Section: Thailand
1 year after Berlin attack, anger and questions remain
In this Dec. 20, 2016 file photo, Christmas decorations stick in the smashed window of a truck which ran into a crowded Christmas market in Berlin, Germany. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)Berlin (AP) — Survivors and families of the 12 people killed in last year’s Christmas market truck rampage in Berlin met with Chancellor Angela Merkel for the...
Kremlin says Putin thanked Trump for CIA tip on bombings
Russian President Vladimir Putin is shown in this Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017, file photo. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)Moscow (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin telephoned U.S. President Donald Trump Sunday to thank him for a CIA tip that helped thwart a series of bombings in St. Petersburg, the Kremlin and the White House said. During the call,...
NATO concerned Russian missile system breaks Cold War pact
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg arrives for an EU summit at the Europa building in Brussels on Thursday, Dec. 14. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)Brussels (AP) — NATO said Friday that it is concerned about a Russian missile system that could carry nuclear warheads, and which it says could violate a landmark Cold War arms treaty. The U.S.-led...
Trump: ‘I’m with our agencies’ on Russian election meddling
U.S. President Donald Trump attends a press conference at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam Sunday, Nov. 12. (Kham/Pool Photo via AP)Hanoi, Vietnam (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday said he believes U.S. intelligence agencies, which have concluded that Russia meddled in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. But Trump also said he...
Five Ukraine tanks on way to Thailand
A new batch of five more tanks from Ukraine will be delivered late this month as the Royal Thai Army has so far received 31 of the Ukraine-made T84 Oplot tanks, according to an army source. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Trump calls Putin sincere, ex-US intelligence heads ‘hacks’
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump talk as they arrive for the family photo session during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Danang, Vietnam, Saturday, Nov. 11. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)Hanoi, Vietnam (AP) — Days before returning home from a whirlwind trip to Asia, President Donald Trump was...
5 Ukraine tanks on way
A new batch of five more tanks from Ukraine will be delivered late this month as the Royal Thai Army has so far received 31 of the Ukraine-made T84 Oplot tanks, according to an army source. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Talking tough on trade, Trump pushes ‘America first’ in Asia
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks on the final day of the APEC CEO Summit on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders’ summit in Danang, Vietnam, Friday, Nov. 10. (Anthony Wallance/Pool Photo via AP)Danang, Vietnam (AP) — President Donald Trump stood before a summit of Asian leaders keen on regional trade pacts...
Special Counsel Robert Mueller Sends Warning to Trump and Aides
A federal grand jury has approved special counsel Robert Mueller‘s first charges in his investigation into Russian meddling in last year’s presidential election – Photo AFP – WASHINGTON DC – Special counsel Robert Mueller has sent a warning to individuals in U.S. President Donald Trump’s orbit: If they lie about contacts between the...
First Charges to Be Laid in Witch Hunt Over Russian Meddling in 2016 Election
Special Counsel Robert Mueller is also investigating whether Trump campaign officials colluded with those Russian efforts. – WASHINGTON DC – The first charges from the probe of possible Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election could be unsealed as early as Monday and a target taken into custody, possibly marking a dramatic turn in...
