With military haircuts and moustaches, the US sailors stood out against the flip-flops of the usual Pattaya crowd, writes the BBC’s Jonathan Head.
Channel smuggling gangs resort to ‘mega-dinghies’ as crackdown limits small boat supply
Once-rival criminal groups are being forced to work together because of a shortage of small boats, a BBC investigation has found.
Trump $1 coin makes him first living president on US currency in a century
The US Mint special edition is stamped with a portrait of Trump alongside the words “LIBERTY” and “IN GOD WE TRUST”
EU and Nato vow to step up pressure on Russia after ‘new escalation’ in Germany
Russia is accused of growing increasingly reckless after Berlin blamed Russia for a failed drone attack on Leipzig airport.
‘The crowd shouted that we’d stolen someone’s genitals’ – deadly rumours spread on social media
More than 80 people have been killed in the mob violence, the BBC finds after gathering data from six African nations.


