Daily International News February 25, 2015 From VOAnews.com |
 Amnesty: World Response to Violence 'Shameful' Report criticizes EU, UNSC for allowing millions of civilians to suffer horrific violence and human rights violations from Syria to Ukraine, Gaza to Nigeria More  Ukraine Reports 'Significant Reduction' in Fighting Russia's Gazprom CEO says Russia will stop exporting natural gas to Ukraine unless it receives prepayment for supplies, adds Kyiv has just three days' worth of prepaid gas left More  White House Official Blasts Netanyahu's Speech to Congress Susan Rice says Israeli PM's decision has 'injected a degree of partisanship' to bilateral ties between US, Israel More  US Defense Secretary Quickly Goes on International Offensive Hours after being confirmed, Ashton Carter travels to Kuwait, Afghanistan to meet with top officials, US troops More  UN: Afghanistan Makes 'Some Progress' in Preventing Torture UN report shows a 14 percent decrease in the number of detainees tortured or ill-treated compared to the previous reporting period More  Chadian Army: Soldiers Kill 207 Boko Haram Militants Chad's military also claims to have seized large quantities of weapons; however, there has been no immediate independent verification of army's claims More  UN Tackles Statelessness in West Africa United Nations estimates at least 750,000 people in W. Africa are denied a nationality More  Myanmar Rebel Leader Denies Receiving Chinese Help Ethnic Chinese rebel leader Peng Jiasheng launched a fight for control of the Kokang region in northern Myanmar, close to China’s southern border More  Hong Kong Turmoil Sparks Decline in Mainland Visitors In recent months, some demonstrators have started targeting mainland Chinese visitors at Hong Kong shopping malls, chanting 'Go home locusts!' More  A Filmmaker Discovers Her Biracial Identity in 'Little White Lie' Lacey Schwartz grew up in an upper middle-class Jewish family, in upstate New York and she assumed she was white More |
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