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  • Thailand News

    Narathiwat checkpoint bombing injures four amid security concerns

    A motorcycle rigged with explosives was detonated yesterday at 9.35pm, at a safety zone checkpoint in Tha Phraya Sai, Narathiwat province, injuring four individuals including two volunteer defence corps members and two civilian women caught in the bombing radius. Deputy Investigator Itthiphol Malikul of Mueng Narathiwat Police Station received the report of the explosion, which occurred in front of the…

  • Thailand News

    Narathiwat raid nets three bomb suspects, hunting for a fourth

    A joint operation between police, military, and administrative officials in Narathiwat province has led to the arrest of three individuals suspected of orchestrating a bomb attack in front of a convenience store in the district of Chanae, southern Thailand. The suspects confessed to the crime, paving the way for a manhunt for a fourth accomplice. In the early hours of…

  • World News

    Angelina Jolie and 250 celebs unite, accuse Israel of war crimes, demand ceasefire

    Hollywood A-lister and UN Special Envoy for Refugees, Angelina Jolie accused Israel of war crimes, demanding an immediate ceasefire along with 250 other celebrities. Jolie’s criticism follows Israel’s major bombing of the Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza, which led to a significant loss of life and displacement of over a thousand Palestinians. Jolie, a highly acclaimed actress and United Nations’ special…

  • South Thailand News

    Bombings and skirmishes in Narathiwat leave four officers injured and power outage

    Four officers were injured in a fierce confrontation between police and criminals, who instigated several bombings and skirmishes in Narathiwat, Thailand. A gold shop was severely damaged, and approximately 10 electricity poles were knocked down. Early in the morning of today, around 1.30am, troublemakers clashed with officers and secretly planted bombs near the Tabah checkpoint in Jeh Heh, Tak Bai…

  • World News

    Italian mafia boss Matteo Denaro dies aged 61 after cancer battle

    Matteo Messina Denaro, a leading mafia figure in Italy who was apprehended in January, has succumbed to cancer at the age of 61. Denaro, who had been diagnosed with colon cancer at the time of his arrest, had evaded capture for 30 years and was later found guilty. His condition had deteriorated over recent weeks, necessitating his transfer from a…

  • South Thailand News

    Car bomb shock in Narathiwat: No casualties as police close district (video)

    In Narathiwat, a car bomb detonation led to the temporary closure of a region surrounding the location of a police base situated in Sungai Kolok district. The blast last night fortunately did not result in any injuries or deaths. The incident took place close to Orakan intersection, in proximity to both a rail route and the ad hoc police stronghold…

  • Crime News

    Suicide bombing in Pakistani mosque leaves 59 dead

    Peshawar, Pakistan was the site of a devastating suicide bombing yesterday as a bomber detonated himself in a crowded mosque. The attacker targeted a mosque in a highly secure compound known as the “Red Zone,” which houses counter-terrorism and police offices. Some 400 worshippers were inside the mosque when the bomber detonated explosives, resulting in 59 deaths, with 27 of…

  • South Thailand News

    Bomb disposal officers need blood donations after explosion in southern Thailand

    A double bomb attack in Pattani province in southern Thailand on Friday killed a fisherman and injured 3 explosive ordnance disposal officers, leaving 2 of them severely injured and in desperate need of blood donations. By the way, Songklanagarind Hospital invites the public to urgently donate blood of any type at the hospital (details below). Lt. Col. Thanongsak Jesa, an…

  • Crime News

    Bomb attack damages vehicles carrying ballot boxes from local election in Yala

    A bombing in the Deep South province Yala damaged several vehicles carrying ballot boxes from a local election. After the polls closed on Sunday for the Bannang Sata tambon administration organisation elections, eight vehicles were used to take the ballot boxes to the district office. As the vehicles drove on a rural road at around 7:55pm, a parked motorcycle exploded. A…

  • South Thailand News

    Bomb rocks train en route to Bangkok from the Deep South

    This afternoon a bomb exploded on a train bound for Bangkok as it was departing the Deep South province of Narathiwat. The explosion rocked a freight car, obliterating the wooden floor of the train and spilling its cargo onto the runway. The train had departed the Su-ngai Kolok district of Narathiwat heading for Bangkok, and had only travelled about 40…

  • South Thailand News

    Rubber plantation workers severely injured, man’s leg blown off after stepping on bomb

    A man’s leg was blown off in a bomb explosion while he was working in a rubber plantation in Narathiwat, a province in Thailand’s Deep South near the Malaysia border where small bombings and attacks happen occasionally due to the religious separatist insurgency. A woman’s face was also injured in the explosion. The two were working in the rubber plantation…

  • World News

    Suicide bombers attack Indonesia cathedral, at least 20 injured

    At least 20 people were injured in an explosion at a cathedral in Indonesia believed to have been cause by 2 suspected suicide bombers involved in an Islamist militant network. The blast went off at 10:30am, just after the Palm Sunday Mass had just finished at the Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral in Makassa, a major port city in South…

  • South Thailand News

    Man shot and killed, bomb explosion in deep south

    A man was fatally shot and later, as rangers were patrolling, a bomb exploded – both incidents were in the Southern province of Narathiwat, an area plagued with violence from the more than two-decade-long insurgency. Around 6am this morning, 48 year old Sorpree Arma was shot dead in the Sri Sakhon district just as he was leaving his home to go…

  • World News

    14 dead, 75 injured in southern Philippines suicide bomb attacks

    More violence in the southern Philippines as Islamic militants exploded powerful bombs in the region yesterday. At least 14 soldiers and civilians were killed, and another 75 injured, despite all the additional security – Islamic State militants have made threats in recent weeks. At least 5 soldiers and 4 civilians were killed as a result of the first attack near…

  • World News

    Sri Lankan death toll revised down

    The Sri Lankan Health Ministry has revised down the death toll from last Sunday’s deadly terror attacks on churches and upscale hotels. The latest official toll is now 253, down from the previous death toll, which stood at 359. In a statement, the health ministry claimed the previous death toll released by the ministry was 290, and not 359 as…

  • South Thailand News

    28 year old ranger injured in Pattani bomb attack outside school

    After a spate of unrest leading up to New Year, another random bombing in the South. A ranger guarding a school in Pattani’s Yarang district has been injured after insurgents detonated a homemade bomb this morning. 28 year old Private First Class Sarawut Ahmamool, from the 22nd Ranger Regiment was severely injured in the 8am explosion about 100 metres from…