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  • Southeast Asia fears militant fallout as Mideast conflict widens | Thaiger

    Southeast Asia fears militant fallout as Mideast conflict widens

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Southeast Asia fears militant fallout as Mideast conflict widens Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Four gun-wielding rebel fighters sit relaxing on a wall, their faces concealed by scarves and ski masks. All are Indonesians who came to Syria to join the Islamist insurgency, the cameraman says,…

  • Malaysia MH370 passengers likely suffocated, Australia says | Thaiger

    Malaysia MH370 passengers likely suffocated, Australia says

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Malaysia MH370 passengers likely suffocated, Australia says Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The passengers and crew of the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 most likely died from suffocation and coasted lifelessly into the ocean on autopilot, a new report released by Australian officials on Thursday said.…

  • Nigerian capital shopping district blast leaves 21 dead | Thaiger

    Nigerian capital shopping district blast leaves 21 dead

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community At least 21 killed in rush-hour blast in Nigerian capital Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: At least 21 people were killed and 17 injured when an explosion tore through a crowded shopping district in the Nigerian capital Abuja during rush hour on Wednesday, a police spokesman…

  • Egypt defends itself at U.N. over jailing of journalists | Thaiger

    Egypt defends itself at U.N. over jailing of journalists

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Egypt defends itself at U.N. amid outcry over jailing of journalists Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Egypt defended its judicial system at the United Nations on Wednesday amid a global outcry over the jailing of Al Jazeera journalists, telling diplomats and reporters that it respects the…

  • Sudan court frees woman sentenced to death for changing faith | Thaiger

    Sudan court frees woman sentenced to death for changing faith

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Sudan court frees woman sentenced to death for changing faith Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A 27-year-old woman who was sentenced to death in Sudan last month for converting to Christianity from Islam was freed on Monday after what the government said was “unprecedented” international pressure.…

  • Major quake hits off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands | Thaiger

    Major quake hits off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Major quake hits off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck deep under the ocean floor near Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, triggering shaking that could be felt for vast distances and briefly prompting a tsunami warning, the National Tsunami Warning Center…

  • Polish foreign minister: ‘We gave the US a blow job’ | Thaiger

    Polish foreign minister: ‘We gave the US a blow job’

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Polish foreign minister called ties to USA ‘worthless’ Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A Polish news magazine said on Sunday it had obtained a secret recording of Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, in contention for a senior European Union job, saying that Poland’s relationship with the United…

  • South Korea conscript who killed five comrades continues standoff with troops | Thaiger

    South Korea conscript who killed five comrades continues standoff with troops

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community South Korea conscript who killed five comrades continues standoff with troops Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A South Korean conscript soldier who killed five of his comrades in a grenade and gun attack continued a standoff on Monday with troops trying to capture him in a…

  • Obama sends military advisers as Iraq refinery battle rages | Thaiger

    Obama sends military advisers as Iraq refinery battle rages

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Obama sends U.S. military advisers to Iraq as battle rages over refinery Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: President Barack Obama said on Thursday he was sending up to 300 U.S. military advisers to Iraq but stressed the need for a political solution to the country’s crisis…

  • Gun battle erupts as Israeli soldiers search for missing teens | Thaiger

    Gun battle erupts as Israeli soldiers search for missing teens

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Gun battle erupts as Israeli soldiers search for missing teens Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Israeli forces traded gunfire with Palestinians on Thursday, the military said, in the fiercest street battles in the occupied West Bank since a search began for three Israeli teenagers missing for…

  • In wake of World Cup viewer bombings, Nigeria says militants plan petrol lorry attacks on capital | Thaiger

    In wake of World Cup viewer bombings, Nigeria says militants plan petrol lorry attacks on capital

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community In wake of World Cup viewer bombings, Nigeria says militants plan petrol lorry attacks on capital Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Islamist militants are planning to attack Nigeria’s capital with bombs loaded on petrol lorries, the Nigerian government said, stoking fears of a sustained push to…

  • Would-be bomber causing Stockholm lock-down surrenders to police | Thaiger

    Would-be bomber causing Stockholm lock-down surrenders to police

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Would-be bomber causing Stockholm lock-down surrenders to police Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A man who had threatened to set off explosives in the heart of Stockholm on Thursday, prompting an hours-long lockdown in the Swedish capital, finally gave himself up to police, a spokesman said.…

  • Iraq asks US for air support to counter rebels | Thaiger

    Iraq asks US for air support to counter rebels

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Iraq asks US for air support to counter rebels Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Iraq has asked the United States for air support in countering Sunni rebels, the top U.S. general said on Wednesday, after the militants seized major cities in a lightning advance that has…

  • King Felipe VI to be sworn in | Thaiger

    King Felipe VI to be sworn in

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community King Felipe VI to be sworn in as Spain’s royals try to update Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Spain’s new king, Felipe VI, will be sworn in on Thursday in a low-key ceremony which monarchists hope will usher in a new era of popularity for the…

  • Rohingya camp conditions in Myanmar ‘appalling’ – U.N. official | Thaiger

    Rohingya camp conditions in Myanmar ‘appalling’ – U.N. official

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Rohingya camp conditions in Myanmar ‘appalling’ – U.N. official Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A senior U.N. aid official said on Tuesday she had witnessed a level of human suffering never seen before in camps for some 140,000 stateless Muslim Rohingya in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, displaced…

  • After years of pressure, Japan bans possession of child porn | Thaiger

    After years of pressure, Japan bans possession of child porn

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community After years of pressure, Japan bans possession of child porn Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Japan’s parliament voted on Wednesday to outlaw possession of child pornography after years of international calls for a crackdown, but avoided a clampdown on sexually explicit manga comics and animation depicting…

  • Former Turkish president Evren sentenced to life for staging 1980 coup | Thaiger

    Former Turkish president Evren sentenced to life for staging 1980 coup

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Former Turkish president Evren sentenced to life for staging 1980 coup Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: General Kenan Evren, 96, who came to symbolise the “Pasha” officer class that dominated Turkish politics over decades, was sentenced to life in jail on Wednesday for leading a 1980…

  • Israel re-arrests former Palestinian prisoners in hunt for teens | Thaiger

    Israel re-arrests former Palestinian prisoners in hunt for teens

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Israel re-arrests former Palestinian prisoners in hunt for teens Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Israel re-arrested 51 Palestinians freed in a 2011 prisoner swap deal, the army said on Wednesday, in the sixth day of a hunt for three missing teenagers believed abducted in the occupied…

  • China scolds Vietnam for ‘hyping up’ South China Sea oil rig row | Thaiger

    China scolds Vietnam for ‘hyping up’ South China Sea oil rig row

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community China scolds Vietnam for ‘hyping up’ South China Sea oil rig row Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: China’s top diplomat scolded Vietnamese officials during talks in Hanoi on Wednesday for “hyping up” a row over a Chinese oil rig drilling in disputed waters in the South…

  • Putin, Poroshenko discuss possible ceasefire in east Ukraine | Thaiger

    Putin, Poroshenko discuss possible ceasefire in east Ukraine

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Putin, Poroshenko discuss possible ceasefire in east Ukraine Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart, Petro Poroshenko, discussed a possible ceasefire in eastern Ukraine and the deaths of two Russian journalists there in a late night telephone conversation, the Kremlin…

  • U.S. captures suspected leader of 2012 Benghazi attack | Thaiger

    U.S. captures suspected leader of 2012 Benghazi attack

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community U.S. captures suspected ringleader of 2012 attack in Benghazi Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The United States said on Tuesday it had captured a suspected ringleader of the 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, a raid that killed four Americans including the…

  • U.S. considers air strikes on Iraq, holds talks with Iran | Thaiger

    U.S. considers air strikes on Iraq, holds talks with Iran

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community U.S. considers air strikes on Iraq, holds talks with Iran Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: President Barack Obama considered options for military action to support Iraq’s besieged government on Monday, and U.S. and Iranian officials held talks to stabilise the region, which has been roiled by…

  • Pakistan resumes air strikes on volatile border region | Thaiger

    Pakistan resumes air strikes on volatile border region

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Pakistan resumes air strikes to flush insurgents from volatile border Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Pakistani fighter jets resumed air strikes in North Waziristan on Monday, a day after the army announced the start of a major military operation to flush insurgents out of the volatile…

  • Iraq rebels seize Northwest town in heavy battle | Thaiger

    Iraq rebels seize Northwest town in heavy battle

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Iraq rebels seize Northwest town in heavy battle Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Sunni insurgents seized a mainly ethnic Turkmen city in northwestern Iraq on Sunday after heavy fighting, solidifying their grip on the north after a lightning offensive that threatens to dismember Iraq. Residents reached…

  • South African union holds mass meeting in deadlocked platinum strike | Thaiger

    South African union holds mass meeting in deadlocked platinum strike

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community South African union holds mass meeting in deadlocked platinum strike Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The leader of South Africa’s AMCU mining union is due to meet with its members this week to update them on the progress of wage talks with platinum producers after negotiations…

  • Thousands of Syrian refugee children in Lebanon forced to work, says aid group | Thaiger

    Thousands of Syrian refugee children in Lebanon forced to work, says aid group

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Thousands of Syrian refugee children in Lebanon forced to work, says aid group Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: At least 50,000 Syrian refugee children in Lebanon are working, often in dire conditions and for 12 hours a day, to pay for food and shelter for their…

  • Russia to submit draft UN resolution on Ukraine | Thaiger

    Russia to submit draft UN resolution on Ukraine

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Russia to submit draft UN resolution on Ukraine Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Russia plans to submit a draft resolution to the U.N. Security Council to put pressure on Ukraine to implement a “road map” to peace, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted as saying on…

  • Iraq Kurds seize Kirkuk; Sunni militants surge toward Baghdad | Thaiger

    Iraq Kurds seize Kirkuk; Sunni militants surge toward Baghdad

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Iraq Kurds seize Kirkuk; Sunni militants surge toward Baghdad Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Iraqi Kurds seized control of the northern oil city of Kirkuk on Thursday, while surging Sunni Islamist rebels advanced towards Baghdad, as the central government’s army abandoned its posts in a rapid…

  • Isolated North Korea a visitor draw, but sometimes literally a tourist trap | Thaiger

    Isolated North Korea a visitor draw, but sometimes literally a tourist trap

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Isolated North Korea a visitor draw, but sometimes literally a tourist trap Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: “Taking you to places where your mother would rather you stayed away from.” That’s how one Western travel agency advertises its tours to North Korea. The U.S. government doesn’t…

  • Four young students killed as ex-director has seizure behind wheel | Thaiger

    Four young students killed as ex-director has seizure behind wheel

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Four young students killed as ex-director has seizure behind wheel The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Four primary-school students were killed and at least 10 others wounded in Nong Bua Lamphu’s Muang district after a former school director slammed into them with his car while suffering…

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