Section: Bangkok Post (Thailand)
German, French FMs make first visit to war-torn east Ukraine
KRAMATORSK (UKRAINE) – The German and French foreign ministers on Thursday made their first visit to Ukraine’s war-torn east since the beginning of the conflict between the government forces and pro-Russian rebels in April 2014. …read more Source: Bangkok...
IMF approves $1 billion in Ukraine aid after long delay
WASHINGTON – The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday resumed its bailout of war-torn Ukraine, approving disbursement of $1 billion from an aid package that had been held up in part on corruption concerns. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine and Russia wage war — in global courts
KIEV – After Russia snatched the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea from Kiev the new authorities installed by Moscow set about taking over one of Ukraine’s largest banks as well as shipyards and hotels. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Beatings and a lost kidney: life in Ukraine’s ‘secret prisons’
UKRAINSK (UKRAINE) – Secretly detained by Ukrainian authorities for almost 600 days, Mykola Vakaruk suffered repeated beatings, battled the freezing cold and lost a kidney in an ordeal he described as pure hell. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Kiev photo exhibit honours people missing in war-torn east
KIEV – A neglected aspect of the conflict in Ukraine was in the spotlight Tuesday as a photo exhibition opened in Kiev honouring those who have disappeared on both sides of the front. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Embattled Trump campaign chairman Manafort resigns
NEW YORK – Paul Manafort resigned Friday as chairman of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, under fire in connection with a Ukrainian corruption investigation and two days after being sidelined in a team reshuffle. …read more Source: Bangkok...
MH17 criminal probe out next month, say Dutch prosecutors
THE HAGUE – Initial results from a criminal probe into the downing of a Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over war-torn Ukraine two years ago will be revealed next month, Dutch prosecutors said Friday. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Trump campaign chief Manafort: Dark knight of lobbyists
NEW YORK – Paul Manafort, Donald Trump’s campaign chairman who was thrust into the headlines this week in connection with a Ukrainian corruption investigation, is a formidable Republican strategist who spent years lobbying for rogues and dictators. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Violence flares in Ukraine flashpoint after Crimea claims
SHYROKYNE (UKRAINE) – Ukrainian paratrooper Boroda says pro-Russian rebels have recently ramped up their shelling of one key village — a move he links to Moscow’s claim of a Kiev plot against annexed Crimea. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Trump aide’s name surfaces in Ukraine corruption probe: NYT
WASHINGTON – Corruption investigators in Ukraine say an illegal, off-the-books payment network earmarked $12.7 million in cash payments for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign chairman Paul Manafort, the New York Times reported Monday. …read more Source: Bangkok...
