Police in Thailand have issued an arrest warrant for an “unidentified foreign man” seen leaving a bag minutes before a deadly bombing at a Bangkok shrine.

Blast near popular shrine intended to weaken tourism and economy as man on CCTV not yet identified.

Rohingya and Bangladeshis migrants abandoned at sea by human traffickers had nowhere to go as Malaysia turned away two crammed boats, and Thailand kept at bay a large vessel with hundreds of hungry people.

The father of a British man murdered in Thailand believes his son had stepped in to help his fellow victim when they were both brutally killed on an island.

The body of a British holidaymaker who was brutally murdered together with a fellow tourist in Thailand has returned to the UK, her family said.

Police in Thailand said they still have not “come up with the exact number of the suspects” following the brutal murders of two British tourists – but confirmed they are looking for more than one.

Thailand’s military ruler has apologised for suggesting that foreign visitors to its world-famous beaches might be unsafe wearing bikinis as the family of a British tourist who was brutally murdered at a Thai resort arrived in the country.

The distraught family of a young British woman brutally murdered along with a man in Thailand have arrived in the country, as police revealed DNA found on her body did not match any of their suspects.

The families of two young Britons found murdered on a Thai island have paid tribute to them as police continue the search for their killer.

Police on the resort island of Koh Tao in southern Thailand stepped up their hunt for the killer of two British tourists whose bodies were found on a beach.

Cheer up, Thailand – that’s an order.

The head of the military junta that took control of Thailand in a coup last week has said that elections may not occur for more than a year because peace and reforms must be achieved first.

An anti-coup activist in Thailand has called for a rally to defy the military government’s ban on demonstrations.

Thailand’s ruling military council yesterday warned it will not tolerate protests over its takeover of power.

If Prayuth Chan-ocha’s decision to stage Thailand’s latest in a long list of coups was as impulsive as he suggests, then the general has a Herculean task managing the fallout and deciding what happens next.

Ousted members of Thailand’s former government have turned themselves in to the country’s new military junta, as soldiers forcefully dispersed hundreds of anti-coup activists who defied a ban on large-scale gatherings.

Thailand’s ruling military has summoned the entire ousted government and members of the politically influential family at the heart of the country’s long-running conflict.

Thailand’s army chief has just announced a military takeover of the government, saying the coup is necessary to restore stability and order after six months of political deadlock and turmoil.

Thailand’s army has declared martial law, intensifying the turbulent nation’s deepening political crisis but denying a coup d’etat was under way.

The United Nations closed its main office in Bangkok, dozens of schools closed and many civil servants stayed away from work as the Thai capital braced for more violence.