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Gunmen kill 25, including 12 Revolutionary Guards, in attack on Iran military parade
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei accused US-backed Gulf Arab states of carrying out an attack on a military parade that killed 25 people, almost half of them members of the country’s elite Revolutionary Guards. Khamenei ordered security forces to bring to justice the “criminals” behind one... -
PM Prayut confident Central Plains will be spared flooding
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is satisfied with the Agriculture Ministry’s plan to drain water into 13 water catchment areas in the Chao Phraya river basin with Thung Bang Rakham in Phitsanulok being the first to receive water from the North to ease northern runoffs downstream through the Chao Phraya river,...
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Mahathir’s recipe for happy married life: Tolerance
Malaysia’s Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohammad, the oldest elected leader in the world, has spilled the beans on his secret...
At first of course, when we were young, we have differences, tensions and all that. But as you grow older you realise that you cannot change your partner very much and she cannot change me...
Mahathir Mohammad
Malaysia’s Prime Minister
Malaysia’s Prime Minister
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Asean
Vietnam’s president dies after viral illness
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam’s President Tran Dai Quang, a former chief of internal security who became one of the most...
Politics
Abhisit insists party leader who musters majority in election should be PM
Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva said he hopes senators would respect the wishes of the people and the decision of...
General
Victims of gold mining operations to form political party
Villagers who have been affected by gold mining operations in Wang Sapung district of the northeastern province of Loei have...
Business
City Hall holds event to mark International Car Free Day
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration marked the International Car Free Day this morning with an event in front of Central World...
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Democratic Transition in Myanmar ‘at standstill’: UN Rights Panel
GENEVA (Reuters) — Myanmar’s democratic transition has ground to a standstill as authorities seek to silence critics while allowing hate speech,...
Not only is this report detrimental to social cohesion in Rakhine State, it also undermines the government’s efforts to bring peace, national reconciliation and development to the entire nation
Marzuki Darusman
Political Pulse
All eyes on Prayut, and just a bit on Democrats and Pheu Thai
The new laws on elections and structures of the House of Representatives and the Senate have set the ball rolling...
Defectors have been swelling the ranks of pro-military political parties, fueling speculation that Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-on-cha is bent on returning to power after the election. But he has yet to make up his...
