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Most of those behind a string of bombings in Thai tourist towns are Muslims from the kingdom's insurgency-plagued southern provinces, the country's police chief said on Monday.

Voting will begin today to decide if veteran leftist Jeremy Corbyn will remain leader of Britain's Labour party, with an ill-tempered campaign deepening divisions that threaten the party's future.

Tens of thousands of South Korean and US troops began a military exercise simulating an all-out North Korean attack on Monday, as Pyongyang threatened a pre-emptive strike on forces participating  in the drill.

A powerful typhoon was on course for a direct hit on Tokyo today, with nearly 400 flights grounded due to heavy rain and strong winds.

The Rio Olympics ended in a blaze of colour with an exuberant closing ceremony on Sunday as Tokyo took up the baton promising to host the best Games yet in 2020.

Donald Trump made a rare act of contrition on Thursday, saying he regretted offending people with his harsh way of speaking.

All-night services finally begin on the London Underground on Friday, after being delayed for months by a dispute with workers and a lack of political will according to the city's mayor.

An unprecedented case opens on Monday at the International Criminal Court when an alleged Malian jihadist is set to plead guilty to the war crime of destroying the UNESCO world heritage site of Timbuktu.

The United States has acknowledged that it waited for Iran to release American prisoners before delivering US$400 million in cash that it owed the country, but again insisted the payment was not ransom.

 UN Chief Ban Ki-moon has repeated his call for all sides in the conflict in Yemen to "immediately cease all hostilities," following a devastating series of raids resulting in numerous civilian deaths and injuries.

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi will meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande on an Italian island on Monday to discuss the EU's way forward after Britain's shock vote to quit the bloc.

Boko Haram have killed five traders in an ambush on a highway in northeast Nigeria that was recently reopened after coming under repeated attack from the Islamist group, a military source said.

The world's "largest aircraft" embarked on its maiden flight on Wednesday, four days after a previous attempt was abandoned due to technical issues.

Australia has agreed to close an immigration camp housing hundreds of asylum-seekers on Papua New Guinea, the Pacific island nation said on Wednesday, but gave no timeline.

Brazil's suspended president Dilma Rousseff admitted on Tuesday she had made mistakes, but said she had done nothing worthy of impeachment in an address just over a week before she goes on trial.

A rapidly spreading fire raging east of Los Angeles forced the evacuation of more than 82,000 people on Tuesday as the governor of California declared a state of emergency.

A tropical storm dumped rain on Japan's northeast coast on Wednesday, prompting cancellations of flights and train services as officials warned of possible landslides and flooding.

Australia has returned home six Sri Lankans which it said were onboard a "people smuggling boat" after intercepting it at sea, Immigration Minister Peter Dutton said on Wednesday.