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US President Donald Trump, speaking from the White House, said yesterday that Israel and Lebanon have agreed to extend their ceasefire for another three weeks. The initial 10-day truce was set to expire on April 26.
As the US and Israel’s war on Iran continues, critical passageways between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman are blocked, leaving countries around the world on edge as critical fuel supplies diminish and once again expose the fragile fossil fuel routes. In Asia, where most of the oil was headed, many countries have been hit hard. Oil is used in many industries beyond generating electricity, such as in fertilizer and plastics production, and many countries are now feeling the impact.
Indonesia will not impose a levy on vessels transiting the Strait of Malacca, as doing so would contravene international law, Indonesian Foreign Minister Sugiono said Thursday.
Thailand’s Ministry of Commerce has engaged in high-level talks with the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate to bolster trade and investment, focusing on smart agriculture and the expedited conclusion of the Thai-EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
The Pollution Control Department (PCD) has warned of the risk of natural water sources in Thailand becoming polluted and affected by plankton blooms, as the country is facing the onset of El Nino in May, according to the department’s director-general, Surin Worakijthamrong.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul arrived at Government House early this morning to oversee final preparations for the official visit of China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi. The high-level meeting is expected to focus on agricultural exports, technological cooperation and a joint crackdown on transnational call center scams.
The National Security Council (NSC) meeting, chaired by the prime minister, resolved to withdraw from the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that Thailand signed with Cambodia in 2001, Government spokesperson Rachada Dhnadirek said today.
Thanut Suvarnananda, the incumbent Director of Thailand’s National Intelligence Agency (NIA), will become the new head of the government’s southern peace dialogue panel.
China's top diplomat Wang Yi called for the complete eradication of scam centres in Cambodia during a meeting with Prime Minister Hun Manet in Phnom Penh, according to Beijing's foreign ministry.
The National Energy Policy Committee (NEPC) resolved today to cut the ex-refinery prices of refined oil products from six refiners by five, instead of two baht per litre from tomorrow until May 9, with another 3-baht cut following.
The core opposition People’s Party will stare into the same judicial jaws that claimed its two predecessors on Friday (April 24). The Supreme Court is set to rule on whether to accept a petition against dozens of its key “orange movement” politicians – a decision that could decapitate the party.
The Thai Meteorological Department has issued a severe weather warning for northern Thailand, forecasting a wave of summer storms, characterised by thunderstorms, lightning, high winds and isolated hailstorms, from today through Saturday.
Five foreign tourists, including a two-year-old boy, were injured when a car suddenly reversed at high speed onto a crowded pavement on Pattaya Sai 2 Road in Nong Prue on Wednesday night.
Cambodia’s Culture and Fine Arts Ministry has condemned and protested Thailand’s hosting yesterday of a religious rite to honour fallen soldiers at the ancient ruins of Ta Kwai Temple in Surin province.
The country’s two most prominent daily newspapers, Thairath and Daily News, have announced a significant retail price hike effective May 1, a move that underscores the deepening crisis within Thailand’s print media industry as production costs soar and readers migrate to digital sources of news.
Hundreds of Thai people from 30 villages in the close vicinity of the Ta Kwai ancient ruins, in Phanom Dongrak district of Surin province, participated in a mass merit-making ceremony today to pay their respects to the soldiers who fell while fighting to retake the ruins from Cambodian forces last December.
