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Chaotic scenes on the Thai Cambodia border as Cambodia says Thailand troops have broken the ceasefire and opened fire on Cambodian civilians residing in the area of Prey Chan Village, O Bei Choan Commune, O Chrov District, Banteay Meanchey Province. Pictures taken 12 November. (newsX/NF)

Cambodia Accuses Thailand Of Breaking Trump-Brokered Peace Deal In Deadly Border Clash

Post author:Michael Alfaro
Post published:November 12, 2025

Tensions have flared again along the Cambodia–Thailand border after gunfire reportedly left one Cambodian villager dead and several wounded in an incident my sources in Phnom Penh tell me violates…

Image shows the crocodile's head, undated photo. It was found in a passenger's suitcase in Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia. (Federal Customs Service/NF/newsX)

Stunned Customs Officers Find Severed Crocodile Head In Passenger’s Luggage

Post author:Joseph Golder
Post published:December 16, 2024

These images show the severed crocodile head that customs officers found in a female passenger's luggage on a flight from Thailand. The stunned customs officers in Novosibirsk, in Russia, found…

Photo shows a Duttaphrynus melanostictus, commonly called an Asian common toad, undated. A Spanish family found a toad in their suitcase after returning from a holiday in Thailand. (Agents Rurals/CEN)

Stowaway Hopped Lift From Thailand In Family’s Luggage

Post author:Marija Stojkoska
Post published:November 12, 2023

A family coming back from a dream trip to Thailand were astonished when they found a toad had hopped a lift in their suitcase. The family had been unpacking at…

Image shows an example of a long-tailed macaque using a stone tool to access food, undated photo. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in the city of Leipzig, Germany, claimed that some accidentally produced stone fragments made by macaques resemble some of the earliest hominin stone artifacts. ( Lydia V. Luncz/Newsflash)

Ancient Stone Age Human Tools Could Have Been Made By Monkeys, Says Study

Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
Post published:March 21, 2023

New research into ancient tools has revealed that cutting stones once believed to be made by early humans could actually have been the work of monkeys. Scientists from the Max…

Some of the rescued cubs named Mukda, Sawan, Kham Khong, and Kham Daen, napping, at a wildlife facility in Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand. The four tiger cubs were underweight when rescued from an animal trafficker in Nong Khai, Thailand, in November, 2022. (@DNP1362/Newsflash )

Rescued Tiger Cubs Found Underweight Now Have Round Bellies

Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
Post published:December 14, 2022

Four adorable tiger cubs that were found starving have been put on display showing well-rounded figures and tubby bellies. The adorable snaps were taken several weeks after they were found…

Photo shows dogs sniffing bags at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. A tourist from Kunming, China, was caught by sniffer dogs trying to smuggle animal carcasses into Thailand. (Department of Livestock Development/Newsflash)

Airport Customs Dogs Bust Chinese Tourist Smuggling Smoked Bats In Suitcase

Post author:Joseph Golder
Post published:November 20, 2022

A Chinese tourist has been busted smuggling smoked bats in a suitcase thanks to the acute sense of smell of airport customs dogs in Thailand. https://youtu.be/1OO7tWdJlnY Department of Livestock Development/Newsflash…

A Beagle from the DLD-Quarantine and Inspection Canine unit, inspecting luggage at the Suvarnabhumi Airport, in Nong Prue, Thailand, on Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022. they discovered 9 kilogrammes of pork sausages were brought in by a traveller who flew in from Hanoi, Vietnam. (@DLDthailand/Newsflash)

Smuggler Seized With 20 Pounds Of Vietnamese Pork Sausage

Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
Post published:November 2, 2022

A trafficker trying to sneak 20lbs of illicit Vietnamese pork sausages into Thailand was caught when sniffer dogs tracked down the spicy pong in his luggage. The traveller - whose…

The cute Malayan tapir offspring that was born in the Leipzig Zoo in Germany on 5th November. (Zoo Leipzig/Newsflash)

Adorable And Endangered Malayan Tapir Cub Dies One Week After It Was Born

Post author:Peter Barker
Post published:November 18, 2021

This adorable and endangered Malayan Tapir cub has died just a week after a German zoo celebrated its birth. The adorable male Malayan tapir (Acrocodia indica) cub was born at…

The cute Malayan tapir offspring that was born in the Leipzig Zoo in Germany on 5th November. (Zoo Leipzig/Newsflash)

German Zoo Celebrates The Birth Of An Adorable And Endangered Malayan Tapir Cub

Post author:Peter Barker
Post published:November 12, 2021

This is the moment a newborn endangered Malayan tapir cub nervously observes its enclosure while sticking close to its mum. Zookeepers at Leipzig Zoo in Germany said mum Laila gave…

Edwin and Lars in the cage from the outside

54yo Activist Spends 4 Days In Chimp Cage To Raise Cash

Post author:Lee Bullen
Post published:July 23, 2020

A Dutch animal activist living in Thailand has spent four days in a chimpanzee cage to raise 20,000 GBP for his foundation. Edwin Wiek, 54, originally from the Dutch city…