Jordi Sanchez of the Catalan National Assembly (ANC) and Jordi Cuixart of Omnium Cultural, two organisers of the 1st October independence referendum, have been arrested on the order of the Spanish National Court on sedition charges. They are currently in jail with no condition of bail being offered. This comes as Madrid has expressed confusion […]
PanARMENIAN.Net – Iraqi security forces have launched a “major operation” in the Kurdish-held region of Kirkuk, advancing towards oil fields and a strategic military base, Al Jazeera reports citing Kurdish and Iraqi officials. The army captured several positions south of Kirkuk, including the North Gas Company station, a nearby processing plant and the industrial district […]
The Filipino leader of the Islamic State (IS) branch in Southeast Asia, Isnilon Hapilon, has been killed in the southern Philippine city of Marawi, where the army has been locked in a battle to dislodge the group since May, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Monday. Isnilon Hapilon, a leader of the Abu Sayyaf kidnapping gang […]
The director of a Phetchabun wildlife sanctuary was killed on Tuesday morning when his pickup truck was caught in whirling floodwaters. Sukij Khorthong, head of the Phupha Daeng Wildlife Sanctuary in Lom Sak district, was in nearby Tambon Pak Chong, on his way to a meeting in Phitsanulok, when his truck was swept away, police […]
PHUKET: The management of the Hollywood nightclub on Bangla Rd, Patong, has had its contract to operate the venue terminated following the shooting in the club in the early hours of last Thursday morning (Oct 12). Preechawut “Prab” Keesin, landlord of the venue and as the head of the Pisona Group of companies one of […]
CHON BURI — Foreign tourists expecting to enjoy a morning swim in the sea instead found a heap of garbage washed up on Jomtien Beach in near Pattaya on Tuesday, and had to clean it up. Garbage is believed to have been carried out to sea from flooded areas in Chon Buri and other provinces […]
Two Nigerian men were arrested on Monday for using fake South African passports in attempting to cross the border into Laos from northeast Nong Khai province. Immigration Police said on Tuesday morning that Wayne Junior Shimbambo and Katlego Ofentse Makabane, both 35, had been arrested at 6am the day before while trying to cross the […]
Heavy rain continues to cause havoc to many northeastern provinces along the Chi river after it overflows and submerges farmlands and houses. A 200-metre section of the soil embankment built to prevent the river from overflowing banks also collapsed yesterday in Tambon Laharn of Chaturat district, Chaiyaphum province. Full story: thaipbs.or.th By Thai PBS
