Thailand Prime Minister Prayuth Retires From Politics, 9 Years After His Coup

Read More Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha leaves after a cabinet meeting before end of his term in next week at the Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, on March 14, 2023. (Athit Perawongmetha/ Reuters) BANGKOK—Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha announced on Tuesday his retirement from politics, nine years after he took power in a military […]

US Urges China to End ‘Routine Harassment’ in South China Sea

Read More The United States on July 11 urged China to stop interfering with the freedoms of navigation and overflight in the South China Sea and end its “routine harassment” of claimant state vessels operating in their exclusive economic zones (EEZ). State Department spokesman Matthew Miller issued a statement on the eve of the seventh […]

House Fire Kills 4 Adults and 6 Children in Pakistan, Rescuers and Police Say

Read More People react on the death of their relatives at the site of a fire incident, in Lahore, Pakistan, on July 12, 2023. (K.M. Chaudary/AP Photo) LAHORE, Pakistan—A fire swept through a house in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore before dawn Wednesday, killing six children and four adults mostly of the same family, police […]

Gaetz says Floridians ‘deserve better’ after Wray boasts about state’s FBI recruitment

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., told FBI Director Christopher Wray that Floridians who have joined the FBI under his watch “deserve better” in a tense exchange during an oversight hearing before the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday morning. Republican committee members unleashed on Wray and the FBI for alleged politicization at the bureau. Gaetz began his questioning […]

GOP rep challenges Wray over court ruling on FBI suppression of conservative free speech: ‘You should read it’

FBI Director Chris Wray deflected when pressed before the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday regarding a recent federal court ruling detailing the bureau’s alleged suppression of conservative free speech related to the Hunter Biden laptop story, COVID-19 origins and other subjects discussed by Americans on social media. During a line of questioning, Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., […]

FBI is ‘absolutely not’ protecting the Bidens, Wray testifies in heated House hearing

FBI Director Christopher Wray insisted Wednesday that the bureau is “absolutely not” protecting the Biden family, amid allegations that the investigation into Hunter Biden was influenced by politics and that prosecutorial decisions were made to shield President Biden and his son. Wray appeared before the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday to testify on the good work […]

Ex-Twitter Exec Promoted GDI to DHS Subcommittee

A former Twitter executive behind the suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop story suggested a government advisory committee “meet with” a group that blacklisted conservative media, the Washington Examiner reported.