Laut einem Gesetzentwurf strebt die Regierung in Israel die Zwangsumsiedlung von 30.000 bis 40.000 Beduinen an. Sie sollen in anerkannte Siedlungen ziehen. Vor dem Büro des Ministerpräsidenten Netanjahu gab es bereits scharfe Proteste.

Seit gut einem Jahr haben die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika eine Politik des Regimewechsels in Syrien verfolgt. Der Grund für diese Politik liegt in dem breiteren regionalen Interesse Washingtons: Unterstützung gehorsamer Klientenstaaten und Eliminierung von Staaten, die die Hegemonie der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika in Frage stellen.

Forty-one countries are taking part in the two-week International Mine Countermeasures Exercise (IMCMEX-13) to practice minesweeping and protecting ports and energy installations in the Gulf.

The United Arab Emirates criticized on Monday a visit by Iranian lawmakers to Gulf islands near the Strait of Hormuz at the center of a territorial dispute between the two countries, who are both trade partners and strategic rivals.

Kiyul Chung:
Liebe Freunde und Unterstützer,
im Namen von Dutzenden Millionen Koreanern aus Nord und Süd und Übersee möchte ‚The 4th Media‘ das folgende Dokument teilen/unterbreiten, das für Frieden nicht Krieg auf der koreanischen Halbinsel und der Region Nordostasien aufruft.

‚The 4th Media‘ möchte mit Unterstützung und der Solidarität von anderen globalen alternativen, unabhängigen Medien in der Welt eine globale Kampagne starten, um die dutzenden Millionen Koreaner zu unterstützen, die Frieden fordern. Die folgende englische Version [hier übersetzt] ist der erste Entwurf, die von ‚The 4th Media‘ vorgeschlagen wurde Die Koreaner in Seoul haben bereits mit ihrer eigenen Kampagne für ‚Frieden, kein Krieg‘ begonnen.

The eurozone‘s private sector shrank for the 15th consecutive month in April – suggesting the single currency area will fall deeper into recession this quarter.

Protesters in the capital‘s central Piazza Venezia clashed with riot police Monday morning as they tried to break through a police line blocking Rome prefect‘s office.

Before taking his life he reportedly sent an email to his wife telling her what he planned to do.Police sources said she desperately tried to stop him.

Italy won‘t be granted more time to balance its budget, a spokesman for European Financial Commissioner Olli Rehn said Monday. Deputy Economy

Letta calls event a political priority

BRUSSELS – EP foreign affairs commission hearing, with NATO secretary general on the future of European defense followed by new Italian Defense Minister Mario Mauro.

Italians had for years grown used to headlines linking seven-time premier Giulio Andreotti – who has died aged 94 – to murky events in Sicily.

In power for 40 sometimes rocky years until Bribesville scotched his seemingly unstoppable rise to the presidency, seven-time Christian Democrat (DC) premier Giulio Andreotti was the consummate political animal. Nothing if not smart, he made a virtue of pragmatism – though opponents said it bordered on cynicism.

Christian Democrat colossus of post-war Italian politics

The gap between the French Socialist finance chief’s view and the election-year positioning of Germany’s Wolfgang Schaeuble underscores the divergence between their economies and the wrangling that has marked the crisis fight since Francois Hollande replaced Nicolas Sarkozy as French leader a year ago.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was quoted as saying by the Kuwaiti daily Al Ray which cited sources close to the presiden

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas began an official visit to China today complying an invitation issued by leader Xi Jinping during which he will debate bilateral local, international and regional issues of common interest.

The People‘s Assembly strongly denounced the treacherous Israeli aggression against sites in Damascus Countryside, saying it constitutes a blatant interference in the Syrian crisis which reflects Israel‘s involvement in the plot against Syria.

Chinese President Xi Jinping holds a welcome ceremony for his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas in Beijing. Rough Cut (no reporter narration)

National Elections 2013: Lower House, centre-left coalition, Pierluigi Bersani: 29.5% – 340 seats. Made up thus: PD 25.4% – 292 seats ; Sel 3.2% – 37 seats ; Centro Democratico 0.5% – 6 seats ; others 0.4% – 5 seats.
Centre-right coalition, Silvio Berlusconi: 29.1% – 124 seats. Made up thus: PDL 21.6% – 97 seats; Lega Nord 4.1% – 18 seats; Fratelli d‘Italia 2% – 9 seats; other parties with between 0.6% and 0.1% – no seats. MoVimento 5 Stelle, Beppe Grillo: 25.5% – 108 seats. Centre coalition, Mario Monti: 10.5% – 45 seats.

Leading United Nations investigator Carla Del Ponte has said rebels, rather than the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, could have used chemical weapons in the bloody Syrian conflict.

Carla del Ponte told Swiss TV there were „strong, concrete suspicions but not yet incontrovertible proof“.