Section: Thailand
Tsurenko wins first WTA title in Istanbul
ISTANBUL – Ukraine’s Lesia Tsurenko, ranked 71 in the world, won her first WTA tournament, the Istanbul Cup on Sunday, when she defeated Poland’s Urszula Radwanska 7-5, 6-1. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Putin Likley to Block UN Resolution for International Tribunal into Downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17
A Russian SA-11 missile launcher, which was used to bring Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 down NEW YORK – The United Nations Security Council is due to vote on Wednesday on a bid for an international tribunal to prosecute those suspected of downing a passenger airliner last year in Ukraine, but Russia said on Friday it was likely to block the move....
France, Germany, Ukraine, Russia urge respect for Ukraine truce
PARIS – The leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine held talks over the conflict in east Ukraine, with all sides calling for the full implementation of a ceasefire deal, the French presidency said. …read more Source: Bangkok...
New Crash Footage Minutes after Boeing MH17 Downed in Grabovo (VIDEO)
A pro-Russian separatist stands at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, near the settlement of Grabovo in the Donetsk region, July 18, 2014. DONETSK – A German reporter investigating the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine has published a new video allegedly shot by local residents in the aftermath of the...
Russia’s Vladimir Putin Orders Creation of New Reserve Armed Force
Vladimir Putin has decreed that a new reserve armed force to be created MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the creation of a new reserve armed force as part of steps to improve training and military readiness at a time of international tensions with the West over Ukraine. The new reserve force has been discussed for several...
New Video Show’s Russian Rebel Dismay After Downing of Malaysian Flight 17
Rebels inspect crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 passenger plane A year to the day after Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over Ukraine, an Australian news organization released a video purporting to show pro-Russian separatists walking amid the wreckage, expressing increasing dismay as item after item indicates that the...
‘Moral duty’ to punish ‘murderers’ who downed MH17: Ukraine leader
KIEV – President Petro Poroshenko called it a “moral duty” Friday to punish the “murderers” who killed 298 people by downing Flight MH17 over rebel-held eastern Ukraine one year ago. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Australia ‘sickened’ as new MH17 footage emerges
SYDNEY – Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop Friday said she was ‘sickened’ after new footage emerged allegedly of Russian-backed rebels ransacking the luggage of passengers killed after Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Britain calls for UN tribunal to prosecute MH17 culprits
LONDON – British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond called Friday for a UN-backed international tribunal to prosecute those responsible for the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine one year ago. …read more Source: Bangkok...
MH17 families sue Ukraine rebel for $900m
CHICAGO – Relatives of victims aboard the doomed MH17 flight have filed a nearly $900 million suit against a one-time leader of Ukranian insurgents over the shooting down of the jet in the rebel-held east of the country last year. …read more Source: Bangkok...
