Bangkok a stopover for Aust IS recruit
THAI security officials are monitoring the movements of alleged IS recruits using Bangkok to transit to Syria and Iraq, including Australians.
THAI national security officials are increasingly concerned over Islamic State's growing influence in South East Asia, confirming one Australian recently travelling through Bangkok on his way to Syria.
THAI General Aksara Kerdpol, overseeing peace talks with Muslim separatists in Southern Thailand, said Thai security agencies were monitoring jihadists in the region who travelled through Thailand to the Middle East.
Aussie mum suspected murdered overseas
Australian Federal Police officers travelled to Bangladesh amid a probe into the suspected murder of a young Queensland mother.
‘Monster’: Minister lashes Russia’s Putin
A senior minister has lashed Vladimir Putin, calling the Russian President an “immoral monster” as Labor mulls deploying peacekeepers to Ukraine.
Deadly disease detected in two major cities
Health officials have issued warnings after the same highly infectious disease was detected in two major cities, with exposure sites including hospitals, shopping centres and airports.