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Paetongtarn Shinawatra has been suspended as a Thai court considers a petition for her to be removed
Thai prime minister suspended over leaked phone call
BANGKOK — Thailand's Constitutional Court has suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, who has come under mounting pressure to resign over her leaked phone conversation with former Cambodian leader Hun Sen.The clip, in which Paetongtarn called him "uncle" and criticised a Thai military commander, sparked public anger and a petition for her dismissal, which the court is now considering.That could make Paetongtarn the third politician in the powerful Shinawatra clan - which has dominated Thai politics for the past two decades - to lose power before completing their term.Her ruling coalition is already teetering with a slim majority after a key conservative ally abandoned it two weeks ago.The Constitutional Court voted 7-2 to suspend her while they consider the case...
July 01, 2025

Thai prime minister suspended over leaked phone call

Sigachi Industries said it was halting production at the unit after 34 people were killed in the blast
Death toll in India factory blast rises to 34
KOCHI — At least 34 people have been killed in a massive fire at a pharmaceuticals factory in the southern Indian state of Telangana, according to news agencies.The blast took place during work hours on Monday at a unit of Sigachi Industries, leaving several injured and in critical condition."As many as 31 bodies have been extricated from the debris while three died in hospital while undergoing treatment," senior district police official Paritosh Pankaj told the Press Trust of India.Police have registered a case against the management of Sigachi Industries, based on a complaint by the son of a victim.The company has said it is halting operations at the facility for 90 days, because of damage to equipment and structures within the plant."The incident has unfortunately...
July 01, 2025

Death toll in India factory blast rises to 34

Repatriated Afghan refugees arrive at a camp after crossing the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Torkham, 31 May, 2025
Pakistan to consider extending deadline for Afghan refugees facing mass deportation to leave
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan will consider extending the deadline for 1.4 million Afghan refugees living legally in the country to return home, officials said on Monday.Any extension approved by the government would be a relief for those who were previously ordered to return to Afghanistan by 30 June, according to government and security officials.A decision could come on Tuesday when the Cabinet is due to meet.In 2023, Pakistan launched a controversial crackdown on foreigners it said were in the country illegally, mostly Afghan nationals.Millions of Afghans have fled their homeland over the decades to escape war or poverty.The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to discuss the matter, said the proposed extension was to allow the refugees more time to...
July 01, 2025

Pakistan to consider extending deadline for Afghan refugees facing mass deportation to leave

Philippine Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. and Lithuanian Minister for National Defence Dovilė Šakalienė sign a memorandum of understanding in Makati, 30 June, 2025
Lithuania and the Philippines sign security pact
MAKATI — Lithuania and the Philippines signed an agreement on Monday to build a security alliance resulting from their mutual alarm over what they perceive as growing aggression threatening their regions by countries such as China.The memorandum of understanding signed in Manila by Lithuania's Defense Minister Dovilė Šakalienė and her Philippine counterpart Gilberto Teodoro Jr. aims to foster defense cooperation, particularly in cyber security and defense industries.The pact also covers munitions production and addressing maritime security, the Philippine Department of National Defense said.Šakalienė described Lithuania’s alarm over an emerging "authoritarian axis" of Russia, China, North Korea and Iran, which she raised in an international defense forum...
July 01, 2025

Lithuania and the Philippines sign security pact

Current and former members of the League of Social Democrats announced the disbandment on Sunday
One of Hong Kong's last major pro-democracy parties disbands
HONG KONG — On the wall of the League of Social Democrats office, the Chinese characters for freedom are spelt out with court admission slips.Members of the party take turns speaking into a microphone connected to a loudspeaker. They stand in front of a banner that reads "rather be ashes than dust", written in Chinese. Founded close to 20 years ago, the party is known as the last protest group in Hong Kong."The red lines are now everywhere," Chan Po Ying, the chair of the party, tells the BBC."Our decision to disband was because we were facing a lot of pressure."She added that everything in Hong Kong has become politicised, and she was not in a position to go into more detail to elaborate the reasons.The party is the third major opposition party to disband...
June 30, 2025

One of Hong Kong's last major pro-democracy parties disbands

Pakistani soldiers patrol next to a newly fenced border fencing along Afghan border at Kitton Orchard Post in Pakistan's North Waziristan in October 2017. (File photo)
Car bomb attack in Pakistan kills at least 13 soldiers
ISLAMABAD — A car bomb attack in Pakistan has killed at least 13 soldiers and injured civilians.Pakistani officials said a suicide bomber drove a vehicle packed with explosives into a military convoy in the north-western tribal region of North Waziristan, near the border with Afghanistan, on Saturday.Pakistan alleged that the militants behind the attack were backed by India, but Delhi quickly denied this.Dismissing Pakistan's accusation, Randhir Jaiswal, spokesman for India's ministry of external affairs, posted on X: "We reject this statement with the contempt it deserves."The attack has been claimed by a suicide bomber wing of the Hafiz Gul Bahadur armed group, a faction of the Pakistan Taliban.Pakistan's army, however, said the attack was carried out by militants...
June 30, 2025

Car bomb attack in Pakistan kills at least 13 soldiers

Air India's London-bound Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed on 12 June near the Ahmedabad airport
India recovers data from crashed Air India flight recorders
MUMBAI — Investigators have recovered flight recorder data from the Air India crash earlier this month, the civil aviation ministry has confirmed, marking a key step in the probe.At least 270 people were killed when the London-bound Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed less than a minute after taking off on 12 June from Ahmedabad airport in western India.Investigators had earlier recovered both sets of Enhanced Airborne Flight Recorders (EAFRs) - the "black boxes" - from the Boeing 787 crash site on 13 and 16 June - one from a rooftop, the other from the debris.It could be several weeks before the federal government is able to release information gathered from the recorders.The particular aircraft model carries the two recorder sets to aid in thorough analysis. These combined units...
June 27, 2025

India recovers data from crashed Air India flight recorders

India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh attended the SCO meeting in China
India refuses to sign joint statement at defence summit over Kashmir
MUMBAI — India has refused to sign a joint statement at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in China as it did not reflect the country's concerns on terrorism, India's foreign ministry has said.Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said on Thursday that India's desire for its concerns to be reflected was "not acceptable to one particular country".While he did not share more details, Indian media reported that Delhi refused to sign the statement after it omitted the Pahalgam attack, a deadly militant attack that killed 26 tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir.India has blamed its neighbour, Pakistan for sheltering a militant group it blames for the attack. Pakistan has rejected the allegations.China, Russia and four Central Asian countries formed the SCO in...
June 27, 2025

India refuses to sign joint statement at defence summit over Kashmir

Takahiro Shiraishi, pictured here on a police vehicle in 2017, made contact with his victims on social media then lured them to his apartment
Japan executes 'Twitter killer' who murdered nine
TOKYO — Japan has executed a man who murdered nine people in 2017, the first time since 2022 that the country has enacted capital punishment.The serial killings by Takahiro Shiraishi, dubbed the "Twitter killer", had shocked the country and triggered debate over how suicide was discussed online.Shiraishi, then 30, lured his victims - most of them young women between the ages of 15 and 26 - to his apartment, before strangling and dismembering them.The killings came to light in October 2017, when police found body parts in the Japanese city of Zama, near Tokyo, when they were searching for one of the victims.Warning: Readers may find some details in this story distressing.Shiraishi later admitted to murdering nine suicidal victims and revealed that he got acquainted with them on...
June 27, 2025

Japan executes 'Twitter killer' who murdered nine

A Korean Central News Agency photo showing an aerial view of the Wonsan Kalma Coastal Tourist Zone
North Korea to open beach resort as Kim bets on tourism
SINGAPORE — North Korea is opening a beach resort that its leader Kim Jong Un hopes will boost tourism in the secretive communist regime, state media reports.Wonsan Kalma on the east coast will open to domestic tourists on 1 July, six years after it was due to be completed. It is unclear when it will welcome foreigners.Kim grew up in luxury in Wonsan, where many of the country's elite have private villas, and has been trying to transform the town, which once hosted a missile testing site.State media KCNA claims the resort can accomodate up to 20,000 visitors, occupying a 4km (2.5 mile) stretch of beach, with hotels, restaurants, shopping malls and a water park - none of which can be verified.Heavily sanctioned for decades for its nuclear weapons programme, North Korea is among the...
June 26, 2025

North Korea to open beach resort as Kim bets on tourism

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