news.sky.com The government has raised Britain's terror threat level from substantial to severe because of the threat from militant groups in the Middle East.

bangkokpost.com Pol Lt Gen Panya Mamen, commissioner of Provincial Police Region 8, said that police, the Revenue Department and Anti-Money Laundering Office (Amlo) officers were in the process of examining documents and evidence related to fugitive former Patong mayor Pian Keesin and his son Prab.


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nytimes.com Malaysia Airlines will cut 6000 jobs, or about 30 percent of its work force, and receive a bailout from the Malaysian government amounting to nearly $2 billion, according to a restructuring plan.

news.com.au ''The full financial impact of the double tragedies of MH370 and MH17 is expected to hit Malaysia Airlines in the second half of the year, where we saw a sharp decline in average weekly bookings by 33 percent immediately after the MH17 incident, with numerous flights cancelled,'' a report said.

theguardian.com A Burmese beauty queen who was stripped of her title for allegedly being rude and dishonest has run off with the $100,000 jewelled crown from a South Korea-based pageant, according to organisers. May Myat Noe is said to have vanished from the competition after officials were adamant that she have breast enhancement surgery.

asiancorrespondent.com Her picture was blacked out on the organisation's website and replaced with the word ''dethroned''. Burma, which only recently emerged from a half-century of military rule, started participating in international beauty pageants again in 2012.

bangkokpost.com Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha eases concerns over putting some generals in his cabinet by promising that he won't play favorites. Anyone who fails to perform will have a short career, he vowed.

cnn.com Russian advances in Ukraine mean diplomacy has failed and the world is heading for an era of confrontation, a regional experts says.



washingtonpost.com As the Ebola outbreak spread to a fifth African country, researchers announced that the experimental drug pressed into emergency use in recent weeks had cured a group of 18 monkeys of the deadly disease, including some that didn't receive the treatment for five days after they were injected with the virus.



nbcnews.com A volcanic eruption in Papua New Guinea sent smoke and ash spewing high over the South Pacific island nation, leading some aircraft to alter their flight paths. Mount Tavurvur on East New Britain Island erupted, a bulletin from the Rabaul Volcanological Observatory said.

nationmultimedia.com ''I want everyone in the country to look at the country first and not pay much attention to individuals,'' Prime Minister General Prayuth Chan-ocha said in his regular weekly 'Returning Happiness to the People' television broadcast.

wsj.com Thailand's industrial production activity fell for the 16th consecutive month in July, government data showed - a decline driven by falling auto production and sluggish export growth.

bangkokpost.com Police and the military raided the home and offices of a former Patong mayor and his son, explaining to the ex-mayor's wife that they suspect her men of being ''the biggest mafia in Phuket''.

nationmultimedia.com Rakhine's new chief minister, General Maung Maung Ohn, will not meet or hold discussions with people who describe themselves as Rohingya because that ethnic group does not exist in Burma (Myanmar), he told city elders and reporters during a meeting in Sittwe, the state's capital.

eturbonews.com Centara Hotels & Resorts, Thailand's leading operator of hotels, has joined the Fin Free Thailand campaign to stop the serving of shark fin dishes. Centara hotels in Pattaya have been the first to end the serving of shark fin, with others in the group following later this year.

thetimes.co.uk David Cameron is preparing new anti-terrorism measures after the British government raised the official threat level to ''severe,'' with the chance of an attack on UK soil now highly likely.

scmp.com Japan's government has requested a record defence budget and is also seeking a big increase in spending on diplomacy to counter the growing influence of China.

bangkokpost.com Duty-free retailer King Power Group has admitted this year's revenue is likely to miss the target of 60 billion baht due to the country's political problems.

zdnet.com Apple sent out invites to the media confirming the (previously rumored) event on September 9. We're expecting to see for the first time the new smartphone.



bbc.co.uk Burma's (Myanmar's) first census in more than 30 years has revealed that the country has 9 million fewer people than it thought. Figures released from a census conducted in March and April says the population is just 51 million.

nzherald.co.nz Indonesian police have charged the boyfriend of convicted Australian drug smuggler Schapelle Corby after they allegedly caught him carrying drugs. Police claim Ben Panangian had marijuana on him when they searched him on a Bali street on August 20.

irrawaddy.org For the first time in more than half a century, a class of women military cadets has graduated from Burma's Defense Services Academy.

Burmese soldiers from Marawaddy (Sommonia Village) destroyed Rohingya-owned betel farms on August 24 in Rakine State's Maungdaw south area, said one of the betel farmers who preferred to remain anonymous.

wsj.com Tiny yet rich, ruthlessly efficient but sterile. Singapore evokes plenty of stereotypes for travelers - many true, to an extent. But this island city-state is also an accessible and rewarding destination.

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afp The US Open women's draw was blown open as world number two Simona Halep, sixth seed Angelique Kerber and two-time champion Venus Williams tumbled out of the third round.

afp Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal admits he must deliver Champions League football to Old Trafford next season before he can turn his attention to winning silverware.

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