Former Thai PM Thaksin charged with royal insult
Al Jazeera : Thai police have charged former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra with insulting the monarchy over comments he made almost a decade ago. Officials...
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Biden ‘concerned’ about King Charles health
BBC Online : US President Joe Biden says he is concerned about King Charles’s cancer diagnosis and hopes to speak to him soon. He told...
Singapore passes law to hold ‘dangerous offenders’ beyond prison terms
Reuters : Singapore on Monday passed a law to hold “dangerous offenders” indefinitely, even after they complete their jail sentences. The legislation applies to those...
Senegal parliament to vote on election delay
Al Jazeera : Senegal’s parliament is meeting to consider the postponement of presidential elections announced by President Macky Sall, a move that has plunged the...
Maldives vows to boost defences after telling Indian troops to leave
AFP : The small but strategically placed Maldives will strengthen its military to defend its vast maritime territory, the new president vowed Monday after ordering...
Chile wildfires death toll tops 110
AFP : The death toll from central Chile’s blazing wildfires climbed to at least 112 people on Sunday, after President Gabriel Boric warned the number...
Houthis vow response after US, UK strike dozens of Yemen targets
Reuters : Yemen’s Houthis said Sunday US and British air strikes “will not deter us” and vowed a response after dozens of targets were hit...
US poll: Biden wins South Carolina Democratic primary
BBC Online : US President Joe Biden has secured an overwhelming win in South Carolina’s Democratic primary. With nearly all ballots counted from Saturday’s vote,...
Namibia’s President Hage Geingob dies
Al Jazeera : Namibian President Hage Geingob has died at the age of 82, his office has said, less than three weeks after it was...
Death toll in Ukraine shelling of Lysychansk rises to 28
Reuters : The death toll from what Russia said was a Ukrainian attack on Lysychansk – a city in the Moscow-controlled Ukrainian region of Luhansk...
Small plane crashes into US mobile home park, several dead
AFP : A small plane crashed into a mobile home park in the southeastern US state of Florida on Thursday killing several people, local authorities...