https://aseannow.com/rss/44-thailand-news.xml/National and regional news from all around ThailandenEurovision Song Contest 2026: Follow our live coverage | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site for latest headlinesSun, 17 May 2026 02:29:13 +0000Like a 7 year old playing against LeBron James. He's lucky he didn't return on a commercial flight.Sun, 17 May 2026 02:28:56 +0000I did see that, and know that if the road is blocked the barriers are not lowered, for obvious reasons. Would you want to be hit on the head with one, or your vehicle damaged? Alarms sound and lights flash to warn drivers the barriers will be lowered, and they are SUPPOSED to stop and keep the tracks free. Video also shows plenty of other cars and people waiting, because they obeyed the warnings. The question should be why the train presumably had a green light to proceed when the barriers were not lowered.Sun, 17 May 2026 02:28:03 +0000From the linked article: But military officials acknowledge privately that winning may be a tall order. The U.S. military, they say, has done a good job of hitting targets it assigned itself, including Iranian ballistic missile launch sites, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp munitions depots and other military infrastructure placements. But Iran has regained access to most of its missile sites, launchers and underground facilities, according to U.S. intelligence agencies. Iran has also restored operational access to 30 of the 33 missile sites it maintains along the Strait of Hormuz, which could threaten American warships and oil tankers transiting the narrow waterway, The New York Times reported this week.Sun, 17 May 2026 02:27:17 +0000Yeah, and no disparagement of Indians and Nigerians.... did that crew leave the country?Sun, 17 May 2026 02:26:13 +0000Sun, 17 May 2026 02:26:07 +00003am plus 8 - 9 hours is 11am -12 noon.Sun, 17 May 2026 02:24:32 +0000There's an active sport shooting scene in Thailand (IPSC, IDPA). Very common to have more than one pistol as 'Pistol A' may be competition-legal in one category but not another. Although I doubt the bloke who put these pistols in the safety deposit box was a sports shooting aficionado.Sun, 17 May 2026 02:23:31 +0000Sun, 17 May 2026 02:22:50 +0000Maybe getting ready for WISE to become a Thai bank.Sun, 17 May 2026 02:22:28 +0000Sun, 17 May 2026 02:20:55 +0000Sun, 17 May 2026 02:20:36 +0000Fair point, but a lot is happening: movements, preparations, signals, and positioning. Meeting with Xi was a wildcard, and some things must have been said to slightly change timing. Trump isn't going to let this drag on. The below is a copy of a paywalled article in the New York TImes. Notice the subhead - top aides have drafted battle plans. https://www.business-standard.com/world-news/back-from-china-trump-faces-decision-on-whether-to-resume-strikes-on-iran-126051600277_1.html ✠ Deus Vult signals. Eagle's revenge awakens. 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 window. Dark wings over the strait. E44 shadows stir. 7 days. 18 00 / 21 00. Bandar awakens. 3.48. ✠Sun, 17 May 2026 02:19:22 +0000i don't disagreeSun, 17 May 2026 02:19:19 +0000Scams are aimed at those who are looking for a good deal, or something they already want. Millions are victims of scams and it isn't always gullible people. Look at how many are scammed here from all over.I didn't question whether this was a scam or not, and I'm guessing most didn't who might have fell for it, wanting something Trump oriented. If it does turn out to be a scam, then yes it was aimed at Americans as most people from other countries wouldn't want a Trump phone anyway.Sun, 17 May 2026 02:19:01 +0000There goes American Tax dollars again !!! no war Trump!!!!!! You Yanks are so Way foolish !!Sun, 17 May 2026 02:18:34 +0000Her conviction is hardly "a piece of important news" although its rare for non muslims to attempt beheadings, so that does make it a little more newsworthy However the mention of "neo nazi" has evidently triggered you for some reason, is this the first time one of them has been convicted ? that might explain your hysteriaSun, 17 May 2026 02:18:29 +0000Prior till around 2022, foreigners with PR could still get a permit. The core requirement was to be registered in a blue household registration book (not the yellow one). Nowadays it's Thai only, but foreigners with legally registered guns can keep them. Also nowadays (at least in Bangkok), foreigners who naturalise as Thai citizens are being turned away: if you don't have a Thai sounding name and one parent who's Thai, forget it. The guns in the locker were most likely legally registered to Thais who brought them under one of the many state-subsidised programmes to provide 'cheap' weapons to state officials: usually around half the price of a civilian sale. Those weapons have a mandatory minimum 5-year ownership period stipulated before the legal owner can sell it on. So of course there's a big incentive to say 'I lost my gun' after say 2 years (after selling it to someone off the books) and then get a new one. The 'vetting' process to become a legal owner is really just a paper exercise (at least in Bangkok). Many of the gun shops will get the permits for the purchaser, including taking your fingerprints (the Por 3 you need to be able to buy a particular gun, ie 'a semi-automatic 9mm calibre pistol' and then the Por 4 ownership permit for the specific weapon that is purchased: all this used to cost around THB 5,000). There also used to be brokers who hung out at the DOPA licensing centre in Bangkok who would offer the same service.Sun, 17 May 2026 02:18:29 +0000Sun, 17 May 2026 02:18:01 +0000Me and the wife went for a romantic walk along the cliffs yesterday and as we got to a nice secluded section with no one else in sight, she turned and looked at me and told me she wanted to do something daring and naughty! I gave her a little wink and said "You could toss me off if you like?" And that's the last thing I think I remember....Sun, 17 May 2026 02:16:52 +0000It must be so confusing for poor Donny, not knowing if he’s Putin’s bitch or Xi’s bitch.Sun, 17 May 2026 02:15:55 +0000Trump does not care about anything except himself !! its All corruption shame on you yanks !!!Sun, 17 May 2026 02:15:11 +0000Shame this forum doesn't close between sunset and sunrise for the same reason as in the small print.Sun, 17 May 2026 02:13:59 +0000The U.S. indicted Maduro as a pretext to snatching him and getting Venezuela’s oil. An indictment of Castro will serve the same purpose, as well as serving as a distraction from Trump’s catastrophic failed war with Iran and his humiliating slap-down in Beijing. He’ll do anything for a cosmetic “win”.Sun, 17 May 2026 02:13:39 +0000Ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated?Sun, 17 May 2026 02:11:59 +0000