## [2014-03-18](/feed/2014/03/18/index.md)

##### Continue to occupy
### [Protesters storm and occupy the Legislative Yuan in Taiwan due to a unilateral move by the Kuomintang that forces the Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement to the legislative floor without giving it an item-by-item review. ](/feed/2014/03/18/protesters-storm-and-occupy-the-legislative-yuan-in-taiwan-due-to-a-unilateral-move-by-the-kuomintang-that-forces-the-cr.md)
##### U.S.
### [The United States expels all Syrian diplomats and closes the Syrian embassy in Washington D.C. ](/feed/2014/03/18/the-united-states-expels-all-syrian-diplomats-and-closes-the-syrian-embassy-in-washington-dc.md)
##### 2014 Crimean crisis
### [Transnistria formally requests to join the Russian Federation. ](/feed/2014/03/18/transnistria-formally-requests-to-join-the-russian-federation.md)
### [The parliaments of Russia and Crimea sign an accession treaty. ](/feed/2014/03/18/the-parliaments-of-russia-and-crimea-sign-an-accession-treaty.md)
### [Japan announces it will fall in line with American sanctions against Russia for its role in promoting the secession of Crimea from Ukraine. ](/feed/2014/03/18/japan-announces-it-will-fall-in-line-with-american-sanctions-against-russia-for-its-role-in-promoting-the-secession-of-c.md)
##### KOMO-TV
### [At least two people are dead and one is in critical condition after a KOMO-TV news helicopter crashes near the Seattle Space Needle in Seattle, Washington. ](/feed/2014/03/18/at-least-two-people-are-dead-and-one-is-in-critical-condition-after-a-komo-tv-news-helicopter-crashes-near-the-seattle-s.md)
##### Rolling Stones
### [The Rolling Stones postpone their tours of Australia and New Zealand following the death of Mick Jagger's girlfriend L'Wren Scott. ](/feed/2014/03/18/the-rolling-stones-postpone-their-tours-of-australia-and-new-zealand-following-the-death-of-mick-jagger-s-girlfriend-l-w.md)
##### U.S. president
### [President of the United States Barack Obama presents the Medal of Honor to 24 veterans, all of whom served in the Vietnam War, World War II and the Korean War. ](/feed/2014/03/18/president-of-the-united-states-barack-obama-presents-the-medal-of-honor-to-24-veterans-all-of-whom-served-in-the-vietna.md)
##### Rickshaw
### [A suicide rickshaw bomber detonates in a marketplace in Maymana, Afghanistan, killing 15 people. ](/feed/2014/03/18/a-suicide-rickshaw-bomber-detonates-in-a-marketplace-in-maymana-afghanistan-killing-15-people.md)
##### Ukrainian
### [A Ukrainian military serviceman is killed in an attack on a base in Crimea's main city, Simferopol. ](/feed/2014/03/18/a-ukrainian-military-serviceman-is-killed-in-an-attack-on-a-base-in-crimea-s-main-city-simferopol.md)
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