Thailand Woman Prime Minister

• Foreign media on Israeli car explosion in Delhi

  Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has blamed Iran and Hezbollah for the bombings that targeted Israeli Embassy personnel in New Delhi and Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. "In the past few months we have witnessed several attempts to attack Israeli citizens and Jews in a number of places - Azerbaijan, Thailand and others," Mr Netanyahu said ...

• Thailand's first woman PM is Republic Day chief guest

  Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Thursday became the third consecutive leader from South East Asia to be the chief guest at India's Republic Day parade.

• Yingluck Shinawatra becomes Thailand's first woman prime minister

  Thai lawmakers chose U.S.-educated businesswoman Yingluck Shinawatra as the country's first female prime minister Friday, setting the stage for the 44-year-old political novice to take charge of a volatile nation that's been deeply divided since her brother was ousted in a 2006 coup.Before Yingluck can officially assume the post, however, King Bhum...

• Thailand gets first woman Prime Minister

  The sister of exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra led Thailand's main opposition party to a landslide victory in elections on Sunday, heralding an extraordinary political turnaround five tumultuous years after her fugitive billionaire brother was toppled in an army coup.The vote paves the way for 44-year-old Yingluck Shinawatra, who has...