Headlines- Two days after catastrophic flash flood struck the border between China and Nepal, rescue workers have resumed searching for hundreds of people who are still missing.
- At least 538 people killed and another 1,300 went missing on Wednesday after landslides caused by a glacial collapse unleashed a torrent of mud and water across Nepal and China's autonomous region of Tibet.
- Iran's President Pezeshkian and Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf met with Qatar's prime minister and foreign minister to discuss ongoing efforts to defuse the situation in the region.
- According to Iran's security chief, Moshen Rezaei, his country is preparing together a list of conditions to submit to the United States in order to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
- In an attempt to rename Lake Ontario as "Lake America," US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday, further escalating his conflict with Canada and its prime minister.
- Mazloum Abdi, the leader of the now-dissolved Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), has been named presidential advisor by Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa.
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Thailand Mourns Victims of Massacre at...
The people of Thailand plunged into mourning on Friday after a former policeman massacred dozens of people – many of them pre-schoolers – during a knife and gun rampage at a daycare center in the northeast
Thai Police Go After Loan Sharks...
As the pandemic spread across Thailand, many fell prey to illegal operations because they had no access to legitimate loans during hard times, a senior police investigator said
Thailand’s Protest Veterans Join Young Pro-Democracy...
Thailand’s young protesters have been joined by veterans of the country’s pro-democracy movement known as “Red Shirts.” Thousands of people turned out over the weekend to demand that Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha step down. Experts think Prayuth is unlikely to budge on the protesters’ demands anytime soon
Southern Conflict in Thailand
Since 2004, Thailand’s southernmost provinces, which border Malaysia, have been the epicentre of an insurgency. Over 7,000 people have been killed in the fighting between shadowy Malay-Muslim rebels and Thai security forces
Thailand’s 2020 Marked by COVID Pandemic,...
Thailand contended with a multi-pronged crisis in 2020 – the COVID pandemic, an economy flatlined by it, and a youth-led pro-democracy movement demanding widespread reform to Thai society and its once untouchable monarchy. Vijitra Duangdee reports for VOA from Bangkok-VOA NEWS Subscribe Our You Tube Channel