Daily International News May 31, 2014 From VOAnews.com |
 Pakistan-Taliban Clashes Spill Over into Afghanistan Military officials in Pakistan say a soldier and 16 Taliban militants have been killed in an ambush on a border post in the restive northwestern tribal area More  US Soldier Free After Almost Five Years Captivity in Afghanistan As part of Bergdahl's release, the United States is turning over five Taliban detainees at the US facility in Guantanamo,Cuba, to the custody of Qatar More  Syrian Rebels Kill Troops in Tunnel Blast British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says blast took place near Zahrawi market in Old Aleppo More  Six Ukrainian Separatists Killed Around Donetsk Airport Meanwhile, Moscow-backed Chechen Leader Ramzan Kadyrov denies involvement in Ukraine, although he says he recognizes some of the fighters in pictures from Ukraine More  US Warns China at Asia Security Forum Defense Secretary Hagel tells defense officials at annual meeting in Singapore Washington would not "look the other way" if international order is threatened More  US Demands Return to Democracy in Thailand Speaking at an Asian security conference in Singapore, Hagel demands that coup leaders in Thailand release detainees, end curbs on free expression, and immediately hold general elections More  Turkey's PM Warns Against Protests Prime Minister Erdogan urges people to ignore calls for protests to mark the first anniversary of last year's anti-government demonstrations, which posed one of the biggest threats to his rule More  Mutharika Sworn In as Malawi's President Leader of the Democratic Progressive Party, 74-year-old Peter Mutharika, was sworn in Saturday in the commercial capital, Blantyre More  WHO: High Tobacco Taxes Can Save Millions of Lives The World Health Organization reports tobacco kills nearly eight million people a year, including more than 600,000 non-smokers dying from breathing secondhand smoke More  Obama: EPA Has Guidelines for Reducing Carbon Pollution President says the proposed guidelines will cut down on carbon pollution, smog, and soot that threaten health of most vulnerable Americans, including children and the elderly More |
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