TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Spanish government spokesman Inigo Mendez de Vigo warned Tuesday that force would be used if necessary against protests which threaten public order in the Catalan region. Mendez de Vigo made the declarations in the Times newspaper in the UK, three days before the Spanish Senate is expected to ratify the use of […]
Myanmar signed agreements with Bangladesh on Tuesday to beef up security cooperation and set up border liaison offices to deal with the exodus of Rohingya Muslims who have fled recent violence in Myanmar’s northern Rakhine state. Myanmar’s Home Affairs Minister Lieutenant General Kyaw Swe and Bangladesh’s Home Secretary Mostafa Kamal Uddin signed two memorandums of […]
PHUKET: It has been confirmed today that bids for Phuket’s long-awaited light-rail system will open next year. Speaking to The Phuket News’ sister paper Khao Phuket today (Oct 25), Mr Sirigate Aphirat, a policy and planning officer at the Ministry of Transport’s Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning (OTP) said, “The project is […]
More riverside communities in Pathum Thani and Nonthaburi provinces are swamped with water from rising Chao Phraya river resulting from more water being drained downstream from Chao Phraya dam in Chai Nat province compounded by high tide. Pak Kret district of Nonthaburi is entirely submerged in water measuring from 50cm up to one metre, rendering […]
BANGKOK — After a long, wet night camping on the road, thousands of mourners were allowed into the Sanam Luang ceremony area early Wednesday morning. Heavy rain and strong winds could not stop more mourners from queueing on nearby sidewalks in hope of getting a good vantage point to Thursday’s ceremony. At about 5am, they […]
SAMUT SAKHON: A man shot dead his wife and her parents after trying in vain to reconcile with her, and then turned the gun on himself at a house in Muang district. The shooting at Suan Palm housing estate in tambon Khok Kham was reported to police about 9am on Tuesday, local media reported. Full […]
A man was killed and his wife and daughter injured when the pickup truck in which they were passengers crashed into a roadside tree in Prachuap Khiri Khan’s Bang Saphan Noi district on Wednesday morning. Police believe the driver, Kiartisak Boonma, 47, who was also injured, had dozed off at the wheel. Full story: The […]
The police themselves have urged the public to report rogue officers setting up illegal checkpoints in Bangkok. The public have been urged to call 1197 or 191 if they see traffic checkpoints fleecing motorists and bike riders. Full story: Thaivisa News Thaivisa / TNews
