International news with relevance to Thai and regional readers
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said today that he had an opportunity to meet with his Cambodian counterpart Hun Manet for a brief discussion, which he referred to as “arm twisting” in diplomatic terminology, on the sidelines of the ASEAN-Russia summit in Kazan, Russia.
Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul commended a meeting with Vladimir Putin, saying it was his 'highlight', speaking on the sidelines of the Russia-ASEAN Summit in Kazan on Thursday.
Moscow (AFP) – Ukraine on Thursday launched its largest drone attack on Moscow in years, sparking fires, hitting a major oil refinery and forcing evacuations at the country's largest airport.
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Visitors to the Acropolis can now see the Parthenon’s western side looking whole for the first time in about 220 years.
The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) has condemned Thailand's sentencing of two Uyghur men to death over the 2015 Erawan Shrine bombing, arguing that the case was marred by serious fair trial violations and calling for the convictions to be overturned if guilt cannot be proved beyond a reasonable doubt.
Russia’s Foreign Ministry has issued a travel advisory urging its citizens to exercise “extreme caution” when travelling to Thailand for business or leisure, saying they face a heightened risk of detention or arrest at the request of US law enforcement and intelligence agencies.
HRH Princess Anne will visit Thailand next month, during which she will be granted an audience with Their Majesties the King and the Queen of Thailand.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow will attend the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Ministerial Council Meeting in Paris on Wednesday to push for Thailand’s full membership by 2028, according to the Foreign Ministry.
The remaining four of the five people found together in the flooded gold mine in Laos have been successfully extracted from the cave, according to rescuers.
The former abbot of a Chinese temple famed as the birthplace of kung fu has been sentenced to 24 years in prison and fined 3.5 million yuan ($517,000) for crimes including embezzlement and bribery, state media reported on Friday.
Thai rescuers have revealed that five survivors managed to stay alive for 11 days in a Lao mine by eating ‘gold-panning wood’, an edible wood fungus.
Rescue teams in Laos successfully extracted the first of seven men trapped for over a week inside a partially flooded cave at around 8pm last night local time.
