Section: Thailand
NATO cautiously welcomes Ukraine buffer zone deal
KIEV – NATO’s top military commander expressed cautious optimism Saturday that a tenuous Ukrainian ceasefire whose details were thrashed out in marathon overnight negotiations would help end a bloody pro-Kremlin uprising that has inflamed East-West ties. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine munitions factory hit after new peace plan adopted
DONETSK (UKRAINE) – Explosions ripped through a munitions factory in eastern Ukraine controlled by pro-Russian rebels on Saturday after it came under artillery fire, local officials and AFP journalists said. …read more Source: Bangkok...
NATO says Russian forces ‘still inside Ukraine’
VILNIUS – NATO’s top military commander on Saturday said Russian forces were still operating in Ukraine and that a ceasefire was not working, but he expressed hope a new peace plan could bring progress. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Shells leave Ukraine’s coal miners digging for survival
VILKHIVKA (UKRAINE) – They spend much of their day clearing their gardens of shrapnel, digging up potatoes or chopping wood to prepare for the fast-approaching winter. …read more Source: Bangkok...
G20 nations want Putin at leaders’ summit
CAIRNS (AUSTRALIA) – Vladimir Putin is set to attend the G20 leaders’ summit in November despite alarm over Russia’s actions in Ukraine with host Australia Saturday saying it was the “emphatic” wish of member nations. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Kiev, rebels sign peace plan memorandum
MINSK – Negotiators representing Kiev and Ukraine’s separatists said Saturday they have signed a deal to create a demilitarised zone in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Kiev, rebels sign peace plan memorandum: negotiators
MINSK – Negotiators representing Kiev and Ukraine’s separatists agreed early Saturday to stop fighting and create a 30-km demilitarised zone in order to bring lasting peace to eastern Ukraine, they said after talks in Minsk. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine leader warns US that Russia is global threat
WASHINGTON – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko warned Thursday that Russia had put world security in peril, ahead of White House talks rich in symbolism but likely to dim Kiev’s hopes for US security guarantees. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Moscow hails Ukraine self-rule olive branch for east
MOSCOW – Russia hailed Wednesday Ukraine’s offer of self-rule for separatist rebels in the east under a peace plan seen as the best chance yet of halting five months of bloody warfare. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Top coaches reject idea of 2018 Russia World Cup boycott
SAINT PETERSBURG – Coaches from some of the world’s top teams have played down chances of a sporting boycott of Vladimir Putin’s showpiece 2018 football World Cup as a penalty for stoking the crisis in Ukraine. …read more Source: Bangkok...
