afp Indonesian Julaikah Noor Ellis, 45, who ordered the contract killing of her British husband Robert, 60, was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years in prison.

wsj.com A suicide bomber blew himself up Wednesday at the ancient Egyptian temple of Karnak in Luxor, a southern city frequented by millions of foreign and Egyptian tourists every year, security officials said.

news.sky.com It is the first attack on a tourist attraction in Luxor since 1997, when Islamic militants killed 58 people after opening fire on tourists at the city's 3400-year-old Hatshepsut Temple.

bbc.com After spending 43 years in solitary confinement, a US judge has ordered Albert Woodfox, one of the so-called Angola Three, to be let out of prison. The Louisiana Attorney General asked the court to block his release and they have temporarily done so until at least Friday.


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afp Foreigners caught illegally gambling online face being blacklisted from re-entering Thailand under tough new measures, the spokesman for the Royal Thai Police (RTP) said.

nationmultimedia.com Police are considering legal action against people who post the location of checkpoints for street racers on their social network pages, as they would be accessories to such offences.

afp The Pakistani Taliban urged Muslims in Myanmar (Burma) to rise up and fight the country's rulers, saying the Taliban's resources and training facilities were available to help them ''take up the sword''.



smh.com.au Australian officials paid thousands of dollars to the captain and crew of a boat carrying asylum seekers, who were then returned to Indonesia, according to passengers and an Indonesian police chief.

bangkokpost.com As police delay the prosecution of human trafficking suspects, a prominent Islamic studies expert says it is high time Asean put heavy heat on Myanmar.

theguardian.com As many as one in 10 of all Rohingya in Burma have fled by boat, making a dangerous voyage with human smugglers who have left them trapped at sea for weeks or forced them into secret jungle camps. Burma has denied that persecution is the cause.



Krabi Update Three young Western women have been caught on camera apparently high on laughing gas on the holiday island of Phi Phi in Krabi. Their pictures have been widely shared on Facebook and other social networks, several news website reported. Locals are now heatedly debating whether nitrous oxide should be banned.

news.com.au WARNING: Disturbing content. Brawlmart: Two women have been caught on video fighting each other in a supermarket aisle - with a young boy joining in.

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scmp.com Mainland Chinese authorities have not issued any travel alert for South Korea over the Middle East respiratory syndrome (Mers) outbreak as they are confident of their robust epidemic control system, experts say. Even as Hong Kong and Taiwan issued alerts advising people to avoid visiting South Korea - where 95 Mers cases have been reported and seven have died - authorities on the mainland have not followed.

bangkokpost.com Pakmeng port in Trang will be upgraded to accommodate the increasing numbers of tourists visiting islands in the Andaman Sea, a Marine Department official said. Construction will begin next financial year.

reuters A court sentenced 11 men to death for their part in Egypt's worst violence at a soccer stadium, in which more than 70 fans were killed in 2012.

theguardian.com Ahmet Davutoglu, the Turkish prime minister, resigned on Tuesday following Sunday's parliamentary election but is to remain until a new government is formed, according to a statement from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's office.

afp Spanish police said they had dismantled a trafficking ring they said used voodoo rituals - including animal sacrifice - to force Nigerian women into prostitution in Spain. Six traffickers were arrested and four of the victims freed, police said in a statement.

bangkokpost.com A dozen passengers were injured, two seriously, when their air-conditioned bus smashed through a fence and into a concrete pillar at Don Muang airport in Bangkok. The accident happened in steady rain about 3am.

nationmultimedia.com The Tourism and Sports Ministry is pressing ahead with the ''Asean Connectivity Project'' under which Thailand aims to improve linkage with neighboring countries to boost arrivals from Asean markets as well as from those outside the region.

traveller.com.au SERVICE Delightful. Thailand's low-cost carriers seem to be in competition to hire the prettiest, lithest young Thai women as cabin stewards. Immaculately groomed in their sunny yellow dresses, the all-female crew appeared to be having a great time as they fussed over kids, handed out water and posed for happy snaps.

telegraph.co.uk The HSBC name will disappear from Britain's high streets once the UK's largest bank has completed the work of ring-fencing its customer-facing business under new rules.

nationmultimedia.com Take advantage of Trisara Phuket's Summer Offer package and enjoy 35-percent off the regular rate for an Ocean View Pool Room with no minimum stay requirement.



AP The Indian army has attacked insurgent groups along its border with Burma days after the rebels killed 18 Indian soldiers in an ambush in the insurgency-wracked remote north-east, a top army officer said.

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afp Argentinian sports marketing executive Alejandro Burzaco, who has been indicted by US authorities in the Fifa corruption scandal, turned himself into police in Italy.

bbc.com England made a sensational start to their new era of one-day internationals by striking their highest ever score in a 210-run thrashing of New Zealand. Eoin Morgan's side hammered 408-9 at Edgbaston, surpassing the 391-4 made against Bangladesh in 2005.



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