bbc.com At least 12 people have been killed in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, after firebomb was thrown into a restaurant, reports say.

bangkokpost.com Fire gutted a Bangkok nightclub, Shock 39, popular with foreign tourists and expats, but caused only one injury.

nationmultimedia.com Former national police chief Somyot Poompanmoung declared his candidature for the presidency of the Football Association of Thailand, with the simple election slogan ''Fair.''

khaosodenglish.com The New York Times complained of the ''regrettable'' lack of press freedom in Thailand today after the Bangkok publisher of its international version refused to run an article deemed too sensitive for the second time this week.

smh.com.au Jetstar's procedures for calculating the weight of its aircraft are under review by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau after two of its planes took off with more passengers than had been expected by the pilots in October.

bangkokpost.com About 140 passengers of a Bangkok-bound aircraft operated by Nok Air were transferred to other flights on Thursday after a flat tyre prevented take off in Ubon Rachathani.


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nationmultimedia.com Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan will today hold an urgent meeting with 41 airlines to ensure that they follow international aviation-safety standards after the downgrade by the US agency.

bangkokpost.com Thai authorities claim Turkey is holding Wanna Suansan and her husband, who allegedly helped to set up the Erawan shrine bombing and then fled.

nationmultimedia.com Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha expressed concern over the public criticism of US Ambassador to Thailand Glyn T Davies after pictures of him with red-shirt leaders went viral on social media.



nationmultimedia.com An international conference in Bangkok on Friday will likely touch on the issue of Rohingya refugees, ethnic Muslims from Myanmar who face persecution, and the crisis that left thousands of them stranded at sea earlier this year.

smh.com.au It is true that Muslims in Rakhine State, some of whom identify as Rohingya, are certainly among the worst off and these communities have faced large-scale displacement and marginalisation. The humanitarian crisis is severe.



Phuket Upate Dive operators on Phuket will be required to ensure that every tourist diver has a medical certificate approving them to dive as part of new safety measures to be rolled out after the death of Chinese tourist Lin Zhang north of Phuket at the weekend.

Phuket Update A road-raging minivan driver apparently waving a long knife at the driver of a pickup truck on Thepkrasattri Road on a video clip is to be called in for questioning by Phuket's Land Transport Department.

theguardian.com South Africa's supreme court of appeal has found Oscar Pistorius guilty of murder, marking another dramatic day in a case that has gripped the world from the moment news first broke of Reeva Steenkamp's death.

bbc.com US Defense Secretary Ash Carter has announced that all combat roles in the US military will be opened to women. ''America's force of the future,'' Mr Carter said, must be able to benefit from the ''broadest possible pool of talent''.

nytimes.com More than how to stop growth, the main question brought out by climate change is how to fully develop and deploy sustainable energy technologies - in a nutshell, to help the world's poor, and everybody else, onto a path to progress that doesn't rely on burning buried carbon.

trbusiness.com The King Power International Group (KPIG) opened its latest new large downtown duty free store in Phuket, bringing the country's sole duty free retailer's number of downtown duty free shops in Thailand to four.

intoday.in Niche bike maker Royal Enfield on December 1 announced entry into the Thailand market as part of its strategy to expand operations in the international markets.

traveldailynews.asia Diethelm Travel Thailand announced the launch of a collaboration with Banyan Tree Hotels and Resorts at International Luxury Travel Market (ILTM) in Cannes. Known as Diethelm Preferred with Banyan Tree Hotels and Resorts, the new partnership offers Diethelm Travel clients unmatched access to stay at some of Banyan Tree's premium properties in Thailand while experiencing intriguing tours and excursions from Diethelm Travel.

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bangkokpost.com The Asean region is looking to become a haze-free zone by 2020, but reducing forest fires and fossil-fuel use causing the regional problem will take time, said Southeast Asian officials meeting on the sidelines of the international conference on climate change in Paris.



afp Several senior FIFA officials from the past or present were among 16 more people indicted by US authorities as the corruption scandal rocking football's governing body widened.



November 29 Phuket King's Cup Regatta

December 5 HM The King's Birthday

December 26 Tsunami memorial ceremonies



January 7-10 Phuket International Boat Show