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BANGKOK — A bomb attack killed 18 people including tourists in the commercial heart of the Thai capital Monday evening.

BANGKOK — In a rare expression of political opinion, former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra today wrote about her concerns over Thailand’s new constitution, which is being drafted under the auspices of the ruling military junta.

BANGKOK — They hold our designer swag, muu ping street eats and 7-sourced convenience items. We even double down on our plastic fetish by bagging already bagged items as a prophylactic against the street grit “just in case one breaks.”

PATTANI — Gunmen shot a Muslim army ranger to death at his wedding in the southern border province of Pattani yesterday – an attack authorities blame on local separatist militants.

SI SAKET — Sixteen people were killed when a tour bus traveling between Thailand and Cambodia fell into a ravine near the border yesterday.

BANGKOK — A long-running lese majeste case ended yesterday with a rare acquittal from the Supreme Court, which found a computer programmer not guilty of insulting the monarchy due to doubts about the evidence against him.

BANGKOK — A top official has refuted a viral social media post which claimed she said “only rubber bullets were used” by security forces during the 2010 military crackdown that left more than 90 people dead.

BANGKOK — The mother of the former wife of Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn was taken from the prison where she is serving time for insulting the monarchy to seek medical attention, a prison official said.

BANGKOK — King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest reigning monarch, has been treated by doctors for "water on the brain" and also has a chest infection, the palace said yesterday.

BANGKOK — A top member of the junta-appointed National Reform Council warned yesterday that a new round of crises will hit Thailand if the government agrees to postpone elections for two more years.