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US will supply Ukraine with ‘the weapons it needs’ against Russia

By Reuters, published by The Straits Times, plus BBC Washington – The United States is committed to providing Ukraine with “the weapons it needs” to defend itself against Russia, US national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday (Apr. 10) as Ukraine seeks more military aid from the West. Sullivan said the Biden administration will

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Police looking for clues over token bomb attack outside First Infantry Regiment

By Thai Newsroom Reporters POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR clues over Sunday’s token attack with ping-pong bombs outside a major Bangkok army barracks which locates Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s home. National Security Council secretary-general Supot Malaniyom said the police were collecting pieces of evidence and making inquiries with witnesses pertaining to the event in which two

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Rapper held after ping-pong bombs thrown near Prayut’s house in military compound

AFTER a motorcycle rider together with a pillion passenger threw two ping-pong bombs at the entrance of 1st Infantry Regiment compound on Vibhavadi Rangsit where Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s residence is located last evening (Apr. 10), police today arrested a well-known political rapper for having stored 30 such explosives in his house but as yet

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Thanathorn applying for bail after being hit with lese majeste case

  PROGRESSIVE Movement leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit’s lawyer is today (Apr. 11) getting ready to apply for bail after the Criminal Court accepted a lawsuit filed by the Public Prosecutor’s Office charging him with offences under Section 112 of the Criminal Code, or lese majeste law,  and the Computer Crimes Act, Naewna newspaper said. Mr. Krisdang

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