio De Janeiro … favelas, violence … I come from the City of God where reality has turned me into a warrior,” says Samantha Reiss, a left-back player in the Black Pearls football team. The 27-year-old is from the City of God, one of the […]
Russia has urged people in occupied Kherson to flee for their lives ahead of an anticipated Ukrainian push to recapture the southern city. Russian-installed officials in Ukraine’s south are trying to evacuate up to 60,000 people living on the western bank of the Dnipro River. […]
The death toll from days of tribal fighting in southern Sudan has risen to at least 220, making this one of the deadliest episodes of ethnic violence in recent years. Fighting in Blue Nile province, which borders Ethiopia and South Sudan, reignited this month over […]
A car laden with explosives rammed the gate of a hotel in the centre of Somalia’s port city of Kismayo and was followed by a gun battle that killed at least three people. Security forces were dealing with a “terrorist incident” at the hotel, the […]
Tehran, Iran – A senior judiciary official says Iran is in the process of officially designating two London-based Persian-language television channels as “terrorist” for their coverage of the country’s ongoing unrest. Kazem Gharibabadi, the judiciary’s deputy for international affairs, says cases are being documented against […]
