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The bomb attack that killed 20 people at Bangkok’s Erawan shrine on Monday was carried out by a “network”, Thailand’s chief of police has said.

“We have to waste time putting the dots together”.

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Thailand’s police chief said Monday the investigation into last week’s bomb blast has been hampered by broken security cameras in central Bangkok along the main suspect’s getaway route. He is being charged with possessing an illegal weapon, which carries a...

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A prominent Democratic senator said on Tuesday he would oppose an agreement on Iran’s nuclear programme in a fresh sign of trouble for President Barack Obama as he seeks to secure support for the deal from lawmakers.

Hong Kong fell 1.53 per cent, or 347.85 points, to finish the day at 22,409.62 – its lowest point since May 2014 – taking it into a bear market after a more than 20 per cent slump from its April peak. The Nikkei 225 index ended day down 0.9% at 20,033.52 points....

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

But the recently revealed side agreement between Iran and the United Nations’ worldwide Atomic Energy Agency that allows Iran to conduct its own inspections of its own Parchin nuclear site, long suspected of being used to develop nuclear arms, makes a strong case that the...

However, authorities have sought Interpol help in tracking down the foreign man suspected of planting explosives.

Authorities had said they were looking for a “woman wearing a black shirt” who video showed standing in front of the prime suspect, but they now believe she is not connected to Monday’s blast, which killed least 20 people and wounded more than 120.

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

The stock market’s steep decline this week has pushed the Dow Jones industrial average into what is known as “correction” territory.

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.

Menendez, who recently stepped down as ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations after being indicted on public corruption charges, joins Sen.