General Prayuth Chan-Ocha and the heads of the armed forces of Thailand could be seen on all television stations in that country on Thursday as the military declared martial law and stated that the military and police are now in control and running that nation’s government. The military coup in Thailand has suspended their constitution […]
Thailand’s military has declared martial law, saying it did so to keep “peace and order” after months of sometimes violent anti-government protests.In a surprise announcement early Tuesday, Thailand’s military chief, General Prayuth Chan-Ocha, said the move was necessary because of mounting fear that there could be riots in many parts of the country. The […]
Social work researchers from the University of Washington have found that among a group of active-duty Army personnel who use illicit drugs, the most abused substance is synthetic marijuana, which is harder to detect than other drugs through standard drug tests. The research will be published in the July 2014 issue of Addictive Behaviors, but is already […]
On Thursday, the same day the pro-Russian militants took control of the regional prosecutor’s office in the eastern city of Donetsk, Ukraine’s interim president Olexander Turchynov, in Kiev, reinstated the draft that includes all nonexempt Ukrainian men between the ages of 18 and 25. The military draft in that country was discontinued in 2010. This […]