The bodies of three Israeli settlers who went missing near Hebron two
weeks ago have been found on Monday near the city in the West
Bank.
Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu has called for an urgent security cabinet meeting over the
matter.
Israel has accused the Islamist Hamas movement, which has
its power base in the Gaza Strip, as being behind the abduction of the
teenagers. Hamas has neither confirmed nor denied involvement.
Bulgarian authorities on Friday saw illegal attempts to destabilize country's banking system amid queues of people trying to withdraw their money from cash desks....
Bulgarian Interior Minister Tsvetlin Yovchev told reporters that there has been an attack through the Internet and text messages via mobile phones to massively disturb people.
"We have found malicious and deliberate attempts to destabilize the banking system, and an investigation has been carried out in this direction since yesterday," Yovchev said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday it was his government’s priority to defend the nation against potential military threats, with the help of improved armed forces.
“We are bringing [the military] to a whole new level to keep it on par with the requirements of the 21st century,” Putin said in a speech to military academy graduates in the Kremlin.
“It’s evident that only a mobile, highly effective army and fleet are capable of solving the strategic task of securing Russia’s safety, sovereignty and national interests. The main goal is to defend our citizens against potential military threats,” Putin said.
The positions of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS, ISIL) in the
northern Iraqi city of al-Qaim were bombed by unknown fighter planes on
Tuesday.
The White House denied U.S. planes carried out the
airstrikes after an Iraqi television station reported that U.S. jets
were behind the bombings.
Tribal sources told Al Arabiya News that Syrian fighter planes carried out the raids.
Meanwhile,
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s air force has bombed Baiji -
about 200km north of Baghdad, where ISIS fighters seized an oil
refinery, according to Al Arabiya's correspondent.
Téhéran est prêt à compenser la baisse de la production pétrolière en
Irak due à l'aggravation de la situation dans ce pays, rapporte samedi
l'agence IRNA, citant le ministre iranien du pétrole Bijan
Namdar-Zangheneh.
D'après le ministre, suite aux opérations
armées lancées par le groupe djihadiste Etat islamique en Irak et au
Levant (EIIL), les prix du pétrole ont augmenté de 5%. Selon des
informations publiées la semaine dernière, les islamistes ont attaqué
une grande raffinerie de pétrole dans la ville de Baïdji (nord de
l'Irak). Ils ont pénétré sur le territoire de l'entreprise et détruit
plusieurs réservoirs de pétrole.
Ban Ki-moon calls on Security Council "to stem the flow of arms" to Syria, that he called "increasingly a failed state"....
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged the Security Council to
impose an arms embargo on Syria, describing foreign powers and groups as
"irresponsible" for giving military support to the warring parties in
the three-year conflict.
"If divisions in the Council continue to prevent such a step, I urge countries to do so individually," said Ban on Friday.
La recommandation faite à Kiev de mener l'opération militaire dans l'est de l'Ukraine selon les "normes internationales" peut être considérée comme un feu vert à poursuivre l'escalade du conflit, a déclaré mercredi le porte-parole de la diplomatie russe Alexandre Loukachevitch en commentant un nouveau rapport du Haut-Commissariat de l'Onu aux droits de l'homme (HCDH).
"Ce qui indigne le plus, c'est la recommandation hypocrite donnée aux autorités ukrainiennes d'effectuer leur opération antiterroriste «conformément aux normes internationales». Il s'agit de facto d'une autorisation à poursuivre le massacre de civils et l'escalade du conflit", lit-on dans le communiqué de M. Loukachevitch mis en ligne sur le site du ministère russe des Affaires étrangères.
KASAB, SYRIA — Residents of the Armenian Christian village of Kasab on Syria's border with Turkey began returning home on Monday, dancing, cheering and waving flags in the main square a day after the army retook the area from rebels.
The fall of Kasab to President Bashar al-Assad's forces less than three months after insurgents captured it dealt another symbolic and strategic blow to an opposition undermined in recent months by infighting and government gains.
Alors que la majeure partie du nord et du centre de l'Irak est en proie
au chaos, la région autonome du Kurdistan irakien fait figue d'îlot de
stabilité. Reportage à Erbil, la capitale, où l'on parle désormais
d'indépendance.
Sous les remparts de la forteresse d'Erbil, la
vie suit son cours. Difficile d'imaginer que les avant-postes
djihadistes se trouvent à moins de soixante kilomètres. Ces dix
dernières années, la région autonome du Kurdistan a été largement
épargnée par la violence qui gangrène l'Irak.
President says US troops will not be sent back to Iraq, but his administration is reviewing options to assist Baghdad....
President Barack Obama has said that the United States will not be
sending its troops back to Iraq, but is reviewing other options to
assist the Iraqi government threatened by an advancing armed group.
"We will not be sending US troops back into combat in Iraq, but I
have asked my national security team to prepare a range of other options
that could help support Iraqi security forces," Obama said on Friday.
An Italian Catholic community warned Wednesday of violence against Christians in Iraq, where a jihadist takeover in Mosul has seen as many as half a million people flee their homes.
"From the sketchy information coming out of Mosul it appears Christians are once more the victims of terrorism and bloodshed," the Sant'Egidio community, which promotes dialogue between religions, said in a statement.
UN, 9 June 2014 – Just days away from the kick-off of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon hailed the “best values of sport” – teamwork, fair play and mutual respect – as the United Nations today joined the international fervour that accompanies the games, even getting its normally staid diplomats out of suits and ties and into their national team uniforms.
“The first game is not until Thursday, but the level of excitement is already high. I suspect people are already adjusting their schedules in order to be in front of the television to see their teams perform,” Mr. Ban said at an event at Headquarters to mark the start of the World Cup, taking place in Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, Salvador and elsewhere across Brazil, from 12 June to 13 July.
Michail
Gorbatschow, Ex-Präsident der Sowjetunion, ist der Ansicht, dass die
USA durch die NATO-Erweiterung in Zentral- und Osteuropa gegen frühere
Vereinbarungen verstoßen haben.
Bei den Verhandlungen über
die Wiedervereinigung Deutschlands im Februar 1990 hatte die Nato
versprochen, sich nicht nach Osten zu erweitern.
BRUSSELS - President Barack Obama said on Thursday Russian President Vladimir Putin must recognize and work with Ukraine's new government and stop "provocations" along its border, or face tougher sanctions from members of the G7 group of nations.
BEIRUT: US Secretary of State John Kerry dismissed Syria's election as a "great big zero" on Wednesday, urging President Bashar al-Assad's allies Iran, Russia and Hezbollah to end the country's three-year war.
His remarks during a surprise trip to Beirut came ahead of the publication of official results from the election, dubbed a "disgrace" by Washington.
Kerry also announced US$290 million in humanitarian aid for Syria and neighbouring countries hosting refugees, key among them Lebanon.
Voting extended for five hours in first Syrian election for 50 years, which incumbent Assad seems certain to win....
Syrians are voting in a presidential election which the incumbent Bashar al-Assad is widely expected to win.
State television said on Tuesday that voting had been extended for
five hours "because of the massive influx of voters". Polls will now
close at 9pm GMT.
The dramatic deal to free soldier Bowe Bergdahl in exchange for Taliban
prisoners ignited criticism after the insurgents' leader declared a "big
victory," but also raised hopes for peace as the US prepares to leave
Afghanistan.
Washington has defended the swap as critical to
saving Bergdahl's life, as his health had deteriorated sharply after
five years spent as the only US soldier held captive by the Taliban
since the war began in 2001.
