Headlines- Sheik Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, the prime minister of Qatar, will visit Tehran on Thursday and meet with several Iranian officials to discuss ways to de-escalate tensions.
- According to a notice on a Treasury Department website, the US has imposed sanctions on the Palestine Action group and designated it as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist.
- A huge flash flood in Nepal ravaged villages, killing at least 160 people and leaving hundreds more missing for.
- At least one person was killed and over a dozen people were injured on Wednesday when a person crashed a car into a crowd in the northwest French city of Caen.
- Wildfires that sweft through several Algerian provinces claimed the lives of twelve people..
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Thailand Increases COVID Vaccination and Plans...
In recent weeks, the Thai government has stepped up its vaccination campaign, with an estimated 39 percent of the country’s population receiving their first dose vaccines by mid-September and planning to reopen tourist spots
Thailand’s Prime Minister Survives a No-Confidence...
Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha survived a no-confidence vote in parliament on Saturday for his handling of the coronavirus, prompting pro-democracy activists to pledge to raise the stakes by staging protests
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
Thai Teen Faces Severe Legal Charges For...
As Thailand’s youth-led pro-democracy protesters are battered by rounds of legal charges, a teenager faces up to 15 years in jail under the country’s hardline royal defamation law. His crime is wearing a crop top, allegedly mocking Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn
Tiny New York Thai Restaurant Still...
New York state Governor Andrew Cuomo recently reopened restaurants at 25% capacity, easing coronavirus restrictions. It’s good news for the city but still a challenge for small restaurants
Tourism Economy Dependent on Tourism, Exports
Heavily dependent on tourism and exports, Thailand is one of Asia’s worst-hit economies by the coronavirus. Now as a second wave strikes, an unpopular government is desperately trying to avoid more economic damage
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
Thai PM, Officials Suspect Foreign Workers...
Thailand until last Thursday had contained the number of COVID-19 infections to only about 4,200 since the first case was detected here in January – compared with much higher numbers in its neighbors Indonesia, the Philippines and Myanmar
Myanmar Ethnic Regions Keep Schools Open...
Authorities from the New Mon State Party (NMSP), an opposition party that signed the Myanmar government’s nationwide cease-fire agreement in 2018, said that Mon national education schools within its territory in Mon state have remained opened because they believe that students and teachers are not at risk of infection