Politics
Thai junta summons deposed leaders as coup takes hold
Thailand\'s military leaders summoned ousted Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to a meeting on Friday, a day after army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha seized ...Russia, China veto UN bid to refer Syria to international court
Russia and China have vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution referring the Syrian crisis to the International Criminal Court for investigation of ...Thailand under nationwide curfew after army seizes power in coup
A nationwide curfew has been imposed in Thailand after the country\'s military seized power by dissolving the government and suspending the constitution.14 Ukrainian soldiers dead in Donetsk clashes
Ukrainian President Oleksander Turchynov said on May 22 that 14 troops had been killed in two overnight attacks by rebel forces in ...EU elections under way in Netherlands and UK
Voting for the European parliament election gets underway on Thursday in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, with Ireland and the Czech ...China summons US ambassador over cyberspying charges
China\'s Foreign Ministry has summoned the US ambassador after the arrests of five Chinese military officers accused of hacking into American companies ...Thailand army declares martial law
Thailand\'s army declared martial law on Tuesday to restore order after six months of anti-government protests which have left the country without ...Heavy gunfire as Libyan parliament stormed
Clashes have erupted outside the Libyan parliament in the capital, Tripoli, in an attack being claimed by forces loyal to a retired ...Narendra Modi wins landslide victory in Indian election
India\'s opposition leader Narendra Modi and his party won national elections in a landslide Friday, preliminary results showed, driving the long-dominant Congress ...BJP takes big lead in Indian vote count
Vote counting has begun in India\'s national parliamentary elections, as partial results and exit polls suggested victory for the Hindu nationalist opposition ...