Fake building permit racket uncovered on Koh Samui
SURAT THANI - Authorities on Koh Samui are widening an investigation into construction permit forgery involving at least 10 projects and potentially involving both municipal staff and outsiders.  

Iran threatens Middle East infrastructure after Trump ultimatum
TEHRAN - Iran threatened on Sunday to attack key infrastructure across the Middle East if US President Donald Trump follows through on his vow to "obliterate" the Islamic republic's power plants unless the Strait of Hormuz swiftly reopens.

Travel warning: meningococcal disease reported in UK
The Department of Disease Control has warned Thais travelling to the UK that an outbreak of meningococcal disease, a rare and severe bacterial infection, has been reported in students at schools and universities in England.

Diesel shortages hit provinces, pumps dry
Fuel shortages, particularly diesel, have intensified across several provinces, with long queues forming at petrol stations, supplies running out within hours and motorists left waiting without certainty of refuelling.  

Trump threatens to put ICE agents in airports over funding impasse
U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday (March 21) threatened to deploy federal immigration agents to U.S. airports if congressional Democrats do not immediately agree to fund airport safety. - REUTERS

Cuba refuses to negotiate president's term in talks with U.S.
Cuba on Friday rejected any suggestion that its political system or the term of its president were subject to negotiation in talks with the United States, following reports that Washington sought to remove Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel from power. - REUTERS

Turkey's Kurds take part in Nowruz celebrations
Thousands of people in Turkey's Kurdish-majority Diyarbakir province gathered on Saturday (March 21) to celebrate Nowruz, the Persian New Year. - REUTERS

Naples' residents fear shortcuts, being pushed out by America's Cup
Naples' long‑polluted shoreline is transforming to host next year's America's Cup, leaving residents, activists, and small business owners fearing environmental shortcuts and a future of luxury marinas. - REUTERS

SAO details structural failures that caused tower's collapse
A year after its new headquarters tower crumpled during an earthquake, the State Audit Office (SAO) has outlined four critical structural and construction failures that led to the collapse.  

Musk plans Tesla, SpaceX, xAI chip making lab in Texas
NEW YORK  -- Elon Musk says his Terafab project - a grand plan to eventually manufacture his own chips for robotics, artificial intelligence and space data centres - will be built in Austin and jointly run by Tesla and SpaceX.