Three people have been detained in Malaysia in connection with last month’s bombing of a shrine in the Thai capital Bangkok that killed 20 people.

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The first funerals of those who died in the Bangkok bombing have been held in the Thai capital. 

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.

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A bomb exploded at a popular shrine in central Bangkok during evening rush hour, killing at least 18 people and injuring more than 100, officials said.

A couple who saved a trio of UCC students from being jailed in Thailand has been found; Enda Kenny has said that the delay caused by last week's referendum has cost Greece dearly; Scientists working at CERN say they have discovered a new kind of particle; and watch what happens when two men walk aound Moscow holding hands. Just some of the latest and most read stories on irishexaminer.com

A couple who saved a trio of UCC students from being jailed in Thailand has been found following an online appeal.

I PASSED through Los Cristianos in southern Tenerife last week on my way to my youngest son’s wedding on the island of La Gomera. 

Malaysia has found 139 graves, and signs of torture, in more than two dozen squalid human trafficking camps suspected to have been used by gangs smuggling migrants across the border with Thailand, the country’s police chief said.

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Apple launched its first ever public beta for its upcoming iOS update, allowing customers to get their hands on an in-development version of iOS 8.3.

A British woman has died during cosmetic surgery at a clinic in Thailand, authorities in the country have said.

Two British tourists in their 20s have been murdered in a bloody attack on a beautiful Thai beach.

Two British tourists have been found dead on a beach in southern Thailand following a “gruesome” attack.

The Australian biological parents of twins caught up in a surrogacy scandal in Thailand wanted both babies but the surrogate mother threatened to involve the police and they feared she would keep both children, they said yesterday.

The Department of Foreign Affairs is urging anyone planning a trip to Thailand to exercise extreme caution.

Cork’s best-known twins have lent their support to a fundraising event organised by the friends of a young man who died from sudden cardiac arrest a year ago.

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Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters have marched through the streets of the Thai capital, reviving their whistle-blowing, traffic-blocking campaign to force the resignation of the country’s prime minister.

The family of a young man who died from a sudden cardiac arrest has helped identify four ‘at-risk’ teenagers after launching an awareness campaign.

Thailand’s government has declared a state of emergency in Bangkok and surrounding areas to cope with protests that have stirred up violent attacks.

At least 28 people have been left injured after two explosions shook an anti-government demonstration site in the Thai capital, Bangkok.

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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.

Protests in the Thai capital have turned violent with at least one man killed and five wounded by gunshots in street fighting between government supporters and opponents.

Recently, we heard about the smoke bomb being flung at a sideline official in a Tottenham v Aston Villa match.

Thai authorities have arrested a bar owner in connection with a lewd sex show mentioned in racy tweets by pop star Rihanna during her recent trip to Thailand, two weeks after an Instagram photo of Rihanna with a protected primate led to the arrest of two men.

An oil spill has reached a popular tourist island in Thailand’s eastern sea despite continuous attempts to clean it up over the weekend.

Wayne Rooney’s Manchester United career appears to be over.

Thai police have rescued about 90 famished cats that they believed were being sent to Vietnam where the animals are considered a delicacy.

Ecuador’s foreign minister is making a brief visit to the UK ahead of talks over the future of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange today described the ex-CIA employee who leaked secret US surveillance details as a “hero” and said the British Government should be offering him asylum there.

International trade in illegal wildlife that has driven creatures like the tiger to near-extinction is also threatening the survival of great apes, according to a new UN report.

NOTHING quite demonstrates the potential of China’s consumers as the country’s proliferation of luxury malls.

A grandson of the inventor of the Red Bull drink has been arrested accused of killing a Bangkok police officer in a hit-and-run.

In nations around the Indian Ocean, thousands scrambled for higher ground after powerful quakes triggered fears of a disaster in a region all too familiar with the power of a tsunami.

BATS were flitting through the trees as I watched a group of aging Europeans with serious cases of waist-slippage drink Angkor beer and dine on slim frogs at a pavement restaurant by the riverside in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

PERHAPS even more fascinating than the multicoloured birds and butterflies seen on this Thai island just south of Burma are the ghost crabs, almost as invisible and fleeting as ghosts.

MASTERS champion Charl Schwartzel has sympathised with Rory McIlroy in the decision of the US Open champion not to contest this week’s Thailand Golf Championship in Bangkok.

YOU could draw a strong similarity in the pitching and rolling of the boat Darren Clarke was aboard last Monday and the rocking nature of the unique 17th hole island green at the Amata Spring Country Club at this week’s Thailand Golf Championship.

Advancing pools of filthy water threatened the Thai capital’s underground system today and surrounded the emergency headquarters set up to deal with flooding that has claimed more than 500 lives nationwide.

Travellers are being warned to avoid the Thai capital Bangkok after the city was hit by flooding.

Three prisons around Bangkok have been evacuated after a series of high tides increased the chance that floods will crash over the Thai capital’s defences.