Section: Thailand
More MH17 evidence sought
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia aims to send a search team to the crash site in Ukraine of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 before winter sets in to gather physical evidence to prove that it was shot down, Prime Minister Najib Razak said on Saturday. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine truce takes hold as West lines up Russia sanctions
KIEV – Ukraine and pro-Kremlin insurgents appeared to be observing a truce on Saturday that could stem five months of bloodshed, but failed to head off fresh Western sanctions against Russia and is unlikely to quell the separatist drive in the east. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Rebels reaffirm plan to split from Ukraine
MINSK – Pro-Russia rebels on Friday said they had agreed a ceasefire with the Ukrainian government but stressed they still wanted to split from the ex-Soviet country. …read more Source: Bangkok...
NATO to boost presence in east, approves rapid response force
NEWPORT (UNITED KINGDOM) – NATO leaders agreed Friday to set up a new rapid reaction force and to maintain a “continuous” presence in an eastern Europe rattled by Russian moves in Ukraine. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine, rebels agree ceasefire from Friday: separatists
MINSK – Ukraine’s Russian-backed separatists said they had agreed with Ukrainian officials on a ceasefire starting Friday, at peace talks in Minsk. …read more Source: Bangkok...
German factory orders shrug off ‘Putin effect’
FRANKFURT – German industrial orders, a key measure of demand for German-made goods both at home and abroad, jumped in July, suggesting the fallout from the Ukraine crisis remains limited for now, data showed on Thursday. …read more Source: Bangkok...
MH17 crash report due Tues
THE HAGUE – Dutch air crash investigators on Thursday announced that the preliminary report into what brought down flight MH17 over east Ukraine, killing 298 passengers, will be released on Tuesday. …read more Source: Bangkok...
NATO leaders build united front against Russia on Ukraine
NEWPORT (UNITED KINGDOM) – NATO leaders will aim Thursday to show unity against Russia over the conflict in Ukraine, after France suspended delivery of a warship to Moscow despite a surprise peace plan put forward by the Kremlin. …read more Source: Bangkok...
EU weighs up Russia World Cup boycott
BRUSSELS – European nations have discussed hitting Russia with sporting sanctions including a boycott of Vladimir Putin’s showpiece 2018 football World Cup as a penalty for stoking the crisis in Ukraine, sources and reports said Wednesday. …read more Source: Bangkok...
IMF warns West may need to boost $17 bn Ukraine rescue
KIEV – The International Monetary Fund vowed on Tuesday to stand by Ukraine despite the growing likelihood that a worsening pro-Russian uprising would cripple the economy so badly that its current $17.1-billion (13.0-billion-euro) rescue will prove too small. …read more Source: Bangkok...
