THE HAGUE - Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb military chief dubbed the "Butcher of Bosnia" for his role in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, has died, Serbian state broadcaster RTS reported on Thursday.
TEHRAN - Iran's top diplomat met his Qatari counterpart on Thursday in Tehran for talks on the strategic Strait of Hormuz, as a US naval blockade squeezes oil supplies to Iran amid a domestic shortfall.
Sa Kaeo: Police launched a hunt on Thursday for a robber who used explosives to make off with gold goods from a shop in a Lotus's superstore located in tambon Banmai Nongsai of Aranya Prathet district.
The Thai government is not planning to impose a gold tax soon, the country's Gold Traders Association said on Thursday, after a meeting that the Ministry of Finance had said would include discussion on a tax.
BIDUR (NEPAL) - Survivors from Nepal's flood-ravaged districts, some on stretchers, others supported by the shoulders, being airlifted to safety on Thursday from the town of Bidur, spoke of the devastation that hit their community.




