Thai military detains former prime minister

Thailand's former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and dozens of prominent politicians have been detained by the military a day after it took control of government.Yingluck and Niwattumrong Boonsongpaisan, her temporary replacement, were among the 39 prominent figures who on Friday reported to a military facility in Bangkok.

Bomb kills two soldiers, wounds six in south Thailand

PATTANI, Thailand: Police say two soldiers were killed and six were wounded in a roadside bombing in Thailand’s insurgency-plagued south.

Police Col. Manit Yimsai said on Thursday that suspected insurgents detonated an improvised bomb hidden on the road surface in Pattani province’s Panarae district.

The soldiers were in two armored vehicles traveling Wednesday night to inspect damages from an earlier militant attack.