PRIME Minister Anutin Charnvirakul today (June 19) revealed that he held a brief conversation with his Cambodian counterpart Hun Manet during the Special Asean-Russia Summit and Asean-Russia Business Forum being held in the Russian city Kazan with both affirming that neither side wanted conflict and that the Thai government is committed to moving forward
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Trump, Iran’s president sign deal to end Mideast war
By AFP and published by CNA WASHINGTON: United States President Donald Trump and Iran’s president signed a deal on Wednesday (June 17) meant to end the Middle East war, with Tehran agreeing to dilute its enriched uranium in return for large-scale economic relief. Trump put his signature to the memorandum of understanding during dinner
Read moreCambodia complains about repeated delays in demarcating border
TENSION between Thailand and Cambodia rose after the latter sent a letter urging Thailand to promptly send its survey team to jointly work on border demarcation with this having been repeatedly put off since the Feb. 8 general election in Thailand followed by re-election of Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul for a second term, Amarin
Read moreSunken train station on infamous WWII ‘Death Railway’ resurfaces from reservoir
By Anton L. Delgado, AP, and published by Yahoo!News KANCHANABURI: A depot on World War II’s infamous “Death Railway” has resurfaced from beneath a reservoir where the site has remained underwater for decades, prompting researchers to race to western Thailand to survey the remnants of Nithe Station. Thousands of Allied prisoners of war and
Read moreTrump says Strait of Hormuz to reopen on Friday under US-Iran deal
By Reuters and published by CNA TEHRAN: United States President Donald Trump said on Monday (June 15) that ships were again moving through the Strait of Hormuz and the vital oil route would be “completely open” by Friday, after Washington and Tehran announced a deal to end the Middle East war. The reopening of
Read moreDeal is reached to end Iran war and Trump orders stop to US naval blockade
By AP and published by Yahoo!News ISLAMABAD: The United States and Iran have reached an agreement to end the war and open the Strait of Hormuz, offering relief to the global economy more than three months since fighting began. Details of the deal were not immediately available and Iran signalled implementation would not start
Read moreUS and Iran have agreed to wording of a deal to end their war, Pakistan’s prime minister says
By AP and published by Yahoo!News ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s prime minister said Friday (June 12) the United States and Iran have agreed to wording of an agreement aimed at ending their war in the Middle East and that mediators were working with both sides to finalise a deal. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said the US
Read moreAcademic warns Bangkok to not be complacent after strong Philippines earthquake
AFTER a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck off Philippines island of Mindanao early this morning (June 8) killing 15 people and injuring over 100 a noted Thai academic warned that while short waves in the Philippines quake caused damage to low-rise buildings, Bangkok’s soft soil poses a risk of the metropolis being rocked by long
Read moreEarthquake of magnitude 7.8 strikes off southern Philippines, tsunami warnings issued
By Agencies and published by CNA MANILA: Tsunami warnings were issued after an earthquake of magnitude 7.8 struck off Mindanao in the southern Philippines on Monday (June 8), the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake struck at a depth of 10km, GFZ said. The geophysics agencies of the Philippines and neighbouring
Read moreAnutin shrugs off Cambodia’s move over maritime dispute
By PPTVHD36 and Reuters – published by Yahoo!News PRIME MINISTER Anutin Charnvirakul today (June 2) dismissed Cambodia launching a compulsory conciliation process under international law over Thailand’s unilateral cancellation of Memorandum of Understanding 2544 (MOU44) between the two neighbouring countries on border demarcation and working towards joint offshore energy exploration stating that there is no
Read moreThai embassy in Russia issues warning to citizens as war escalates
THE THAI embassy in Moscow issued an urgent warning to Thai citizens in Russia to avoid high-risk areas as the Russia-Ukraine war is escalating with the Russian government having told foreigners to evacuate the Ukraine capital of Kyiv, Naewna newspaper said today (May 29). In the announcement dated yesterday, the Thai Foreign Ministry said
Read moreAnutin tells Macron Thailand was not the aggressor in battle with Cambodia
IN A MEETING with French President Emmanuel Macron at 9.30 a.m. in Paris (2.30 p.m. in Thailand) today (May 26) Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul insisted that Thailand was not the aggressor in the two rounds of fighting with Cambodia last year, PPTVHD36 said. As Macron had inquired about the border conflict with Cambodia, Anutin
Read moreThailand refutes Cambodia’s claim of firing shots at border
THAILAND denied firing 22 rounds at Chong Chom border crossing, Surin province, abutting Cambodia’s O’smach border town, Oddar Meanchey province, stating that only warnings were shouted across after Khmer troops were seen moving closer to the Thai-controlled territory, Amarin TV and Naewna newspaper said this evening (May 24). The 2nd Army Region said it
Read moreEarthquake hits southwest China; thousands evacuate, buildings collapse
By Agencies and published by CNA BEIJING: A magnitude-5.2 earthquake in China’s southwest region of Guangxi early on Monday (May 18) killed two and forced more than 7,000 in the city of Liuzhou to evacuate as search and rescue operations continue and authorities warn of transport disruptions. There were two confirmed deaths with one
Read moreOil touches 2-week high after drone attack on UAE nuclear power plant
By Reuters and published by The Star SINGAPORE: Oil prices extended gains on Monday (May 18) as efforts to end the US-Israeli war on Iran appeared to have stalled, after a nuclear power plant in the United Arab Emirates came under attack and as US President Donald Trump is expected to discuss military options
Read moreTrump leaves Beijing with few wins but warm words for Xi
By Reuters and published by Yahoo!News BEIJING – US President Donald Trump left China on Friday (May 15) with no major breakthroughs on trade or tangible help from Beijing to end his Iran war, despite two days spent heaping praise on his host, Xi Jinping. Trump’s visit to America’s main strategic and economic rival,
Read moreUS and China seek to repair damage from tariff war that sent trade into a freefall
By AP and shared by Yahoo!News WASHINGTON – During a tumultuous 2025, the United States and China proved how much they could hurt each other in a trade war. Now Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping are meeting in Beijing to repair some of the damage. A decade of conflict between the world’s two
Read moreBright lights and hot orbs: UFO files shed light on sightings but leave interpretation to the public
By AP – published by WPXI News and Yahoo!News WASHINGTON – Buzz Aldrin observing a “fairly bright light source” while aboard the Apollo 11. A mysterious object making “multiple 90-degree turns” at a speedy clip. A blaringly bright object is doing corkscrew twists over the skies in Kazakhstan. Those are some of the details
Read moreAlarmed Asean leaders discuss crisis plan to mitigate backlash from Middle East war
By AP and published by Yahoo!News CEBU, Philippines – Southeast Asian leaders met in an annual summit today (May 8) under intense pressure to mitigate the impact on their people and economies from the Iran war, which one top minister said, “should not have occurred in the first place.” The alarm by the heads
Read moreThai, Khmer ministers to work on confidence-building measures: Anutin
By PPTVHD36 and Thai Newsroom PRIME Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said this evening (May 7) after a trilateral meeting with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet and Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., who is the Asean chair and initiated the talks in Cebu City, that foreign ministers of the two neighbouring countries will be working together
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