Deputy Mufti Dr Mohd Murat Md Aris said that differences in the determination of the Islamic calendar is “something which is neither unexpected nor alarming”.Continue Reading
More than 60 self-exiled Chinese Christians who were detained for overstaying their visas in Thailand have arrived in the United States where they will seek permanent asylum in Texas.Continue Reading
MANILA: Seven people including two children died in a fire on Saturday (Apr 8) evening near the Philippines capital, police said. The fire destroyed 40 houses in the densely populated Taytay municipality southeast of Manila, police said Sunday. Several families, who lived in one house accessible only through a long, narrowContinue Reading
Student activist-turned-monk Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal has resisted mandatory conscription, saying he plans to leave the monkhood before the end of the month and fight for his right to reject military service.Continue Reading
NEW DELHI: India’s wild tiger population – by far the largest in the world – has risen above 3,000, according to a census released on Sunday (Apr 9), boosting efforts to conserve the endangered species. The largest of all cats, tigers once roamed throughout central, eastern and southern Asia. ButContinue Reading
SURAT THANI: A police officer attached to the Khirirat Nakhom police station was suspected to have been involved in an armed attack at a house in Khirirat Nikhom district that left four people dead on Saturday, Provincial Police Region 8 commissioner Pol Lt Gen Surapong Thanomchit said on Sunday.Continue Reading
The elderly couple had bought the pufferfish from an online seller on Facebook.Continue Reading
The best and brightest in Singapore television will be honoured on Sunday (Apr 9) at the Marina Bay Sands. Red carpet arrivals start at 5pm and the awards show kicks off at 7pm.Continue Reading
The army has apologised for ordering a bed-ridden man to appear at a conscription venue in the northern province of Lamphun on Saturday to prove he is unqualified for the draft.Continue Reading
SURAT THANI: Three men and a woman were killed when a group of six or seven armed men stormed into a house in Khirirat Nikhom district on Saturday afternoon and went on a shooting spree, police said.Continue Reading