A Thai woman identified Monday by police as a suspect in the Bangkok bombing denied any knowledge of the attack to AFP, adding she was "shocked" to be linked with the crime and has been in Turkey for the last three months.

A photo of Wanna Suansan, 26, was shown on Thai television Monday afternoon, as authorities issued their first arrest warrant with a named suspect over a blast that killed 20 people at a shrine in the capital a fortnight ago.

A court in Turkey's Kurdish-dominated southeast Monday remanded in custody on terror charges two British journalists working for U.S.-based media outlet Vice News, in a case that has sparked fresh concern about press freedoms.

Vice News condemned the charges as "baseless" and an attempt to censor coverage, while leading rights groups have called for the immediate release of the reporters.

Turkish authorities will offer up to 4 million lira ($1.37 million) in rewards for those who help a crackdown on "terrorists", according to a new ruling published Monday.

The decision comes after a surge in violence in the southeast between Turkish security forces and Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) Kurdish militants which has nullified a 2013 truce.

Three policemen, a 12-year-old boy and three Kurdish rebels died Sunday in continuing violence in Turkey's restive Kurdish-dominated southeast, a local security source said.

Two policemen were shot dead by gunmen in the center of the provincial capital Diyarbakir while a third was killed in Silopi in the neighboring Sirnak province.

Turkish warplanes have for the first time joined raids by the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State positions in Syria, the foreign ministry said Saturday, after Washington urged Ankara to play a full role in the battle against the jihadists.

"Our fighter planes ... along with planes from the coalition yesterday (Friday) evening began joint operations against (IS) targets which pose a threat to the security of our country," the Turkish foreign ministry said in a statement.

Prime Minister Tammam Salam contacted on Friday his Turkish counterpart to request Ankara's assistance in helping Lebanon resolve its waste disposal crisis, reported Anatolia news agency.

It said that Salam contacted Ahmet Davutoglu to discuss the issue.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday approved the makeup of the provisional government that will run the country until November 1 elections, including for the first time pro-Kurdish MPs.

"Our president... approved the interim cabinet formed under the leadership of Prime Minister Mr. Davutoglu," the presidency said in a statement after a nearly one-hour meeting between Erdogan and Premier Ahmet Davutoglu.

Three people, including a child, were killed in clashes between Kurdish militants and security forces in Turkey's restive Kurdish-majority southeast on Thursday, officials said.

Fighting erupted in the Cizre district of Sirnak province when Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) rebels attacked a military outpost with rocket launchers, a security source told AFP.

A commander of a Syrian rebel group fighting the regime of President Bashar Assad was killed Wednesday in a car bomb attack in southern Turkey, local officials said.

Jamil Raadoun died of his wounds in hospital after the bomb exploded outside his home in Antakya in the southern Hatay region, regional governor Ercan Topaca told the state-run Anatolia news agency.

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Wednesday invited three lawmakers from the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) to join an interim government to take Turkey to November 1 elections.

If they accept, it will be the first time in Turkish history that representatives of a pro-Kurdish party have taken seats in the government.