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In Bangkok's well-known Chatuchak neighborhood, a pub caught fire, leaving eight badly injured and at least 27 dead. When firefighters arrived on the scene just after midnight on Monday, they saw customers escaping through the venue's front door, which was engulfed in flames. Witnesses claim that the fire quickly spread after starting close to the bar's stage. People can be seen fleeing the bar, some of them screaming and toppling over, as flames shoot out of it in video that was uploaded on X. Such situations have happened in Thailand before. Official pledges to strengthen electrical and fire safety regulations in the wake of past mishaps are still frequently not upheld. Around 23:30 local time, a passing car apparently noticed the facility on fire, prompting firefighters to arrive at the scene just after midnight. He told the Daily News, a local news station, that in order to help two people escape, he jumped out of his car and smashed windows. Prime Minister Anutin C...

According to a U.S. official, a few strikes were carried out on paramilitary Revolutionary Guard boats and missile and air defense systems at a few places to further weaken Iran's capacity to target commercial vessels. Another series of strikes against Iran has been initiated, according to the U.S. military, "to degrade their ability to attack commercial ships freely transiting the Strait of Hormuz." The military launched operations on Sunday morning in retaliation for an Iranian strike on a container ship in the vital waterway the day before, which led to the strikes that occurred in Iran overnight and early on Monday, July 13, 2026. Projectiles were shot at military targets, but no one was hurt, the governor of Qeshm Island, which is close to the strait, reported Iran's state-run IRNA news agency. Additionally, explosions were heard in the northern city of Hajiabad and the seaside city of Bandar Abbas. In an effort to significantly weaken Iran's capacity to atta...

Why is Bandar Abbas being targeted? Nearly 90% of Iran's marine traffic passes through this naval and commercial port, which has become a focal point in the conflict between Iran and the United States. This is why the port city is important. Following President Donald Trump's declaration on Wednesday (July 8, 2026) that the ceasefire agreement is "over," the simmering tension between the United States and Iran has reached a new low. The United States launched a series of new strikes against Iran after Mr. Trump's statement, claiming that the country had assaulted three ships in the Strait of Hormuz. The port city of "Bandar Abbas" is caught in the hostile flashpoint between Iranian and American military attacks amid the chaos. The operations were carried out to "further degrade Iran's ability to attack commercial shipping and innocent civilian mariners" in the crucial waterway, according to a statement released by US Central Command (Centco...

According to Vance, the H-1B work visa program was initially intended to allow "a brilliant technology person, or a brilliant scientist, or a brilliant doctor" to work lawfully in the US. One of the Trump administration's largest fraud investigations to date is on the H-1B work visa program, which has long been used by US businesses to hire qualified foreign workers. US Vice President JD Vance has sent a warning to individuals he believes are abusing the system at the expense of American jobs. Vance informed the audience during a visit to the Wisconsin Air National Guard's 128th Air Refuelling Wing installation in Milwaukee on Wednesday that the Labor Department has already started issuing subpoenas and launching investigations into what he described as "foreign fraudsters" abusing the visa system. "The H-1B visa program is one of our initiatives. This demonstrates the breadth of the fraud task force. "We're fighting for your taxpayer money, b...

The Guards claimed to have used missiles and drones to attack "key infrastructure and facilities" at American bases in Juffair and Sheikh Isa in Bahrain, as well as Arifjan and Ali Al Salem in Kuwait. In a statement released by state broadcaster IRIB on Thursday, July 9, 2026, Iran's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) stated they had attacked American military installations in Bahrain and Kuwait in retaliation for recent American operations. The Guards claimed to have used drones and missiles to attack "key infrastructure and facilities" at US bases in Juffair and Sheikh Isa, Bahrain, and Arifjan and Ali Al Salem, Kuwait. Additionally, they issued a warning that if U.S. strikes were repeated, their countermeasures will spread to other bases in the region. In the meantime, oil prices increased on Thursday as the United States launched more strikes against Iran, undermining hopes for both the full reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, a chokepoint for one-fifth of the worl...

Iraq is currently hosting a funeral procession for Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, the Iranian Supreme Leader who was killed. On Wednesday, July 8, 2026, Iran's top joint military command, Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, warned that Tehran would not permit U.S. interference in the management of the Strait of Hormuz and declared that Iranian armed forces would deliver a "crushing response" after accusing the U.S. military of targeting portions of southern Iran in what it called a "blatant act of aggression." After three commercial vessels were targeted in the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. forces commenced strikes on Iran on Tuesday, July 7, 2026, according to the US military, drastically intensifying a conflict that has already rocked attempts to put an end to the conflict in West Asia. The "powerful" strikes, according to U.S. Central Command, were a reaction to Iranian attacks on ships passing through the crucial canal and would "impose heavy cost...