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Thüringische Landeszeitung: Weimar (ots) - Hunderttausende Menschen sind auf der Flucht vor den Horden des Islamischen Staates (IS). Die Terrormiliz ist wieder auf dem Vormarsch, nachdem es zwischenzeitlich so ausgesehen hatte, als ob die Zeit militärischer Erfolge abgelaufen ...

Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung: Osnabrück (ots) - "John Sinclair"-Autor Jason Dark war noch nie in der Heimat seines Romanhelden 70-Jähriger plant im Herbst erste Reise nach England - Mit dem Pseudonym wollte Hellmut Rellergerd sein Frau ärgern - 150.000 Leserbriefe im Keller ...

Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung: Osnabrück (ots) - Wahl in der Türkei: Roth warnt vor Alleinherrschaft Erdogans Bundestagsvizepräsidentin fürchtet Abkehr von Demokratie - "Vielleicht wichtigste Wahl seit 13 Jahren" Osnabrück.- Mit Blick auf die bevorstehende Parlamentswahl in der ...

Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung: Osnabrück (ots) - Bootsflüchtlinge in Lebensgefahr: Diakonie-Präsident fordert Ausweitung der EU-Seenotrettung Lilie: EU-Programm Triton bis in die libyschen Küstengewässer - "Humanitäre und politische Katastrophe" Osnabrück.- Angesichts der ...

Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung: Osnabrück (ots) - Ökonom Gerken: EU-Verbleib der Briten wichtig Leiter des Centrums für Europäische Politik: England wichtigster Verbündeter Deutschlands - "Sonst würde südeuropäisches Politikkonzept Oberhand gewinnen" Osnabrück.- Nach Ansicht des ...

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has condemned a spate of suicide bombings committed by Islamist terrorists in what it says is a blatant effort to undermine the country&#39s ongoing political dialogue.

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has condemned a spate of suicide bombings committed by Islamist terrorists in what it says is a blatant effort to undermine the country&#39s ongoing political dialogue.

In a year of critical efforts against climate change and growing global security challenges, Viet Nam&#39s strong commitment to sustainable development and international peace have made it a &#8220natural&#8221 partner of the United Nations, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed disappointment at the inability of Member States to reach consensus on a &#8220substantive outcome&#8221 on a non-proliferation treaty key for global nuclear disarmament, according to a United Nations spokesperson.

Concern about the shrinking of the democratic space in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Ivan Šimonović, has stressed the importance of broadening the dialogue that has begun between the Government and the opposition.

FOCUS Magazin Verlag GmbH: München (ots) - Unternehmen werden durch die von Bund und Ländern geplante kleine Reform der Erbschaftsteuer zum Teil stärker belastet als bisher. Der hessische Finanzminister Thomas Schäfer (CDU) sagte dem Nachrichtenmagazin Focus, Ziel sei eine ...

Kijev egyik kerületi bírósága elrendelte pénteken a múlt hét végén Kelet-Ukrajnában elfogott két orosz katona előzetes letartóztatását július 19-ig.

Alekszandr Alekszandrov őrmester és Jevgenyij Jerofejev százados múlt szombaton esett fogságba a Luhanszk közelében lévő Scsasztya településnél, a frontvonal ukrán ellenőrzés alatti oldalán, ahol tűzharc közben megsebesültek. Hétfőn szállították őket Kijevbe, a központi katonai kórházba, ahol felépülésükig tartózkodhatnak, utána átszállítják őket az ukrán biztonsági szolgálat (SZBU) előzetes börtönébe.
Alekszandrov őrmester ügyvédje közölte, hogy védence megfellebbezi a letartóztatásáról hozott bírósági döntést.
Az orosz katonák már első kihallgatásuk alkalmával elárulták nevüket és rangjukat, valamint közölték, hogy az orosz fegyveres erők hírszerzéséhez tartozó 3-as számú különleges megbízatású dandárnál szolgálnak, katonai egységük az oroszországi, Volga-parti Togliattiban állomásozik.
Az Európai Biztonsági és Együttműködési Szervezet (EBESZ) kelet-ukrajnai megfigyelői küldöttsége csütörtökön közzétett jelentése szerint a misszió tagjai a napokban felkeresték a kijevi katonai kórházban a két orosz katonát, akik nekik is megerősítették, hogy jelenleg is aktív tagjai az orosz fegyveres erőknek, Ukrajnában felderítői feladatokat láttak el.
Moszkva változatlanul tagadja, hogy a két elfogott orosz állampolgár az orosz fegyveres erőknél szolgálna. Markijan Lubkivszkij, az SZBU vezetőjének tanácsadója csütörtökön arról tájékoztatott, hogy Moszkva külképviseletéről a konzul még mindig nem kereste fel a védelmi minisztérium kijevi katonai kórházában fekvő, sebesült orosz katonákat.
Valentin Nalivajcsenko, az SZBU vezetője hétfőn közölte, hogy az orosz katonák ellen terrorszervezetben való részvétel gyanújával indítanak büntetőeljárást a Luhanszk megyei oroszbarát szakadárokkal való együttműködésük miatt.

The third edition of the recently introduced Winter World Military Games, organized by the International Military Sports Council (CISM), will be held in Russia’s Black Sea resort city of Sochi in 2017, a Russian military sports official said on Friday.

May 22, 2015 (KHARTOUM) - Hundreds of Sudanese Islamists staged a demonstration in Khartoum denouncing a recent death sentence against Egypt's ousted president Mohammed Morsi.

A man holds a banner with the image of Egypt's ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi as protesters march against an Egyptian court's decision this week to seek the death penalty for Morsi, after Friday prayers in Khartoum, May 22, 2015 (Reuters Photo)

Last week, a court in Cairo sentenced to death Morsi and 105 co-defendants for allegedly taking part in a mass jailbreak during Egypt's January 2011 uprising that ousted then president Hosni Mubarak.

Sudan's government distanced itself from the matter and described it as an Egyptian “internal affair”.

While several Sudanese Islamists groups including the People's Congress Party (PCP) of Hassan al-Turabi and the Muslim Brotherhood condemned the court decision and warned that Egypt would witness a strong internal strife if Morsi and his companions were executed.

On Friday, the secretary general of the pro-government Islamic Movement (IM), al-Zubair Ahmed al-Hassan, and the leader of the opposition Just Peace Forum (JPF), al-Tayeb Mustafa, led about 800 hundreds of demonstrators following the weekly prayer in the Sudanese capital.

“Down with the al-Sisi government,” protesters chanted as they marched from the grand mosque toward the United Nations office in Khartoum east.

They waved pictures of Morsi and the famous yellow and black four-finger sign (symbol of the Raba'a al-Adawiya protest camp in Cairo where Egyptian police allegedly killed hundreds of Morsi supporters in 2013).

Riot police cordoned off roads leading to the UN office and the protesters dispersed peacefully.

Morsi, Egypt's first democratically elected president, was ousted by the military in July 2013 after only one year in office following mass protests against his rule.

The court decision against Morsi and his aides drew condemnation from US, Turkey, Germany and the European Union (EU) with the rights group Amnesty International describing it as “nothing but a charade based on null and void procedure”.

Al-Hassan addressed the protesters demanding the UN and the free people across the world not to remain silent about Morsi's death sentence.

He condemned silence of the rights groups and the secular and liberal forces “who claim to defend freedom but remain silent about the heinous crimes against the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt”.

The IM secretary general also said Egypt has turned into a “large prison”, noting those illegal, unconstitutional, and inhumane rulings would lead to an endless conflict in the country.

Mustafa, for his part, said Egypt is witnessing a “new pharaonic era”, stressing the protesters seek to support the “right” anywhere in the world.

The leading figure at the opposition Reform Now Movement (RNM), Hassan Osman Rizg, said Egypt is being tested by the recent events, noting the Egyptian government chose to bully its people after it failed to achieve a victory for the Islamic nation.

The political secretary of the PCP, Kamal Omer, said that al-Sisi must know that the Sudanese people would not remain silent while he is killing the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.

(ST)

May 22, 2015 (JUBA) – Visiting diplomats to South Sudan's capital, Juba, have condemned the recent fighting in Unity and Upper Nile states and called on the warring parties to cease hostilities.

An aerial view of a UN camp for internally displaced people in South Sudan's capital, Juba (ST)

The delegation of European Union (EU), together with the heads of missions from Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom and the heads of mission of Canada, Japan, Norway, Switzerland and United States of America converged in Juba on Friday, condemning the spread of violence in South Sudan.

In a statement extended to Sudan Tribune on Friday the diplomats have called on the opposition faction of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM-IO), led by former vice president Riek Machar and the South Sudan government headed by president Salva Kiir to end the 17-month long conflict.

"The heads of missions are deeply concerned about the spread of violence in Unity state and Upper Nile. The ongoing military offensives constitute blatant violations of the cessation of
hostilities agreement signed by the Government of South Sudan and the SPLM/A-in Opposition,” partly says the statement.

The diplomats urged the warring parties in the “strongest possible terms” to end the fighting and killing immediately, both to respect the ceasefire and stop the “terrible” humanitarian consequences.

South Sudan warring parties have been engaged in intensive military operations for the past three weeks in Upper Nile and Unity states.

It is reported the military activities during recent weeks in the two states have forced up to 100,000 people to flee from their homes. Humanitarian actors have also been forced to leave areas which already were extremely fragile and volatile.

The result is that an estimated 650,000 people are left without life-saving aid at the onset of the rainy season. The heads of missions are especially disturbed by reports coming from the conflict ravaged areas about gross human rights violations, often targeting children and women.

The statement says situation in Unity and Upper Nile states are volatile, adding that they are standing against destabilization of citizens and urging both parties to stop fighting.

“Those responsible for violations of human rights and other humanitarian crimes must be held to account. We urge all fighting parties to lay down arms, ensure the safety and security of civilians and humanitarian aid workers, and provide unhindered access for humanitarian aid,” the statement added.

The groups called on the South Sudan warring parties to continue with face to face dialogue to end the conflict and restore peace in the country.

“The only way forward is for all parties to immediately return to the negotiating table to resolve the crisis," they said.

Recently a regional Great Lake region that include Angola, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda have rejected direct involvement of troika countries and the United Nations in another expected round of talks in Ethiopia.

They also rejected the United Nations resolutions which calls for targeted sanctions and arms embargo on South Sudan.

Observers criticize the African leaders for failure to successfully mediate between the warring parties and at the same time refusing direct help from outside the continent.

The East African regional bloc (IGAD) said it was developing a new mechanism to expand membership of the mediation team that will include troika countries (US, UK and Norway) as well as African Union, European Union, China and the United Nations.

(ST)

New York, US (PANA) - Obstetric fistula is a devastating yet completely preventable and, in many cases, treatable injury of childbirth, affecting at least two million women and girls worldwide and leaving them isolated from communities, according to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.. Health

Azerbaijan refused to participate in a workshop of NATO Parliamentary Assembly

Iran and the P5+1 group of countries have held another day of nuclear talks in the Austrian capital of Vienna with the representatives of the two sides working intensively to narrow down remaining differences and pave the way for a possible deal between the two sides.

43 fire protection vehicles with personnel are guarding continuously these buildings across the country, APA reports.

Dans une nouvelle escalade de la violence, trois personnes ont été tuées par des jets d'au moins deux grenades vendredi 22 mai dans la capitale burundaise, agitée depuis quatre semaines par la contestation populaire contre un troisième mandat du président Pierre Nkurunziza. Plusieurs milliers de personnes ont manifesté dans le quartier périphérique de Cibitoke. De nouveaux affrontements avec les policiers ont eu lieu. Une trêve devrait être observée ce week-end.