By Agencies and published by CNA WASHINGTON – US Secret Service agents bundled Donald Trump from the stage as shots rang out Saturday evening (April 25) at a media gala, in what the president later described as an attack by a “would-be assassin”. Armed guards opened fire at the gunman who charged through security
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Two shots fired at jet-skiing rescuers in Hat Yai
SEVERE flooding in southern Hat Yai city is turning violent as two shots were fired at jet-skiing rescuers with a flat-bottom boat accompanying them also smashed on the bow forcing a quick withdrawal, Amarin TV said this evening (Nov. 26) The Army Military Force Facebook page posted this message, “Urgent! A jetski rescue team
Read moreCambodia says shots were fired unintentionally
AFTER Thai forces along the border reported that four Cambodian troops had fired three rifle shots into Thai territory in Sisaket province this afternoon (Sep. 23) the Cambodian Defence Ministry this evening said in a statement that two shots were fired unintentionally but not into Thai zone, according to Amarin TV. The 2nd Army
Read more15 shots fired at pickup truck in road rage incident
A HAIR-RAISING road rage confrontation ended with the driver of a sedan firing 15 shots at the rear of an enclosed pickup truck after anger built up over overtaking each other but fortunately no one got injured, Amarin TV said. Pol. Col. Saksri Krairach, superintendent of Nong Ki police station, Nong Ki district, Buriram
Read morePoliceman firing shots from his house captured after long siege
A SPECIAL Branch policeman who has been firing shots from his house since late yesterday morning (Mar. 14) was captured around noon today after a police team stormed in, Sanook.com said. Only identified as Inspector Kan, the policeman is attached to the news development department and was immediately sent to the hospital as he
Read morePM slams media for playing up fake vaccination allegations
PRIME Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha criticised the media for play up social media comments that the jab he received yesterday (March 16) might just be water or saline solution and not the AstraZeneca vaccine, pointing out that he was ready for a vaccination anytime at all with this depending on doctors’ advise, Voice TV and Sanook.com
Read morePoliceman fires warning shot at foreigner, badly injures noodle vendor
A DRUNK policeman pulled out his pistol and fired a warning shot to threaten a foreigner in front of a well-known nightclub at Patong beach in Phuket then fired two shots at a young noodle vendor who had stepped in to help, Thai Rath newspaper said today (Feb. 23). The shooting occurred just before dawn
Read moreMyanmar police fire into air, 4 hurt by rubber bullets
By Wire Agencies and published by Channel News Asia Naypyidaw: Police fired gunshots into the air and used water cannon, tear gas and rubber bullets today (Feb 9), as demonstrators across Myanmar defied a military ban on rallies. Four people were hurt by rubber bullets in the capital Naypyidaw, and one of them, a woman,
Read moreFacebook videos capture shots at Myanmar protests demanding release of Aung San Suu Kyi
(Yangon) Footage has emerged of onlookers ducking for cover as shots are fired at protests in a town in Myanmar’s southeast against a military coup, demanding the release of deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Live videos posted to Facebook on Sunday afternoon show people hiding as armed, uniformed soldiers move up the street to
Read moreWarning shots fired at protesters in Myawaddy, 6 arrested
A TENSE confrontation between anti-coup protesters and Myanmar police today (Feb. 7) at Myawaddy town, just across the river from Thai Mae Sot town, ended after police fired warning shots and then moved in to arrest them with six rounded up so far, Sanook.com reported. Those rallying on Myawaddy’s streets called for the release
Read moreIndia, China accuse each other of firing in the air on tense border
New Delhi/Beijing – India and China have accused each other of firing in the air during a new confrontation on their border in the western Himalayas, in a further escalation of military tension between the nuclear-armed nations. Hundreds of troops are in eyeball-to-eyeball proximity along the remote border, which erupted in a clash in June
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