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But Army chief Udomdej Sitabutr said on television Wednesday that the attack “does not match with incidents in southern Thailand (and) the type of bomb used is also not in keeping with the south”.

Two days after the attack, which authorities have called the worst in Thai history, the open-air Erawan Shrine reopened to the public.

Thailand’s military junta spokesman Col. Winthai Suvaree says that this week’s deadly bombing in Bangkok was “unlikely to be linked to global terrorism”.

Dead fish are seen on the banks of Haihe river in Tianjin.

It’s unclear what sparked the explosion.

More than a week after two massive explosions at a chemical warehouse tore into the northeastern Chinese port of Tianjin, officials are still trying to work out how safe is the city’s air, its earth and its water.

The attack comes amid renewed violence between the rebels of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, and Turkey’s security forces.

An insurgency in southern Thailand and deep political divisions in the capital form the backdrop to the deadly bombing in Bangkok.

A woman prays at the Erawan Shrine at Rajprasong intersection in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, August 19, 2015.

A wave of attacks on the Afghan army and police and U.S. special forces in Kabul have killed at least 50 people and wounded hundreds, dimming hopes that the Taliban might be weakened by a leadership struggle after their longtime leader’s death.

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.

Initial report suggests that at least nine people were injured in the explosion in the Shandong province city of Zibo, So far no news of any death has been reported from the site, according to the official Xinhua News Agency.

An explosion has been reported at a chemical plant in the Chinese province of Shandong, according to media reports.

Police investigation claim that the workers were draining the gas coming from the main line in the lab. However, they did not completely drain the gas which set off the explosion.

A civilian was injured in an overnight ceasefire violation by Pakistan Rangers on the global Border in Jammu district.