3 TURKISH CABINET MINISTERS RESIGN OVER PROBE
By SUZAN FRASER In this photo taken late Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013, Turkey’s Economy Minister Zafer Caglayan, right, Interior Minister Muammer Guler, center, and EU Affairs Minister Egemen Bagis speak…
Political resignations
4 DEAD IN RENEWED VIOLENCE IN BANGLADESH
By JULHAS ALAM Bangladeshi businessmen and others carry white flags as they march calling for peace in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013. Many of their businesses suffered because of…
THAI DEMOCRACY ENTERS DANGEROUS NEW CROSSROADS
By TODD PITMAN Thai anti-government protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban gives a Thai tradition way of greeting “wai”, addressing his supporters at the Government House following a march rally Monday, Dec.…
THAI PM DISSOLVES PARLIAMENT, CALLS ELECTIONS
By TODD PITMAN and JOCELYN GECKER Thai anti-government protesters make their way on a street during a march rally in Bangkok, Thailand Monday, Dec. 9, 2013. Thai Prime Minister Yingluck…
CHINESE FIRM PAID US GOV’T INTELLIGENCE ADVISER
By STEPHEN BRAUN This undated handout photo provided by the The Peterson Institute for International Economics shows Theodore H. Moran. Moran, a longtime adviser to the U.S. Director of National…
UKRAINE: TENS OF THOUSANDS MARCH THROUGH KIEV
By MARIA DANILOVA Demonstrators gather during a rally in downtown Kiev, Ukraine, on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013. As many as 100,000 demonstrators chased away police to rally in the center…
Toronto mayor threatens to sue former aides
By ROB GILLIES Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, left, confronts Councillor Denzil Minnan-Wong at City Council in Toronto on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013. Almost every member of Toronto’s City Council stood…
Thai leader issues plea to end protests
By THANYARAT DOKSONE Protesters blow whistles and wave clapping tools during a rally against a political amnesty bill in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013. Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra…