AP Tunisian state TV reports that at least 27 people have been killed including foreign nationals after two gunmen opened fire on a beach near two hotels in the coastal resort city of Sousse.

reuters A decapitated body covered in Arabic writing was found at a US gas company in southeast France on Friday, police sources and French media said, after an assailant rammed a car into the premises, triggering an explosion.

cbc.ca French taxi drivers blocked entrances to airports and disrupted traffic in a nationwide protest against ride-hailing service Uber. The protesters blocked access to Paris's Charles de Gaulle and Orly airports, as well as key train stations, forcing many frustrated travellers to find alternative means of transportation.

Twitter/Courtney Love Cobain they've ambushed our car and are holding our driver hostage. they're beating the cars with metal bats. this is France?? I'm safer in Baghdad

reuters Police forced a rights group to cancel the launch of a report alleging Vietnam's persecution of an ethnic minority on Friday, saying it could harm relations between the Southeast Asian neighbors.

Full story here
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/605160/police-cancel-vietnam-human-rights-event-at-fcct

ndtv.com Investigators searching remote farmland in Ireland for a former monk murdered and secretly buried by the IRA 43 years ago have found two bodies.


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bangkokpost.com It's business-as-usual for THAI to its 12 European destinations after EU aviation authorities left it off a list of substandard airlines.

walesonline.co.uk The mother of a mentally unstable man told an inquest their family was ''let down by police'' and the Foreign Office who she said, despite their pleas, failed to prevent him boarding a flight to Thailand where he later drowned. Sebastian Robert Palin, 31, had been suffering with bipolar affective disorder but had stopped taking his medication when he flew to Phuket in February.

Full story here
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/mothers-anguish-over-sons-drowning-9527350

Phuket Update Sebastian Palin's mother told the inquest: ''The problem is in a country like Thailand, there isn't anything in place. We couldn't get any help from anybody. The British Embassy didn't step in.'' The coroner recorded an open finding on the drowning.



bangkokpost.com Key human trafficking witnesses from Padang Besar in Songkhla province have been threatened with violence if they continue to cooperate with investigations. Many assets held by suspects, and sought by the Anti-Money Laundering Office, have been moved by accomplices.

Full story here
http://bangkokpost.com/news/general/604544/human-trafficking-witnesses-threatened

themalaysianinsider.com One of the two boats used to smuggle more than 1000 Bangladeshi and Rohingya refugees from Burma (Myanmar) to Langkawi last month was owned by a local man, said police: ''It (the boat) is registered in the name of a Malaysian who is now under police custody.''

afp The US voiced concern about ''significant human rights problems'' in Myanmar, shining a light notably on persistent abuses against the minority Rohingya Muslims.



kare11.com One of the best defensive football players ever to play at Eden Prairie and the University of North Dakota is dead at age 36 after a motorcycle crash in Thailand. Teacher and father of two Travis O'Neel was hit head-on by a truck in Bangkok. He was strong enough to hang on for several days, but didn't survive.

scmp.com China has decided against a much-hyped plan to build a high-speed railway running through Thailand, and instead opted for a medium-speed alternative.

bangkokpost.com Labor groups today plan to march to Government House to demand a 20 percent hike in minimum wages for blue-collar workers to be applied nationwide.

independent.ie Actor Patrick Macnee, who was best known for playing agent John Steed in the 1960s TV series The Avengers, has died at the age of 93. He died of natural causes at his home in California with his family at his bedside, according to his son, Rupert.

nationmultimedia.com The Thai Journalists Association issued a statement in response to Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha's accusation that the media took ''an order'' to attack the government for money. Manop Thip-osod, the TJA's vice president for press freedom and media reform, labelled Prayuth's remark groundless and unfair.

Phuket Update It was reported earlier this year that the company behind Phuket Fantasea, Safari World Plc, planned to spend 1.35 billion baht developing land adjacent to Phuket Fantasea in Kamala for a new attraction and facilities. However, the plans have been dismissed by a company representative.

news.com.au Melbourne residents can expect to save on flights to Bangkok, Singapore and Phuket and Brisbanites headed for Bali are in line for significant savings of up to 27 percent.

deadlinenews.co.uk An eight-night holiday to Phuket staying at Amari Phuket on a B&B basis is available from 1995 pounds per family of three - a saving of up to 703 pounds. The two-bedroom suites come with a fully equipped kitchen, separate living and dining area, and floor-to-ceiling windows with views over the sparkling blue waters of Patong Bay.

theguardian.com Titty might be turning into Tatty in the BBC's forthcoming adaptation of Swallows and Amazons, but the publisher of Arthur Ransome's classic children's story has vowed that despite the apparent sensitivity of modern ears, it will never interfere with his original text.



asiaone.com The 'body language' of Burma (Myanmar) resembles that of a trigger happy gunslinger who comes to town with a bad attitude. Bangladesh's good intentions and practice of abiding by the diplomatic niceties should be reciprocated by Myanmar if it believes in peaceful coexistence.

Try Phuketwan's Asean Today daily:
http://phuketwan.com/tourism/asean-today-police-raids-aussie-corruption-probe-16b-vietnam-airport-burma-sin-spin-22717/



Phuket Update First Division Phuket FC narrowly won 6-5 win over Second Division Assumption Utd in the second round of the Thai FA Cup Surakul Stadium. Phuket FC take on top side Police Utd at home in Phuket City on Sunday.

bbc.com Bernie Ecclestone should step down as Formula 1 supremo, says BBC chief F1 pundit Eddie Jordan. Jordan believes the 84-year-old, who has been in charge since 1978, should allow ''somebody radical'' to take over.



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