Thailand’s opposition party has called a special Parliament session to prove it can form a government, but the former ruling party won’t back down.

Thai judges ordered Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat’s ruling People Power Party be disbanded on Tuesday after it was found guilty of vote fraud.

Restarting operations at Thailand’s main airport will take at least a week once a sit-in by anti-government protesters ends, officials said on Monday.

A grenade blast wounded more than 50 anti-government protesters in Bangkok on Sunday, fuelling fears of clashes ahead of a big rally in Bangkok.

Anti-government protesters forced Thai riot police to abandon a checkpoint on Saturday as they tightened their siege of the country’s main airport.

Thai protesters prepared to end their three-month occupation of the prime minister’s office on Monday to consolidate their grip on the main airport.

The Thai prime minister sacked his police chief on Friday, fuelling speculation the government is preparing to crack down on protesters.

Protesters occupying Bangkok’s airports vowed Friday to ”fight to the death” after Thailand’s prime minister declared a state of emergency.

Pressure built on Thailand’s military to intervene in a political crisis threatening to descend into widespread civil unrest on Thursday.

Police have reported that protesters have besieged the Thai prime minister’s temporary offices in their latest bid to stop the government functioning.

Thousands of Thai protesters forced Parliament to close and surrounded the prime minister’s makeshift offices at an old airport on Monday.

Thailand Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat rejected pressure to resign on Friday, as thousands of anti-government demonstrators marched in protest.

Thailand’s Parliament elected a brother-in-law of ousted leader Thaksin Shinawatra as prime minister on Wednesday.