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Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has warned against populist policies being rolled out by political parties to attract voters ahead of the upcoming general election, saying their election pledges could inflict financial burdens on the national budget.

Bangkok Post

Non-Thais skew EC map: Wissanu

Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam on Monday suggested that the Election Commission (EC) ask the Constitutional Court for a ruling after its calculation of the number of people represented per MP was found to include non-Thai nationals.

Bangkok Post

Bomb Hits Bus Transporting Police in South Syria, Wounding 15

A roadside bomb targeting a bus transporting Syrian police in the country’s south Monday wounded 15 of the officers, the Interior Ministry said. The ministry said in a terse statement that the officers were returning to the capital Damascus from the southern province of Daraa. The bomb exploded on the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Princess brings designers to local weavers

A group of top Thai fashion designers paid a visit to local weavers this week in the northeastern province of Sakon Nakhon to share their experience on how to turn traditional woven cloth into high-end products.

Bangkok Post

Spanish police arrest man suspected in 2022 parcel-bomb case

Spanish police on Wednesday arrested a 74-year-old man suspected of sending parcel-bombs in November and December to targets including the Ukrainian and U.S. embassies and the prime minister's office, the Interior Ministry said.

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Princess inspires local weavers

Her Royal Highness Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana Rajakanya on Monday presided over the opening of the Donkoi Sustainable Village, a community-based learning centre that utilises traditional indigo dyeing wisdom in this northeastern province.

Bangkok Post

Algeria Takes New Measures to Boost Desert Tourism

Algeria seeks to attract foreign tourists through a series of measures that encourage desert tourism in the south of the country, following in the footsteps of Saudi Arabia, which opened its doors to foreign tourists for the first time in 2019. Bloomberg news agency reported that Algeria is planning to…

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Tearful Zelenskiy honours top Ukrainian officials killed in helicopter crash

A tearful Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attended a memorial service on Saturday to commemorate seven senior officials killed in a helicopter crash, a fresh blow to a nation already grieving its many war dead.

Reuters

In Mexico, a reporter published a story. The next day he was dead

Just after sunset on Thursday, February 10th, two men in a white Dodge Ram pickup pulled up in front of Heber Lopez Vasquez's small radio studio in southern Mexico. One man got out, walked inside and shot the 42-year-old journalist dead. Lopez's 12-year-old son Oscar, the only person with him,…

Reuters

Ukraine helicopter crash: Inside charred nursery gutted by explosion that killed 18

Three children were killed when a helicopter carrying Ukrainian interior ministry officials plunged into a kindergarten in Brovary, Ukraine - with the death toll expected to rise

Daily Mirror

‘Bring my mom back’: Ukrainian civilians vanish into Russian jails

Alina Kapatsyna often dreams about getting a phone call from her mother. In those visions, her mother tells her that she’s coming home. Men in military uniforms took 45-year-old Vita Hannych away from her house in eastern Ukraine in April. She never returned.

France 24

Ukrainian civilians vanish and languish in Russian-run jails

Many civilians have been detained by Russian forces since the war in Ukraine began

The Independent UK

Prayut steps up as career politician

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's membership of the United Thai Nation (UTN) Party has changed the political ball game for him as he has now accepted the status of full-time politician, and faces the enormous challenge of consolidating the new party.

Bangkok Post

Over 7,800 people ordained to pray for ailing princess

Between Jan 8 and 15, 7,813 people entered the monkhood nationwide to pray for the quick recovery of Her Royal Highness Princess Bajrakitiyabha Narendiradebyavati, who is unconscious due to a heart problem, an official said.

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Rocket debris found again in Moldova, from war next door

Moldovan authorities said on Saturday that the remains of a rocket “originating from Russia’s air attacks on Ukraine” was found by border officials in a northern village near to the country’s border with war-torn Ukraine

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Thousands of Tunisians Rally against President on Revolution Anniversary

Thousands of protesters marched against Tunisian President Kais Saied's seizure of near total power in central Tunis on Saturday, demanding he step down as they marked the anniversary of a key date in the 2011 revolution. The central Habib Bourguiba Avenue, the traditional site for major demonstrations, was crowded with…

Bangkok Post

Insults are not inspiring

This week, the government kicks off a campaign to woo support from the international community for its bid to host "Specialised Expo 2028". The move offers a happy ending to the latest fracas between local Phuket administrative bodies and Interior Ministry Permanent Secretary Suthipong Juljarern, who had suggested that the…

Bangkok Post

Interior permanent secretary under ethics investigation

The Interior Ministry has set up an ethics committee to investigate permanent secretary Suttipong Juljarern for allegedly insulting and humiliating a junior official during a recent meeting of ministry officials, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said on Tuesday.

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Royal Saudi Navy Concludes 'Tasaddi 5' Drill

The Royal Saudi Naval Forces, represented by the Eastern Fleet, concluded the joint naval exercise “Tasaddi 5.” The Interior Ministry, represented by border guards in the Eastern Province, and the Energy Ministry, represented by Saudi Aramco and Aramco Gulf Operations, participated in the drills. The five-day drill kicked off at…

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Islamic State claims Afghanistan airport checkpoint bombing

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a bombing near a checkpoint at the Afghan capital’s military airport that killed and wounded several people

The Independent UK

Taliban: Kabul checkpoint bomb blast kills, wounds several

A spokesman for the Taliban-led government says a bombing at a military airport checkpoint in the Afghan capital, Kabul, has killed and wounded several people

Bangkok Post

New Year holiday traffic accidents claim 146 lives so far

In the first three days of the government's New Year road safety campaign, there were 1,183 accidents in which 146 people were killed and 1,182 others injured. The southern province of Surat Thani had the most accidents, according to the Interior Ministry.

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Omanis to Elect Municipal Council Representatives through Online Vote

Oman will hold the Municipal Council elections for the third term (2023-2026) on Sunday. They will be able to cast their vote through an application on their smartphones. According to official figures, 731,767 people are eligible to vote through the Intakhib app to elect 126 representatives, out of 727 candidates,…

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Israel Expels French-Palestinian Lawyer Salah Hamouri

Israel expelled French-Palestinian lawyer Salah Hamouri on Sunday morning, the Interior Ministry announced, after he had been detained without charge since March.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iraq, Kurdistan Discuss Mechanism to Secure Border with Iran, Türkiye

Iraqi Minister of Interior Lt-Gen Abdul Amir al-Shammari discussed with officials of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) measures to secure the Turkish and Iranian borders, the Interior Ministry announced in a statement. It said that based on the directives of the Prime Minister, an Iraqi delegation of the Interior Ministry,…

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