Section: Bangkok Post (Thailand)
Six-gun Lukaku spearheads Everton’s Europa dream
PARIS – Prolific Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku will lead Everton’s assault on Dynamo Kiev in the Europa League last-16 first leg on Thursday after scoring five times in the last round. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Japanese ex-PM defies Tokyo to visit Crimea
SIMFEROPOL – A gaffe-prone former Japanese prime minister arrived in Crimea Tuesday despite stiff opposition from Tokyo to a trip that could be seen to legitimise Moscow’s annexation of the Black Sea peninsula. …read more Source: Bangkok...
US condemns ‘reign of terror’ in Crimea, east Ukraine
WASHINGTON – The top US diplomat for Europe declared Tuesday that Crimea and parts of eastern Ukraine were subject to a “reign of terror”, blaming Russia for a conflict that has claimed thousands of lives. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine, rebels withdraw ‘lion’s share’ of weapons: Poroshenko
KIEV – Both sides in the conflict in eastern Ukraine have withdrawn most of their heavy weapons from the frontline, bolstering a month-old truce, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine says rebels attack near Mariupol, NATO deploys Baltic troops
KIEV – Ukraine accused pro-Russian separatists Monday of using mortars and a tank to fire on government positions near the eastern port of Mariupol in clashes that lasted several hours, violating a nearly month-old ceasefire. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine’s women rebels don evening gowns for glam night
DONETSK (UKRAINE) – Yana Manuilova cuts an imposing figure in combat fatigues as a gun-toting rebel in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Bangkok...
China vows cooperation with Russia despite West’s sanctions
BEIJING – China vowed Sunday to plough ahead on economic and diplomatic cooperation with Russia despite Western sanctions against Moscow over the conflict in Ukraine, stressing their relations are based on “mutual need”. …read more Source: Bangkok...
East Ukraine rebels say heavy weapons pullback complete
SNIZHNE (UKRAINE) – Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine claimed Saturday to have fulfilled their end of a February deal with government forces to withdraw heavy weapons from the frontline as part of a ceasefire. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Russia, Germany urge OSCE to boost Ukraine observers to 1,000
MOSCOW – Russia and Germany on Friday urged the OSCE to more than double the number of its observers in Ukraine to 1,000, to monitor a sputtering ceasefire as the EU downplayed the threat of new sanctions against Moscow. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Nemtsov girlfriend says threatened: Ukraine
KIEV – The Ukrainian girlfriend of murdered Russian opposition activist Boris Nemtsov, who was by his side when he was shot dead, has complained to police about receiving death threats, Ukrainian prosecutors said on Friday. …read more Source: Bangkok...
