Bangkok: Thai police have released a sketch of a man who is the suspect in a central Bangkok bombing that killed 20 people. They say don’t know where he is from, what his motive was, or whether he is still …

Tough: Two women have become the first female soldiers to beat the fatigue, sleeplessness, and hunger to pass the Army’s difficult Ranger training at Ft. Benning, Ga. The 62-day Ranger course is in three phases – woodland, mountain, and swamp. …

Wag the Finger: The US has issued a warning to China about its agents in the United States who have been pressuring Chinese expatriots to return home, some of whom are wanted on corruption charges, according to a report in …

Tianjin: Ninety-five people, most of them firefighters, are still missing after Wednesday’s massive explosions in a hazardous-chemical warehouse. At least 112 people have already been confirmed dead. Authorities have tried to control press coverage and Internet discussion of the disaster. …

Tianjin: Chinese authorities have ordered the evacuation of a two-mile radius around the Wednesday’s chemical blast site after finding traces of sodium cyanide. Previously officials had confirmed the presence of calcium carbide, potassium nitrate, and sodium nitrate. Calcium carbide reacts …

Viva Cuba: Secy. of State John Kerry is expected to be on hand today as the American flag is raised over the US embassy in Havana for the first time since 1961. With many Cuban expatriots unhappy about the normalization …

Nation: Former President Jimmy Carter revealed that he has advanced cancer that spread from his liver to other parts of his body. The busy 90-year-old Carter said he would alter his schedule to accommodate treatment, but the prognosis is not …

GeoEcon 101: In the midst of an economic slowdown and a stock market slump, China devalued its currency for the second day in a row. The Central Bank dropped the value of the yuan, by 1.6 percent against the US …

Ferguson: St. Louis County’s executive declared a state of emergency yesterday after street violence returned to Ferguson, Mo. with protests over police shootings. A reporter was beaten and robbed, a police officer was injured, and two teenagers wounded in a …

Ferguson: As the city marked the one-year anniversary of the shooting of teenager Michael Brown, police in Ferguson, Mo. last night shot and critically wounded a man who had been involved in a gunfight and fired at an unmarked police …