World News
World news, global politics, business, technology, and culture—stay updated with breaking stories, international trends, and major events. Get the latest from The Thaiger, your trusted source for global news.
-
Germanwings crash pilot had been treated for suicidal tendencies
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Germanwings crash pilot had been treated for suicidal tendencies Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The German pilot suspected of deliberately crashing a plane in the French Alps last week was treated for suicidal tendencies years ago before he received his pilot’s license, German prosecutors said on…
-
Germanwings crash pilot was psychiatric patient, planned big gesture
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Germanwings crash pilot was psychiatric patient, planned big gesture Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The co-pilot suspected of deliberately crashing an airliner, killing 150 people, had told his girlfriend he was planning a spectacular gesture so “everyone will know my name”, a German daily said on…
-
Fighting and air strikes across Yemen; dialogue remains distant
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Fighting and air strikes across Yemen; dialogue remains distant Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Yemeni fighters loyal to the Saudi-backed President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi clashed with Iranian-allied Houthi fighters on Sunday in Aden, the absent leader’s last major foothold in the country. Hadi loyalists in the…
-
Major 7.7 quake strikes off Papua New Guinea, tsunami warning issued
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Major 7.7 quake strikes off Papua New Guinea, tsunami warning issued Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A major earthquake with a magnitude 7.7 struck off Papua New Guinea on Monday, official monitors said, and a tsunami warning was issued soon after. The epicenter of the 33km…
-
Pilot locked out of cockpit in Germanwings Airbus crash
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Pilot locked out of cockpit in Germanwings Airbus crash Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Investigators have retrieved cockpit voice recordings from one of the black boxes of the German Airbus plane that crashed into the Alps, killing everyone onboard, officials said on Wednesday. The New York…
-
Germanwings Airbus crashes in France, 148 feared dead
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Germanwings Airbus crashes in France, 148 feared dead Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: An Airbus operated by Lufthansa’s Germanwings budget airline crashed in a remote area of the French Alps on Tuesday and all 148 on board were feared dead. French President Francois Hollande said he…
-
Lee Kuan Yew, modern Singapore’s founding father, dies at 91
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Lee Kuan Yew, modern Singapore’s founding father, dies at 91 Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s first prime minister, died on Monday aged 91, triggering a flood of tributes to the man who oversaw the tiny city-state’s rapid rise from a British colonial…
-
Myanmar convicts five over fake rape claim that sparked riots
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Myanmar convicts five over fake rape claim that sparked riots Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A Myanmar court convicted five people for spreading fabricated allegations that a Muslim man raped a Buddhist woman, which led to deadly riots last July, a court official said on Friday.…
-
Islamist gunmen slay 20 foreign tourists in museum massacre
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Islamist gunmen slay 20 foreign tourists in museum massacre Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Tunisia said it would deploy thearmy to major cities and arrested nine people on Thursday after20 foreign tourists were shot dead in an attack on a museumwhich Islamic State militants called “the…
-
Former Australian leader Malcolm Fraser dies at 84
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Former Australian leader Malcolm Fraser dies at 84 Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Former conservative Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser, who led the country from 1975 to 1983 but later turned against his party over its tough immigration policy and involvement in the Iraq war, died…
-
Dead babies found in house freezer in southern France
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Dead babies found in house freezer in southern France Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Police have found the corpses of four babies in the freezer at a house in southern France, after a man reported finding a dead baby in a cooler bag in his family’s…
-
Clinton charity fails to disclose donors
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Clinton charity fails to disclose donors Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: In 2008, Hillary Clinton promised Barack Obama, the president-elect, there would be no mystery about who was giving money to her family’s globe-circling charities. She made a pledge to publish all the donors on an…
-
New York tycoon charged with murder after movie confession
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community New York tycoon charged with murder after movie confession Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: New York real estate scion and accused murderer Robert Durst’s bathroom muttering that he “killed them all” would likely be admissible evidence in a murder trial, legal experts said on Monday. Durst,…
-
Malaysia arrests Anwar’s daughter for sedition
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Malaysia arrests Anwar’s daughter for sedition Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Malaysian police arrested opposition politician Nurul Izzah Anwar, daughter of jailed opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, for sedition on Monday, prompting the U.S. State Department to express concern over the freedom of expression in Malaysia. The…
-
Aid teams report devastation and death after Vanuatu cyclone
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Aid teams report devastation and death after Vanuatu cyclone Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Early reports from the outer islands of Vanuatu on Monday painted a picture of utter destruction after a monster cyclone tore through the South Pacific island nation. Authorities in Vanuatu were struggling…
-
Gunman kills eight in Czech restaurant
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Gunman kills eight in Czech restaurant Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET:A local man shot dead eight people in a restaurant in an eastern Czech town on Tuesday and then killed himself, in the worst peacetime shooting in the country’s history, officials said. The interior minister said…
-
‘Terrifying’ storm, 285kmh winds slam into northeast Australia
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community ‘Terrifying’ storm, 285kmh winds slam into northeast Australia Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Tens of thousands of residents in northeastern Australia were warned on Friday to take shelter wherever they could after a huge storm unexpectedly intensified into a cyclone before it made landfall, cutting rail…
-
Ukrainian forces quit besieged town after rebel assault
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Ukrainian forces quit besieged town after rebel assault Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Ukraine pulled thousands of troops out of an encircled town on Wednesday after a massive assault by pro-Russian rebels, who ignored a new ceasefire to seize the strategic railway junction. The fall of…
-
Australia ratchets up pressure on Indonesia over Bali Nine executions
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Australia ratchets up pressure on Indonesia over Bali Nine executions Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Indonesia owes it to Australia not to execute two Australian drug offenders on death row, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Wednesday, ratcheting up a diplomatic war of words that is…
-
Greece defies creditors, seeking credit but no bailout
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Greece defies creditors, seeking credit but no bailout Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Talks between Greece and euro zone finance ministers over the country’s debt crisis broke down on Monday when Athens rejected a proposal to request a six-month extension of its international bailout package as…
-
Copenhagen in shock over shootings, 22-year-old suspect dead
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Copenhagen in shock over shootings, 22-year-old suspect dead Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Police shot dead a 22-year-old Danish-born gunman on Sunday after he killed two people at a Copenhagen synagogue and an event promoting free speech in actions possibly inspired by an attack on the…
-
Obama set to announce executive order on cybersecurity threat data
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Obama set to announce executive order on cybersecurity threat data Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: President Barack Obama is expected to announce an executive order directing the government and companies to share more information about cybersecurity threats in response to attacks like that on Sony Entertainment.…
-
Gunmen fire on Marseille police as PM Valls visits city
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Gunmen fire on Marseille police as PM Valls visits city Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Gunmen fired on a police car in Marseille on Monday in what local officials said was a drug-related incident, just hours before a visit by Prime Minister Manuel Valls to hail…
-
Bruised Australian PM Abbott survives leadership challenge
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Bruised Australian PM Abbott survives leadership challenge Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott survived a challenge to his leadership on Monday after his ruling Liberal Party voted down a motion to unseat him after weeks of infighting, but the attempted revolt appears…
-
Jordan military jets pound IS as king comforts pilot’s family
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Jordan military jets pound IS as king comforts pilot’s family Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Jordanian fighter jets pounded Islamic State targets in Syria on Thursday, before roaring over the hometown of the pilot killed by the militants while King Abdullah consoled the victim’s family. A…
-
TransAsia plane crash in Taiwan leaves 31 dead, 12 missing
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community TransAsia plane crash in Taiwan leaves 31 dead, 12 missing Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A TransAsia Airways (6702.TW) plane with 58 passengers and crew on board careened into a river shortly after taking off from a downtown Taipei airport on Wednesday, killing 31 people and…
-
Jordan vows revenge for ISIS burning alive captured pilot
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Jordan vows revenge for ISIS burning alive captured pilot Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Islamic State militants released a video on Tuesday appearing to show a captured Jordanian pilot being burnt alive in a cage, a killing that shocked the world and prompted Jordan to promise…
-
Japan PM calls to consider military undertaking overseas rescues
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Japan PM calls to consider military undertaking overseas rescues Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET:Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday he wanted to debate the possibility of Japan’s military rescuing Japanese citizens abroad, a day after Islamic State militants said they had beheaded a Japanese…
-
Malaysia declares MH370 an “accident”, airline to proceed with compensation
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Malaysia declares MH370 an “accident”, airline to proceed with compensation Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Malaysia declared on Thursday the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 an accident, clearing the way for the airline to pay compensation to victims’ relatives while the search for the plane…
-
Rohingya refugees say traffickers in Malaysia abuse and kill
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Rohingya refugees say traffickers in Malaysia abuse and kill Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Abul Kassim, a Rohingya asylum seeker, was snatched from his home in the northern Malaysian state of Penang on Jan. 12. The next morning, his beaten and bloodied body was found. That…
Broke? Find employment in Southeast Asia with JobCute Thailand and SmartJob Indonesia. Rich? Invest in real estate across Asia with FazWaz Property Group or get out on a yacht anywhere with Boatcrowd. Even book medical procedures worldwide with MyMediTravel, all powered by DB Ventures.