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Israel's Knesset votes 92–10 to ban the UNRWA from operating within Israel and the State of Palestine.
2024-10-28

Pro-democracy protests resume in Thailand despite COVID-19 restrictions. Protesters demand the resignation of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha over his alleged mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand and other issues such as monarchy and government reforms.
2021-06-24

The United Nations General Assembly approves a resolution sponsored by Cuba, Egypt, Kuwait, Morocco, Nicaragua, Oman, Qatar, and Palestine condemning Israeli forces' use of violence against Palestinians. 139 nations voted in favor of the resolution and nine voted against: Australia, Canada, Guatemala, Hungary, Israel, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, and the United States.
2020-11-5

A collision between a bus and a train kills 20 people and injures another in Thailand.
2020-10-11

Thai Army Chief Apirat Kongsompong and his Indonesian counterpart Andika Perkasa sign an intelligence-sharing agreement aimed at combating the insurgency in Thailand’s southern provinces.
2020-01-14

The foreign ministers of Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand meet in Kuala Lumpur to discuss people smuggling and the migrant crisis. Malaysia and Indonesia agree to accept asylum seekers providing that they can be resettled or repatriated within a year.
2015-05-20

In Thailand, there are thousands of protesters in Bangkok. The opposition Democrat Party resigns en masse.
2013-12-10

The 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly approves to upgrade Palestine's status from an "observer" to an "observer state", with 138 voting in favor, 9 against and 41 abstaining.
2012-11-29

Richard Falk, a UN human rights rapporteur, issues a report to the United Nations General Assembly saying continued settlement construction would probably make Israel's occupation of Palestinian land irreversible and that said the UN, the US and Israel had failed to uphold the rights of Palestinians.
2010-10-23

Five Thai policemen are charged with murder over the disappearance of a Saudi businessman 20 years ago that was linked to the theft of Saudi royal jewellery.
2010-01-12