Tag: World

Thailand's new Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha salutes during an establishment anniversary of the 21st infantry regiment, Queen's Guard, in Chonburi Province, Thailand, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2014. Three months after overthrowing Thailand's last elected government, this Southeast Asian nation's junta leader is stepping out of his army uniform for good - to take up the post of prime minister in a move critics say will only extend his time at the helm and consolidate the military's grip on power. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thai army ruler named prime minister

Todd Pitman · August 21, 2014 7:54 pm

Puerto Rico priest pleads guilty in abuse case

Washington Examiner · August 21, 2014 7:38 pm

Reports: Syria troops kill scores of jihadis

Washington Examiner · August 21, 2014 7:19 pm

Syria opposition: Deadly chemical attack forgotten

Zeina Karam · August 21, 2014 6:59 pm

Romania: Ex-PM imprisoned for corruption released

Washington Examiner · August 21, 2014 6:49 pm

FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2011 file photo, Joseph "Powda" Bennett, of the band The Jolly Boys, poses for a portrait in Port Antonio, Jamaica. The Jamaican folk musician died in his Caribbean homeland at age 76 on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014. The Jolly Boys played a rollicking genre of Jamaican folk music known as Mento. (AP Photo/Caterina Werner, File)

Mento performer Joseph ‘Powda’ Bennett dies at 76

David McFadden · August 21, 2014 6:15 pm

A look at govt ransom polices in US, Europe

The Associated Press · August 21, 2014 6:09 pm

Saudi court sentences 18 more on terror charges

Washington Examiner · August 21, 2014 6:06 pm

UKRAINE RUSSIA REBELS

pholmp.holm · August 21, 2014 6:00 pm

Defendant Beate Zschaepe (C) enters the court room at the Higher Regional Court in Munich, Germany, 06 August 2014. Beate Zschaepe is accused of being a founding member of the extreme right-wing National Socialist Underground (NSU) terror cell and faces charges of complicity in the murder of nine Turkish and Greek immigrants and a policewoman between 2000 and 2007, as well as two bombings in immigrant areas of Cologne, and 15 bank robberies. Photo by: Peter Kneffel/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images

Hunt for German neo-Nazis was ‘complete disaster’

Frank Jordans · August 21, 2014 5:38 pm

Turkey's president-elect Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, greets Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu after he announced Davutoglu as his ruling Justice and Development Party's new leader, in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2014. Davutoglu, hand-picked by president-elect Erdogan to succeed him as prime minister, is expected to accept the largely backseat role although he is known to be an ambitious politician. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Turkey’s Davutoglu named new premier

Suzan Fraser · August 21, 2014 5:35 pm

Stone figures depicting the family of Sanatruq are showcased at the Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Aug 21, 2014. Two renovated halls adorned mainly with rare life-size stone statues were inaugurated at the Iraqi National Museum on Thursday geared toward honoring the 5,000 year legacy of the ancient city of Hatra. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Iraq museum inaugurates 2 halls of statues

Sinan Salaheddin · August 21, 2014 5:30 pm