Thai ex-PM charged with terrorism

Thailand’s Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant against former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on terrorism charges related to the country’s recent bloody protests.

Mr Thaksin, who was ousted in a 2006 military coup, is accused by the government of fomenting and backing two-month-long protests by the so-called Red Shirts who seized areas of downtown Bangkok before being overcome by army troops last week.