DAILY INTERNATIONAL NEWS
August 31, 2014
From VOAnews.com |
 Pro-Russian Rebels Claim Attack on Ukrainian Naval Ship US lawmaker says U.S., European Union and NATO 'have to give the Ukrainians the fighting chance to defend themselves' against Russian fighters aiding rebels More  Iraqi, Kurdish Forces Near Besieged Town Fighters advance from four directions on town of Amerli, largely cut off from water, food and other supplies since June More  UN: Philippine Peacekeepers Safe After 'Greatest Escape' UN Disengagement Observer Force says 40 Philippine peacekeepers use a nighttime cease-fire to escape from besieged camp in Golan Heights More  Police Attack Journalists Covering Pakistan Protests At least three protesters have died and more than 300 people wounded since clashes broke out SaturdayMore  Hong Kong Activists Denounce Beijing Election Decision Parliament's powerful Standing Committee says that candidates to become next leader must receive a majority vote from 'broadly representative' nominating committee More  Thai Ruler Gives Top Cabinet Posts to Junta Inner Circle Thailand's army chief has kept an iron grip on power as he extends the government, hand-picking an interim parliament that subsequently nominated him prime minister More  Lesotho's Deputy Premier Takes Reins After PM Flees 'Coup' PM Thomas Thabane flees to South Africa, accusing military of plotting assassination attempt More  11 Killed as Militants Attack Prison in Somalia Al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for the attack Sunday that targeted a prison run by Somalia's National Intelligence and Security Agency More  Elusive Deal With Iran Could Yield Foreign Policy Legacy for Obama A new Iranian leader -- and a strategic shift by the United States -- opens narrow window for nuclear agreement with Tehran More  Explosion Fells Building Outside Paris, Killing at Least 2 Interior Minister speaking to reporters at the scene, says explosion appeared to have been caused by gas leak; emergency workers trying to find six people unaccounted for More |
