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Ditch ‘enemy state’ label, Japanese PM tells UN

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has called on the United Nations to scrap references to former Axis powers as “enemy states” in its Charter — a World War II-era designation that China and Russia have recently used to attack T...

Rights groups press Malaysia to stop Rohingya returns

​More than ⁠160 ⁠civil society organisations released a ​joint statement on Wednesday urging Malaysia to halt plans to deport ​Rohingya refugees to Myanmar, citing ‌severe risks of ongoing violence and forced conscription.

Miss Universe Cambodia team admits error with Thai photos

The organisers of the Miss Universe Cambodia pageant have acknowledged their use of Thai historical photographs, saying the mistake was unintentional and resulted from “insufficient verification” of the original sources.

They came, they rode, they conquered

Thailand ended a 28-year wait for an Asian Games equestrian eventing team title on Wednesday, and backed it up with a clutch of further medals in skeet shooting, badminton, weightlifting and karate at Aichi-Nagoya 2026.

Court rejects Yingluck’s appeal for rice-graft retrial

The Supreme Administrative Court has rejected an appeal by former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra to retry the case that resulted in an order for her to pay 10 billion baht for losses from a rice-pledging scheme she oversaw more than a decade ago.

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