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Moroccan and Algerian delegates brawl at TICAD meeting in Japan
Footage shows the Moroccan representative, seen wearing a brown suit, leaping onto the conference table to remove a name card in front of Ambassador Lamine Baali of the Sahrawi Republic to the African Union, who gatecrashed the meeting on August 23.
Rescue teams use sniffer dogs in search for survivors trapped in train tunnel collapse in Thailand
Officials deployed the K-9 unit to the underground railway project under construction in Nakhon Ratchasima province on August 26.
Incredible replica model of Bangkok amazes locals
Footage shows the awesome mini city, complete with Bangkok's skyscrapers, parks, and neighbourhoods.
Air pollution linked to 135 million premature deaths, researchers claim
Researchers at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University (NTU) said high levels of particulate matter 2.5 (PM 2.5) from man-made emissions and other sources like wildfires were associated with early deaths caused by stroke, heart and lung disease, and cancer, from 1980 to 2020.
Thai husband dismembers wife and scatters her body parts on street
Sommai Sriprom, 59, was said to have butchered his spouse Chinda, 59, before tossing out her severed head, leg, and torso out of their home in Chiang Rai province, Thailand, in the early hours of August 26.
River bursts banks causing heavy floods in central Thailand
Footage shows torrents gushing over a six-foot-high concrete fence surrounding the Yom River in Sukhothai province on August 25.
Heavy flood swamps dozens of homes in southern Thailand
More than 10 houses and homes in low-lying areas were inundated in floods reaching up to 31 inches high on Koh Libong island in Trang province on August 24.
Japanese driver killed and two Thais injured in horror highway car crash
Police Lieutenant Colonel Phudecha Chueman of the Khao Din Highway Police Station said the traffic accident happened on the Bangkok-inbound side of a motorway in Chonburi province early morning on August 25.
Dancer falls from stage and 'dies from overfatigue' after performing at beauty pageant
Jaylord Gabor, 20, nicknamed 'Juala', and her troupe performed their intermission number at the 'Enchantress of Inayawan 2024' beauty pageant in Cebu City, Cebu province, in the Philippines, on August 21.
Cult followers clash with police while protecting FBI-wanted leader hiding in underground bunker
More than 2,000 cops were deployed to arrest the controversial preacher Apollo Quiboloy, 74, at his vast 30-hectare estate which houses his alleged harem of sex slaves in Davao City, the Philippines, on August 24.
Chinese Coast Guard vessel 'threatens Filipino ship with water cannon' amid South China Sea dispute
Footage shows China Coast Guard 5205 appearing to aim its water cannon at the Philippine Coast Guard's (PCG) BRP Cape Engano that was delivering supplies to another Philippine ship on patrol in Escoda Shoal, just 75 nautical miles off the Philippine island of Palawan, on August 26.
Drunk British tourist, 32, arrested for 'destroying Hindu sacred monument' in Bali
Jack William Sinnott, 32, from England, allegedly forgot the pin code to his villa's metal gate smart lock in the early morning hours of August 19 after a night of partying with friends in Bali.
Police stop driver with items piled on top of car in Cambodia
The scrap metal was sitting on top the vehicle, held together precariously with tangles of rope. It was almost four times as high as the grey Toyota.
Polish tourist stabbed by Thai driver in the neck with screwdriver in road rage incident
Dobrzynski Slawomir, 58, was overpowering the unnamed motorcycle driver in a fistfight when the native pulled out a screwdriver and plunged it into the holidaymaker's neck in Pattaya, Thailand, on August 20.
Russian couple among the 13 killed by landslide in Phuket
Evgeny Baturin, 38, and Ekaterina Zabavskaya, 36, were killed in the natural disaster at Soi Patak 2 in Phuket following heavy rain on August 23.
Police arrest Thai admin 'handling secret porn channel on Russian social media'
Chaiwat, 34, also known by the pseudonym 'Satoshi Nakatomo' online, reportedly charged people 300 baht (6.69 GBP) a year to join his adult group 'Sexflix VIP 2' on the Russian website VK.
Railway tunnel collapses in northeast Thailand leaving three trapped inside
The structure was being built by a Chinese first that allegedly hired cheap Burmese laborers before the catastrophe in Nakhon Ratchasima on Saturday evening, August 24, shortly before midnight.
China PLA Air Force drops flares into path of Filipino aircraft anew
Footage shows the People's Liberation Army Air Force fighter jet deploying flares while a Filipino Bureau of Fisheries Cessna 208B Grand Caravan patrolled behind on August 19.
China Coast Guard boat rams Filipino boat in Escoda Shoal
Footage shows the Chinese vessel with bow number 21551 tailing behind BFAR's BRP Datu Sanday before colliding on its side in Escoda Shoal on August 25.
China Coast Guard sprays water cannon on Filipino ship
Footage shows powerful pressure of water pouring outside a Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) BRP Datu Sanday vessel in Escoda Shoal on August 25.
