Section: Bangkok Post (Thailand)
Ukraine arrests Frenchman ‘planning Euro 2016 attacks’
KIEV – Ukraine’s security service said Monday it had arrested a Frenchman who was allegedly planning to stage 15 terror attacks before and during the Euro 2016 football championship that starts in France later this week. …read more Source: Bangkok...
MH17 criminal probe results due within months
THE HAGUE – Initial results from a criminal inquiry into the downing of a Malaysia Airlines flight over war-torn eastern Ukraine nearly two years ago will be available within months, Dutch prosecutors have said. …read more Source: Bangkok...
US guarantees major new Ukraine loan
KIEV – The United States said on Friday it had signed a major new loan guarantee with Ukraine aimed at helping the war-scarred former Soviet republic stabilise its floundering economy. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Families of MH17 crew file suit against Malaysia Airlines
KUALA LUMPUR – Families of six Malaysia Airlines crew members who were killed when flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine nearly two years ago filed a lawsuit Thursday blaming the carrier for the tragedy. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Serena Williams strolls into French Open quarters
PARIS – Defending champion Serena Williams cruised into the French Open quarter-finals on Wednesday after thrashing Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina 6-1, 6-1. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Yarmolenko, Konoplyanka lead Ukraine squad for Euro 2016
KIEV – Ukraine coach Mykhaylo Fomenko on Tuesday named his final 23-man squad for Euro 2016, which is led by Dynamo Kiev forward Andriy Yarmolenko and Sevilla’s Europa League winner Yevgen Konoplyanka. …read more Source: Bangkok...
17 die in fire at Ukraine home for elderly
KIEV – Seventeen people died when a makeshift home for elderly people outside the Ukrainian capital Kiev caught fire in the early hours of Sunday, the emergencies service said. …read more Source: Bangkok...
EU faces ‘difficult’ talks on Russia sanctions: Germany
VILNIUS – Germany says the EU is facing difficult talks on extending sanctions against Russia over the conflict in Ukraine due to the increased resistance of some member states, according to an interview released Thursday. …read more Source: Bangkok...
G7 needs ‘clear and tough stance’ on territorial disputes: Tusk
ISE-SHIMA (JAPAN) – The Group of Seven needs to take a “clear and tough stance” on China’s controversial maritime claims and the Russian annexation of Crimea, European Council President Donald Tusk said Thursday. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Poroshenko vows to take back Crimea following pilot’s release
KIEV – President Petro Poroshenko vowed on Wednesday that Ukraine would take back the annexed peninsula of Crimea and rebel-held territory in the east of the country following pilot Nadiya Savchenko’s return from Russia. …read more Source: Bangkok...
