Section: Thailand
Merkel urges Ukraine truce as Russia convoy returns home
German Chancellor Angela Merkel pushed for a new ceasefire in crisis talks with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Saturday, as a controversial Russian convoy returned home. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine accuses Russia of ‘invasion’ as aid trucks move in
IZVARYNE (UKRAINE) – Ukraine on Friday accused Moscow of invading after Russia unilaterally sent the first part of its mammoth aid convoy into east Ukraine, warning against any attacks on the trucks. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Tourism tanks in Crimea under the Russian flag
SEVASTOPOL – Restaurant owner Galina Anchukova looks out across the seaside promenade in sunny Feodosia, with its straggle of strolling tourists, and sees a wasted financial opportunity. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine president pledges to ‘talk peace’ with Putin
DONETSK (UKRAINE) – Ukraine’s president said he will “talk peace” with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin by demanding the withdrawal of pro-Kremlin militants from the war-torn east when they meet next week for the first time in months. …read more Source: Bangkok...
First Malaysian bodies from MH17 crash fly home
THE HAGUE – A plane carrying the bodies of 20 Malaysian victims of flight MH17, which crashed in Ukraine in July, took off from Amsterdam for Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, Dutch media reported. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Kiev says Russian army vehicles seized as aid checks start
Ukraine said Thursday it had captured two armoured vehicles belonging to the Russian military in the war-torn east as checks began on a disputed aid convoy from Moscow parked up at the border. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Russian aid trucks undergo Ukraine border checks
KIEV – Ukraine said Thursday border guards had begun checking a Russian humanitarian aid convoy at the crossing in eastern Ukraine’s restive Lugansk region. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine warplane shot down as clashes kill dozens
A Ukrainian warplane was blown out of the sky over rebel-held territory Wednesday as fierce clashes between government troops and pro-Russian insurgents left dozens of civilians dead. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Russia shuts four McDonald’s as food war flips to burgers
MOSCOW – Russian authorities shuttered four Moscow McDonald’s due to alleged sanitary violations Wednesday, including a restaurant that once symbolised reviving Soviet-US ties, as tensions sizzled over Ukraine. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine says battles rage in heart of rebel-held Lugansk
KIEV – Ukraine said Tuesday fighting had erupted in the heart of major rebel stronghold Lugansk, as the bodies of 17 civilians fleeing the city were recovered from wreckage of their destroyed convoy. …read more Source: Bangkok...
