An eerie trip inside Thailand’s oldest amusement park, deserted after flooding
With its mouth agape, the giant lion’s head is frozen in a roar. No water rushes down the log flume that descends from its heights, while at ground level, the…
Rescued sailor recalls horror moment ship hit by ‘three drones’ inside NATO territory
Drones struck two ships in the Black Sea off Bulgaria on Tuesday, sinking one and prompting emergency rescue operations. The Guinea-Bissau-flagged cargo ship Dignity sank after it was hit by…
Friend of FlyDubai pilot stabbed with axe in cockpit left ‘broken’ | World | News
Capt. Smit Machchhar was brutally attacked with an axe (Image: AP/Israel’s Foreign Ministry) A close friend of the pilot who was attacked with an axe as he flew 182 people…
Movie review Crushed – Steve Oram is the lead in harrowing Bangkok-set child-abduction thriller
‘He’s American, a little bit overweight, sweaty, a little bit camp, creepy.” As far as descriptions of border-hopping paedophiles go, this seems a little on the nose. So it’s not…
Trump-Xi LIVE: US makes extremely rare gesture ahead of China state visit | World | News
Ahead of Xi’s visit, Trump reiterared his support for Jimmy Lai, a Hong Kong media tycoon who was sentenced to 20 years in prison earlier this year under a security…
Six-year-old girl dies after being left on school bus in heat wave
A six-year-old autistic girl tragically lost her life after being left behind on a school bus in sweltering conditions. Childcare workers were responsible for the welfare of Winter Jones, 6,…
The rise of south-east Asia’s girl bands: ‘The talent and popularity were always here’
“We all know that music is a universal language,” says Maloi Ricalde from Filipina girl band BINI, which mixes tropical pop with traditional songs, English with Tagalog, and silver knee…
One killed in horror car park crash as Tesla smashes into pedestrians | World | News
One person has died after a car struck a group of pedestrians in a grocery store car park. The crash took place in a car park of a Trader Joe’s…
Trump appears to fall asleep during Rose Garden address
Donald Trump appeared to nod off while delivering remarks at the Rose Garden today (August 24). After discussing “expanding school choice”, the US President seemed in desperate need of some…
Indonesia earthquake LIVE: Horror 7.7 tremor strikes Flores as tsunami warning issued | World | News
A massive earthquake struck Indonesia on Saturday at 4.58am local time. The 7.7-magnitude tremor hit 68 kilometres north-northwest of Ende, at a depth of 10 kilometres, the United States Geological…
Thailand school shooting: teen suspect killed at least seven people and injured more than 30, officials say – as it happened | Thailand
What we know so far … Thai police say that a 14-year-old boy killed two of his grandparents at their home using a handgun belonging to his grandfather. The suspect…
Students seek safety during Thai school shooting – video | Thailand
Students at a school in Thailand have described hearing gunshots from another building during a shooting on Friday morning. The attack in the Bang Kruai district of Nonthaburi province was…