The number of victims in massive landslides and flooding in the north and center of Vietnam has risen. MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Xinhua news agency has reported that the number of people killed in landslides and floods in Vietnam has reached 60, while 31 have been injured. The agency added, citing the Vietnamese Central Steering Committee […]
Turkey will continue its efforts for EU membership despite all hurdles, the Turkish deputy prime minister said Sunday. Speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony of the Eyup Sultan Mosque complex in Strasbourg, France, Bekir Bozdag said, “Turkey will strengthen the EU, and gain strength after being granted full EU membership.” “We have been striving for this […]
A Malaysian national was killed after an unidentified number of southern separatists attacked a police road checkpoint in Tak Bai district of Narathiwat province on Sunday night. The gun attack prompted the southern security personnel to impose maximum security measures by setting up mobile checkpoints on key southern highways passing 13 sensitive districts in the […]
Immigration, narcotics and 191 police jointly searched 10 locations in Bangkok early on Monday and arrested 52 Nigerians, Tanzanians and Uzbekistanis on various charges. The operation was led by Pol Maj-General Surachat Hakpal, deputy commissioner of the Tourist Police Bureau. Full story: The Nation By The Nation
PHUKET: A male Russian tourist was pulled unconscious from the water at Karon Beach by beach operators and tourists today (Oct 15). He was later pronounced dead at Patong Hospital. The Royal Thai Navy Third Area Command stationed at the Tourist Help Centre in Karon Municipality received a report that a tourist had drowned at […]
A Cambodian infant was killed and several other Cambodian migrant workers were injured when an apparently overloaded passenger van in which they were travelling from Narathiwat bound for Sakaew province ploughed into a roadside ditch in Kui Buri district of Prachuap Khiri Khan early Sunday morning. The van driver, identified as Sorae Suenee, was also […]
PHUKET: A 39-year-old British man was found hanged in a luxury property in Kathu yesterday in what police are describing as suicide. Capt Nipon Temsang of the Kathu Police was notified of the death at 5:30pm yesterday (Oct 14). Full story: thephuketnews.com Eakkapop Thongtub The Phuket News
KHON KAEN: Flooding has spread in this northeastern province, with a village of about 150 houses and 5,000 rai of ricefields now under water. The floods came after Ubonrat Dam on Sunday began to discharge water at the rate of 46 million cubic metres per day. Full story: Bangkok Post CHAKRAPHAN NATHANRI BANGKOK POST
