Iran and Saudi Arabia have agreed to restore diplomatic relations following talks between the two regional rivals in China. Entrenched on different sides on a host of issues, and in proxy wars – notably in Yemen, Syria and Lebanon – few would have believed even […]
The BBC’s sport service was plunged into chaos on Saturday as commentators refused to work in support of presenter Gary Lineker, who was suspended after he criticised the governmnet’s new migration policy. The 62-year-old compared the language used to launch the new policy to that […]
Thousands of protesters marched through London to the British prime minister’s residence on Saturday to support healthcare workers who have held a series of strikes over pay and conditions in the state-funded National Health Service. Almost 40,000 junior doctors, who form the backbone of hospital […]
Intense rains and winds started to lash parts of Mozambique as Tropical Cyclone Freddy bore down on the country for the second time in as many weeks, authorities have said. Freddy slowed its advance towards the southern African nation and was 60 kilometres (40 miles) […]
In the nearly two years since Guillermo Lasso, a millionaire and conservative banker, won the presidency in Ecuador, the region has changed considerably. Left-wing leaders have won election after election, including in neighbouring Colombia, which had been the United States’s primary strategic ally in the […]
Representatives of Yemen’s government and the Iran-aligned Houthi rebels began talks in Geneva on Saturday aimed at implementing a deal on an exchange of prisoners, the United Nations said. The deal, which brought Yemen’s warring sides – the internationally recognised government and the Houthis – […]
The chief of Russian mercenary group Wagner has said that his forces are close to the centre of the front-line city of Bakhmut. In a video posted on messaging app Telegram on Saturday, Yevgeny Prigozhin is seen standing on the rooftop of a high-rise building […]
MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra, shown above at a news conference in 2016, is among 13 individuals and entities named by the National Anti-Corruption Commission in connection with alleged irregularities in Green Line extension contracts signed in 2012. (Bangkok Post File Photo) Former Bangkok governor MR Sukhumbhand […]
More than 1,000 people have been brought to safety at two Italian ports after the overcrowded boats they were on encountered problems in the Mediterranean, the Italian coastguard has said, almost two weeks after at least 74 people died in a shipwreck. The coastguard said […]
The Star Over Sea resort in Sattahip district, Chon Buri, has been ordered to suspend operations pending an inquiry into alleged land encroachment. (Photo: Chaiyot Pupattanapong) CHON BURI: The Royal Thai Navy has ordered a luxury resort in Sattahip district to suspend operations for allegedly […]
