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Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha has said that Monday’s bomb attack on the capital city Bangkok was the “worst ever attack” on his country.

Tianjin: Hundreds of residents displaced by huge explosions last week in the Chinese port of Tianjin demanded compensation on Monday, as authorities worked to complete a sweep of the blast site for risky chemicals.

Meanwhile, angry relatives of missing firefighters have stormed a government news conference demanding information about their loved ones.

People injured in the explosions that hit a nearby chemical warehouse last week hold photos of their wounds as they join a protest outside the hotel where authorities are holding a press conference in Tianjin, China, on August 17, 2015. Meanwhile, more than 80 of the victims have...

Residents whose homes were damaged in the explosions held another demonstration outside the venue of a press conference briefing journalists on the relief effort.

More than 80 people were injured in the huge blast at Rajprasong intersection, which lies in a central Bangkok district popular among tourists and locals for the Erawan Shrine, a famous place of worship for Hindus. Some local media reported at least five people killed, while the...

About 700 people were injured, 71 seriously.

China’s cabinet also ordered officials to “crack down unwaveringly on illegal activities to ensure safety”.

At a news conference Saturday, officials said those who died in Wednesday’s blasts included at least 21 firefighters.

Many of them have been shifted to makeshift camps in nearby localities amid fears over the spread of toxic chemicals in the area. A total of 721 were injured, of whom 25 are still in critical condition. Residents living a few kilometers away from the blast site reported feeling...

Greenpeace said exposure or skin contact with the hazardous materials will put firefighters and rescue workers at risk.

The death toll included at least 21 firefighters, the highest for a single rescue mission since the People’s Republic of China was founded in 1949, Xinhua reported.

The survivor, who was pulled out 32 hours after the twin explosions shattered the economic hub, was identified as a 19-year-old firefighter named Zhou Ti who belongs to the Binhai New Area brigade of Tianjin’s fire department.

The firefighters initially sent to the scene were “investigating and testing” the area and their reinforcements were arriving when the first blast hit “all of a sudden”, Zhou Tian, head of the Tianjin firefighting bureau, told a briefing Friday.

Fires broke out at the blast site in the Chinese port city at 11:40 a.m. local time Saturday, according to state news agency Xinhua.