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Portal:Current events/2014 May 21

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;Armed conflicts and attacks

  • 2014 Libyan uprising:
  • General Khalifa Belqasim Haftar calls on the government to hand over power to the country's top judges amid heavy fighting in the capital Tripoli. [https://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/22/us-libya-violence-idUSBREA4K0QP20140522 (Reuters)]
  • Prime Minister Ahmed Maiteeq refuses to step down while the Ministry of Defense issues a statement calling for the arrest of any soldiers who join Gen. Haftar’s campaign. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/libyan-prime-minister-refuses-to-step-down-confrontation-with-ex-general-grows/2014/05/21/9350fd00-e125-11e3-9743-bb9b59cde7b9_story.html (The Washington Post)]
  • War in North-West Pakistan:
  • Pakistan Air Force fighter jets bomb suspected militant hideouts in North Waziristan, killing approximately 60 militants and injuring another 30. [http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/05/21/uk-pakistan-airstrikes-idINKBN0E109Z20140521 (Reuters)]
  • The Taliban launch attacks in Badakhshan and Laghman provinces in Afghanistan, killing 10 policemen and 3 civilians. [http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/taliban-attack-afghanistan-kills-policemen-23805850 (AP via ABC)]
  • Boko Haram attacks the village of Alagarno, in Nigeria's Borno State, killing 17 people. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-27498598 (BBC News)]
  • The Republic of Korea Navy fires warning shots at three Korean People's Navy patrol boats after they violated South Korean waters. [http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/20/world/asia/north-korea-ships/ (CNN)]
  • Israeli-Palestinian conflict:
  • Defence for Children International publishes a video showing two Palestinians allegedly killed by Israeli soldiers during a demonstration that became violent.[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/22/footage-palestinian-boys-shot-genuine-btselem (The Guardian)] [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/21/world/middleeast/palestinian-teenagers-video.htm (New York Times)]
  • 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine:
  • Graham Phillips, a British national and reporter for the Russian TV network RT, is detained in Mariupol by the SBU. [https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-27506545 (BBC News)]

;Business and economics

  • General Motors announces that it is recalling 218,000 older model Chevrolet Aveos due to a fire hazard. [https://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/21/us-gm-recall-aveo-idUSBREA4K0G420140521?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews (Reuters)]
  • eBay forces its users to change their passwords after a database containing encrypted user passwords and other non-financial data is compromised by a cyber-attack. [https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27503290 (BBC News)]

;International relations

;Law and crime

  • 2014 Taipei Metro Attack:
  • A knife attack on a Taipei Metro train leaves at least four dead and 21 passengers injured. [http://focustaiwan.tw/news/asoc/201405210027.aspx (Focus Taiwan)] [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/3-people-killed-in-taiwan-subway-stabbing-spree/2014/05/21/d7c27c2c-e0ce-11e3-9442-54189bf1a809_story.html (AP via Washington Post)]
  • An Egyptian court sentences 155 members of the Muslim Brotherhood to prison, including 54 life sentences. [http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFKBN0E113220140521 (Reuters)]
  • Former President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak is sentenced to three years in jail for embezzlement. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-27499325# (BBC News)]
  • Six Iranians that were arrested have been released in Tehran after releasing a fan video set to Pharrell Williams' "Happy", sparking outcries over the internet. [http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/21/world/meast/iran-happy-video-arrests/index.html?hpt=wo_c2 (CNN)]
  • Ten men convicted for producing poisoned alcohol that killed more than 30 people in 2012 have been sentenced to prison by a court in the Czech Republic, including two life sentences. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27501403 (BBC News)]

;Politics and elections

;Sport

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