DAILY INTERNATIONAL NEWS
October 20, 2014
From VOAnews.com |
 Turkey to Allow Iraqi Kurds to Reinforce Kobani For first time, US airdrops weapons, medical supplies to Kurdish fighters in besieged town; Turkish official says country's airspace was not used More  Cease-fire Falling Apart Amid Renewed Fighting in Northeast Nigeria News of attacks comes as government prepares for talks in Chad to discuss release of 219 schoolgirls still being held by Boko Haram militants More  Russian FM Sees No Quick Fix to US Ties Sergei Lavrov denies new ‘Cold War’ but says relations since start of Ukraine crisis have reached low point with no remedy in sight More  WHO Declares Nigeria Ebola-free World Health Organization calls the development a 'spectacular success story' in an outbreak that has killed more than 4,500 people More  As Hong Kong Violence Calms Pragmatism on Talks After days of violent clashes between police and pro-democracy activists, so-called 'Umbrella Movement' enters a potentially pivotal week with first direct talks with government on TuesdayMore  Ukraine’s Euromaidan Reforms Reveal Deep Divisions Activists, nationalists, bureaucrats at odds as nation prepares for key election More  China Working to Prevent Ebola at Home, Providing Aid to Africa With thousands of Chinese working in Ebola-hit African countries, China steps up screening at entry points and educates health workers around the country More  Joko Widodo Sworn in as Indonesia’s Head of State Analysts say Widodo’s emphasis on domestic reform is likely to leave little room for foreign policy concerns More  Dutch Deny Link to Mystery Submarine off Sweden Netherlands denies Russian claim that 'foreign vessel' photographed in waters off Sweden could be Dutch More  Official: S. Sudan President, Rebel Leader to Meet in Tanzania Talks part of effort to end conflict in country that has left more than 10,000 people dead, displaced more than 1.5 million others More |
