https://aseannow.com/rss/44-thailand-news.xml/National and regional news from all around Thailandenhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cglpp2yk336o Iran says some progress has been reached in talks with the US, but a deal "is not imminent". Foreign ministry spokesman Esmail Baqai's remarks came after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said an agreement could possibly be reached on Monday. "It is correct to say that we have reached a conclusion on a large portion of the issues under discussion," Baqai said in Tehran on Monday. "But to say that this means the signing of an agreement is imminent - no-one can make such a claim."Tue, 26 May 2026 07:20:38 +0000It's not the BIB's it's the criminal element, they don't use envelopes.Tue, 26 May 2026 07:20:34 +0000Tue, 26 May 2026 07:20:07 +0000AIPAC really needs to register under the foreign agents registration act, its ridiculous what they get away with.Tue, 26 May 2026 07:19:36 +0000No delivery, I have to collect and it takes 2 or 3 days from order to be able to collect.Tue, 26 May 2026 07:17:57 +0000I'm assuming that you mean "It's the number of days staying as a tourist without a visa they're limiting, not the number of VE entries." If you get a SETV for each trip (or a METV) then that 120 day restriction doesn't apply....as I understand it.Tue, 26 May 2026 07:17:30 +0000How long is the physio required after surgery? Lots of Air BnB choices in Bangkok. How old are you? Will you have help? Sheryl, no good choices in public hospitals?Tue, 26 May 2026 07:16:35 +0000I’m waiting for Tuesday morning in the USA when fat Donnie will inevitably make another TACO announcement.Tue, 26 May 2026 07:16:34 +0000That's low, even for this board.Tue, 26 May 2026 07:16:30 +0000I will go to Wattana for a quote. Maybe a costly exercise that's probably what the guy in the first repair shop mean't as his English was very average.Tue, 26 May 2026 07:16:23 +0000Tue, 26 May 2026 07:15:47 +0000Any opinion you receive with be totally worthless, as long as you are unable to recount the exact model number of your laptop. Think about it, would you expect an accurate reply from anyone, if you asked how much to replace an engine for your Toyota/Ford/Mercedes...?Tue, 26 May 2026 07:14:42 +0000No problem with that 🤣Tue, 26 May 2026 07:13:27 +0000Very very well said. And I admire your patience of explaining it all to him for the umpteenth time. But it'll change nothing, the same boring "two tier" cliches will be back in the next post, as will his hand wringing about white people being oppressed.Tue, 26 May 2026 07:13:20 +00004.3% is sure lowball. Half and Half is between 10.5% and 18% milk fatTue, 26 May 2026 07:13:09 +0000It seems the victim got what the punter expected; a nasty gash.Tue, 26 May 2026 07:13:04 +0000And in many cases nationality. The government picks up hapless Indians for an overstay using cameras and AI whilst the dregs of foreign societies roam about at will causing inconvenience and in this case irreparable harm to the local populace. Life is weird. You can do everything right and still get taken out by the lowest common denominator.Tue, 26 May 2026 07:12:56 +0000Indeed.... I was going by my records and I didn't visit 2021 and 2022 because of the stupid restrictions so yes, Feb 2023 and Feb 2024 I needed a visa but not in 2025-2026. But that only emphasises that the "free" 60 days was only ever intended to be temporary. Perhaps that's why the 60 day tourist visa never changed. People thought it illogical at the time - now we know!Tue, 26 May 2026 07:11:45 +0000I suggest that you're a sex advisor, so I'll seek your f**king advice when I require it.Tue, 26 May 2026 07:09:58 +0000For heavens sake ! Just pay up, and don't come back.Tue, 26 May 2026 07:09:53 +0000Finally, someone with dignitas, decorum and respect who has no vested interests and is thus not constrained from speaking out. Anybody who's not worried about AI in all its far-reaching manifestations is a fool. Hint: AI is about billionaires wanting to be trillionaires. How do you become a trillionaire without slaves? Ready to sign up yet???Tue, 26 May 2026 07:08:02 +0000This is news worthy? An 80 Baht portion of a disputed bill not paid? Geez, slow day on Phuket? That Thai suggestion to pre pay for meals is a right hoot. Pay up front and take whatever you're given. No thanks.Tue, 26 May 2026 07:07:46 +0000Couldn't possibly be for making 'security' rounds, and or earned income for some other service, other than protection money. Protection money would be in an envelope, incognito, and they wouldn't need to count it, let alone in public view. It wouldn't be theirs, as they'd just be picking up for someone further up the ladder. Stop being sillyTue, 26 May 2026 07:06:53 +0000Straw man fallacy And the fact this is just sensationalist nonsense doesn't surprise me - 'why not help the Sikh guy kill the white kid - Really? Really? As you are no doubt aware but conventiently forget to mention, the two brothers involved did not "walk free" but rather faced a hung jury . The jury failed to reach verdicts on charges but Mohammed Amaaz was found guilty at a previous trial in 2025 of assaulting a member of the public and two female police officers. He has been remanded in custody, awaiting sentencing and although Muhammad Amaad was discharged without a verdict in the latest trial, he still remains on bail with further legal steps to be determined by the CPS whether they intend to pursue a third trial. Still cra**ing on about this one I see despite it being over 2 years old. As the learned man you undoubtedly are, you will be no doubt aware Jones was suspended from his political party and arrested by the Met on suspicion of encouraging murder - so in other words he faced the exact same justice system as your beloved Lucy Connely. The BIG difference of course is he pleaded not guilty AND A JURY OF HIS PEERS agreed with him. You continue to try to push this narrative of a 2-tier system or that it's directly Starmers fault or the justice system is somehow 'broken' but you always conveniently forget that the justice system is in fact the same for everyone. Jones was arrested by the police exactly the same as Connely, Amaaz and Amaad - all of their offences were deemed suitable for trial by the Crown Prosecution Service and they were all given the chance to defend themselves in a court of law. It's no-one elses fault that Connely was stupid enough to plead guilty and therefore made prosecution and sentencing a foregone conclusion (and yes, once again, we all know you thoughts on this so please don't bore us again). So if all of that is the same then it must come down to something else surely? Now I wander what that can be? Lets look at the clues (let's take you back to the scene of the crime so to say) - if it's not the police and it's not the CPS and it's not the courts and judges don't get to decide a verdict then I wonder what on earth it can be? What part of the whole system can perhaps prove very random and prone to individual thoughts and feeling? Couldn't have something to do with the 12 random people that are cobbled together and asked for their thoughts on the whole matter and who (as with Amaaz and Amaad) can sometimes not even make up their mind. So what's it to be Jonny? There are proposals to do away with jury trials in many cases in the UK (which I remember you being against) and just having magistrates but since that's the system we currently have then I'm afraid that's what we have to live with. We all know it's not perfect but we also know it;s got nothing to do with '2-tier this' and '2-tier that' and certainly nothing to do with Starmer who you try to blame for literally everything. You have zero objectivity, zero balance and therefore zero clue.Tue, 26 May 2026 07:05:38 +0000https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/26/us-strikes-iran-missile-sites-vessels-trump-peace-deal-elusive US strikes Iran missile sites and mine laying vessels as Trump’s promised peace deal remains elusiveNegotiators from Iran travelled to Qatar on Monday, with the fate of the country’s nuclear programme and access to frozen assets under discussionTue, 26 May 2026 07:05:00 +0000