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UNITED STATES: A former reporter fired by a Virginia television station shot dead two of its journalists during a live broadcast yesterday (August 26) and posted chilling footage of the crime online before fatally shooting himself.

BANGKOK: Police investigators for last weekʼs Erawan shrine bombing, and the subsequent explosion at Sathon pier, have zeroed in on more than 20 Turkish nationals who entered Thailand within 15 days leading up to the shrine blast, according to a source.

Latest The grey Wolves, a group of Turkish nationalists connected to the Uighurs, are suspected by at least one expert of having a connection with the bomb blast at the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok.

PHUKET: A survey by BNOW.org, organiser of the Entrepreneur Now Awards (ENA), which is accepting nominations until September 30, has revealed the key forces driving entrepreneurism in the Thai market.

Latest Malaysia’s PM, accused over $700m that mysteriously appeared in his bank account, gives up the chance to reveal all at the International Anti Corruption Conference

Latest The government urges caution in assessing the perpetrators and motivations of those who might be suspected of the Erawan Shrine bombing in Bangkok.

Latest A precedent-setting case sees a senior provincial official in Thailand sentenced to more than 20 years for human trafficking after a secret mission brought back a key witness from Malaysia.

Latest A bus crashed into a power pole, with three people slightly injured in Phuket Town. Phuketwan is advocating the banning of large buses from the island to improve safety.

Latest It’s Decision Day on Phuket’s beaches with the governor meeting with stakeholders as another batch of bars and restaurants are told their businesses will be wrecked next week.