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The chief suspect is “an unnamed male foreigner”, according to an arrest warrant issued Wednesday by a Thai court. Authorities appear to have few solid leads and have given confusing and sometimes contradictory statements on the investigation.

At least one woman and two children were among those killed in the attack, said Najib Danish of the interior ministry. Scores of others were wounded.

Prime suspect… the Royal Thai Police released this image of a man in a yellow T-shirt near the Erawan Shrine before the explosion. Officials believe he had help in planning the attack, but have expressed doubt it is connected to global terrorist groups.

He noted she was not considered a suspect but could have valuable witness testimony, if police could find her.

The authorities believe bomb blasts at the Erawan shrine and Sathorn Bridge in Bangkok this week were aimed at discrediting the military government, national police chief General Somyot Poompanmuang has said.

“This includes those who looked out on the streets, prepared the bomb and those at the site and… those who knew the escape route”.

Prime suspect… the Royal Thai Police released this image of a man in a yellow T-shirt near the Erawan Shrine before the explosion.

Thai police say they have questioned and freed one man who handed himself in after being seen on CCTV at the Bangkok shrine moments before a deadly bomb blast, but the prime suspect remains at large.

“There have been minor bombs or just noise, but this time they aim for innocent lives”.

The bombing involved at least 10 people and was planned a month in advance, Reuters reported, citing Thai police chief Somyot Poompanmoung. It accuses an “unnamed foreigner” of conspiracy to commit “premeditated murder” and weapons offences.

A senior US military officer says preliminary tests show traces of the chemical agent sulfur mustard on mortars that Islamic State militants used to attack Kurdish forces in Iraq.

The Turkish government has censured the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) for airing a report on the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), saying the news organization is “overtly” supporting “terrorism”. Instead of allowing the Republican...

The attack reportedly took the lives of more than 40 people and injured dozens more in a crowded market in the town of Sabon Gari. Under Shekau’s leadership, the terror group’s mission has been to drive out all followers of Christ from Nigeria. He was last heard from...

A bomb attack on a packed market in northeastern Nigeria bearing the hallmarks of Boko Haram killed around 50 people on Tuesday, sources said.

Prime minister Ahmet Davutolgu was in the capital Ankara as reports of the attack emerged and did not interrupt a speech being broadcast on live television.