Section: Bangkok Post (Thailand)
UN ‘best option’ for trying MH17 suspects: Dutch PM
THE HAGUE – Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte called Friday for the creation of an international tribunal to try those responsible for downing a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine last year. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Malaysia moves ahead with proposed UN tribunal for MH17 culprits
UNITED NATIONS (UNITED STATES) – Malaysia told the Security Council on Thursday that it plans to present a draft resolution soon on creating a UN tribunal to try those responsible for the downing of a Malaysia Airlines flight over Ukraine. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Russia halts gas supplies to Ukraine
MOSCOW – Russian gas company Gazprom said on Wednesday it was halting all natural gas supplies to Ukraine after Kiev announced the immediate suspension of Russian gas purchases the day earlier. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine suspends Russian gas purchases in new price row
KIEV – Ukraine announced on Tuesday the immediate suspension of all Russian gas purchases following a breakdown of price negotiations aimed at keeping supplies running for the next three to six months. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Malaysia demands UN court for MH17 shootdown
UNITED NATIONS (UNITED STATES) – The Netherlands, Malaysia and three other countries want a UN tribunal to be set up to try those responsible for the downing of the Malaysia Airlines flight over Ukraine last year, a senior diplomat said Wednesday. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Netherlands, Malaysia push for UN tribunal for MH17 culprits
UNITED NATIONS (UNITED STATES) – The Netherlands, Malaysia and three other countries want a UN tribunal to be set up to try those responsible for the downing of the Malaysia Airlines flight over Ukraine last year, a senior diplomat said Wednesday. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Japan PM calls on Putin to work towards Ukraine peace
TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called on Russian President Vladimir Putin Wednesday to play a constructive role in finding “peaceful and diplomatic solutions” to the crisis in Ukraine, after the EU agreed to prolong sanctions against Russia. …read more Source: Bangkok...
‘Nearly half’ of MH17’s wreckage still in Ukraine
KIEV – A top pro-Russian rebel said Wednesday that nearly half the wreckage of the Malaysia Airline jet shot down over Ukraine last year remain strewn across fields controlled by the separatists. …read more Source: Bangkok...
NATO won’t be ‘dragged into arms race’ with Russia: Stoltenberg
BRUSSELS – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday the alliance will not get dragged into an arms race with Russia but must counter Moscow’s “aggressive actions” in Ukraine. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine rebels train child soldiers in the making
KHARTSYZK (UKRAINE) – He is only 14 but already knows how to assemble a Kalashnikov rifle. Denis is a child soldier in the making — eager to join the pro-Russian militants fighting Ukrainian troops. …read more Source: Bangkok...
