Portal:Current events/2014 May 27
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May 27, 2014 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine:
- At least thirty pro-Russian separatists have died in fighting over control of Donetsk International Airport; the Ukrainian government claims to have total control of the airport following the clashes with the separatists. (BBC News)
- The newly elected President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko vows to continue Kyiv's anti-terrorist operation against pro-Russian militants in the east. (BBC News)
- Syrian Civil War:
- Eleven people, including six members of a United Nations Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons fact finding mission, are attacked near Hama in central Syria. (AP via Washington Post) (BBC News)
- War in Afghanistan (2001–2021):
- Barack Obama, the President of the United States, announces that 9,800 U.S. troops will stay in Afghanistan for a year after the withdrawal of combat troops in December. (Washington Post)
- An American doctor, Mehdi Ali Qamar, is shot and killed in Pakistan by unknown assailants on motorbikes. (CNN)
- Iraqi Insurgency
- At least 35 people killed, 70 injured in bomb attacks in Baghdad and Anbar Province of Iraq. (IANS via Biharprabha)
- Opposition in Georgia's breakaway Abkhazia takes over the government headquarters, forcing President Alexander Ankvab to flee the capital, Sukhumi. (BBC News) (Financial Times)
Business and economics
- The president of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi, says that the ECB is conscious of the dangers of too low a level of inflation and it has the weapons necessary to get back to the target rate. (Reuters)
- Pfizer announces plans to release an over-the-counter version of heartburn medication Nexium. (KRON)
Disasters and accidents
- Malaysia Airlines Flight 370:
- Malaysia's Department of Civil Aviation and British satellite firm Inmarsat release the raw data used to determine the estimated path of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. (The Star Malaysia)
International relations
- Haiyang Shiyou 981 standoff:
- Vietnam and China trade accusations over an incident in the South China Sea that led to the sinking of a Vietnamese fishing boat yesterday. (AP via Fox News)
Law and crime
- Disgraced former New South Wales Police officer Roger Rogerson is arrested over the alleged murder of student Jamie Gao in Sydney last week. (WA Today)
- A Pakistani woman is stoned to death with bricks outside a courthouse by family members including her father, two brothers, and ex-fiancé for marrying a man she loved against the family's wishes. (The Jerusalem Post via Reuters)
Politics and elections
- Egyptian presidential election, 2014:
- The Government of Egypt declares the final day of voting in the election to be a public holiday to encourage turnout. (AP via Yahoo! News)
- The White House accidentally reveals the name of the CIA's top intelligence official in Afghanistan to approximately 6,000 journalists during U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Bagram Airfield. (CNN)
Science
- Scientists announce the discovery of a remote mire the size of England in the Republic of the Congo. (BBC News)