ROME – Italian cooking, already celebrated around the world, is poised for a new accolade: formal recognition as a cultural treasure from the United Nations’ cultural agency, Unesco.

The owners of an Indian nightclub fled to Phuket hours after a fire ripped through a nightclub in the western state of Goa, killing 25, authorities in India say.

BURI RAM — They left home in a fearful scramble during the summer, seeking refuge on the grounds of a racetrack that had been transformed into a makeshift evacuation centre after war erupted between Thailand and Cambodia. Now, five months later, they are back in the same tents, which had been left standing.

The Thai army’s Burapha Task Force launched attacks on Cambodian troops accused of violating Thai sovereignty in Sa Kaeo province on Monday.  

Thailand will launch “all necessary military operations” in response to Cambodia’s latest attacks, which began on Sunday, Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said after a top level security meeting on Monday. 

The Second Army Region has ordered evacuations from border communities in four northeastern provinces after a 35-minute armed clash with Cambodian forces in Si Sa Ket province on Sunday, during which two Thai soldiers were injured.