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(Reuters) – Thailand’s military rulers detained former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Friday, May 23, a senior officer said, after summoning her for talks a day after the army overthrew her caretaker government in a coup. As the army moved to consolidate its grip on the country, its chief, General Prayuth Chan-ocha, set out his plans for the country, saying reforms were needed before an election. But some Thais defied martial law to protest against […]
A mortar attack on an election rally in a city south of Damascus has reportedly killed a number of people.
In Thailand, the new military junta summoned the deposed leadership after taking power in a bloodless coup. Former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra was detained later on Friday, along with her sister and brother in law. This was done a day after the army overthrew her caretaker government in a coup.
Fossils found n the Patagonia region of Argentina proved that long-necked dinosaurs survived beyond the Jurassic period.
Foreign tourists in Bangkok have mixed feelings regarding the coup, with some choosing to leave the capital.
Crews battling a wildfire in north Arizona stopped the march of the flames toward residential areas but the possibility of evacuation remains. A wildfire continued to burn on along a scenic corridor in northern Arizona on Friday (May 23), as fire crews battled to contain the wind-whipped blaze. Thousands of residents were still on alert for possible evacuations from the the so-called Slide Fire, threatening the tourist-popular area near Sedona and Flagstaff. Erratic winds were to blame for the […]
In Thailand, senior government officials and the caretaker prime minister together with the ousted prime minister were summoned for a meeting in a military camp.
The Thai military takes control of the government in a coup two days after declaring martial law.
(Reuters) – The military takeover in Thailand drew swift international condemnation on Thursday, with the United States saying it was reviewing its military aid and other dealings with its closest ally in Southeast Asia. Thailand’s army chief, General Prayuth Chan-ocha, seized control of the government two days after he declared martial law, saying the military had to restore order and push through reforms after six months of turmoil. The military declared a curfew from 10 p.m. until […]
The Philippine embassy in Thailand reminded Filipinos to observe the curfew enforced by the military due to martial law.
In an attack by Pro-Russian loyalists, 17 Ukrainian soldiers were killed and 3 were injured as the Ukrainian prime minister accused Russia of making the crisis worse.
(Reuters) — A California man accused of abducting a 15-year-old girl and holding her captive for a decade was charged on Thursday with rape and kidnapping, even as his lawyer suggested the young woman went with him willingly and was treated “like a queen.” Police say the woman, now 25, told detectives she endured a decade of physical and sexual abuse after being abducted by her mother’s live-in boyfriend, Isidro Garcia, from the family’s suburban Santa Ana home in 2004. […]
