tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409482909880290151.post929274981353757491..comments2024-03-28T17:39:47.864+02:00Comments on EL KaOs UT News: Aprovlepto El Kratos News (April 2015 - B)xronoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13107445158803745642noreply@blogger.comBlogger146125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409482909880290151.post-20983584257058709432015-04-30T23:15:49.107+03:002015-04-30T23:15:49.107+03:00La Cina e la Russia effettueranno esercitazioni na...La Cina e la Russia effettueranno esercitazioni navali nel Mediterraneo a maggio, ha riferito il portavoce del ministero della Difesa della Cina...<br /><br />"Secondo i piani di Russia e Cina, le forze navali dei due Paesi effettueranno a metà maggio esercitazioni militari congiunte nel Mar Mediterraneo denominate Joint Sea 2015",<br /><br />— ha detto a Pechino il portavoce del ministero della Difesa cinese Geng Yansheng.<br /><br />Nelle manovre saranno coinvolte 9 navi di entrambi i Paesi. Tre di esse sono navi della Marina cinese che sono ora impegnate nella missione internazionale contro i pirati al largo delle coste della Somalia.<br /><br />Il programma delle manovre comprende l'elaborazione di operazioni di salvataggio in mare, di rifornimento di carburante e spari.<br /><br />Secondo il rappresentante cinese, le esercitazioni non sono dirette contro Paesi terzi.<br />http://sptnkne.ws/gMJ<br />30/4/15<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409482909880290151.post-66638112064905239782015-04-30T22:35:25.322+03:002015-04-30T22:35:25.322+03:00ISIS jihadists claim killing of 15 Yemen soldiers....ISIS jihadists claim killing of 15 Yemen soldiers...<br /><br />Jihadists of the Islamic State group claimed they beheaded four Yemeni soldiers and shot dead another 11 execution-style in a video posted online Thursday, a monitoring group said.<br /><br />The soldiers were shown in front of the camera before jihadists were seen sharpening their knives and killing four of them, according to SITE Intelligence Group, a US website monitor.<br /><br />The heads of the four young men were then seen on the ground, in the video said to have been filmed in the southern province of Shabwa.<br /><br />The footage shows 10 more soldiers, blindfolded and crouching with their hands bound, being shot once each in the forehead, while another is riddled with bullets from behind.<br /><br />According to SITE, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has denied responsibility for the killings which took place in mid-April......AFP......dailystar.com.lb<br />30/4/15Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409482909880290151.post-54840534420385604262015-04-30T22:29:13.823+03:002015-04-30T22:29:13.823+03:00A ruined Hagia Sophia dating back to the 12th cent...A ruined Hagia Sophia dating back to the 12th century in the western border province of Edirne will be renovated as a mosque, despite former statements made about the possibility of restoring it as a museum...<br /><br />Following the conversion of two Hagia Sophia into museums, which were initially built as churches and then turned into mosques and, subsequently, museums, the third Hagia Sophia in Edirne’s Enez district will be reconverted into a mosque, according to Foundations General Director Adnan Ertem, despite previous debates on turning it into a museum after reconstruction....hurriyetdailynews.com<br />30/4/15Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409482909880290151.post-77695200216810283612015-04-30T22:27:11.750+03:002015-04-30T22:27:11.750+03:00Russia wants to divide NATO, European blocs: US ge...Russia wants to divide NATO, European blocs: US general...<br /><br /> Supplying offensive weapons to Ukraine should be used as an option to curb Russian actions that threaten Europe’s security, the top commander for U.S. forces in Europe said Thursday.<br /><br />“Mr. Putin and his forces have taken and used every tool to their great advantage including the military tool,” said Gen. Philip Breedlove. “I support the consideration of using offensive weapons to change the decision calculus on the ground and to facilitate bringing our opponent to the table.”<br /><br />Breedlove’s comments came as he briefed the Senate Armed Services Committee on the European Command’s program and 2016 budget.<br /><br />“Russia is blatantly challenging the rules and principles that have been the bedrock of European security for decades,” he said. “This is global. It's not regional, and it is enduring, not temporary.”<br /><br />Russia’s motivation is not only limited to dismembering Ukraine, he said, but Russia wants to divide the European Union NATO as a economic and military blocs.<br /><br />Russia has supported separatists in eastern Ukraine since the armed conflict began in early 2014.<br /><br />The U.S. and European powers have a placed series of sanctions on Russia for its destabilizing actions in eastern Ukraine and for annexing the Crimean peninsula last March....aa.com.trAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409482909880290151.post-69546059273444519682015-04-30T22:05:08.971+03:002015-04-30T22:05:08.971+03:00US soldiers arrive in Turkey for training Syrian r...US soldiers arrive in Turkey for training Syrian rebel ...<br /><br />US soldiers have arrived in Turkey to start training Syrian rebels to fight Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria, daily Hurriyet reported on Thursday.<br /><br />The US soldiers, all members of the Special Forces, will join their Turkish colleagues to train Syrian rebels in a military base in the central Anatolian province of Kirsehir, the paper said, citing unidentified sources.<br /><br />The paper said training will start in 10 days and that the rebels will be trained in groups of 400.<br /><br />Ankara and Washington signed an agreement in February to train some 2,000 members of the Free Syrian Army in one year, and 5,000 fighters in three years inside Turkey.....ellanodikis.net<br />30/4/15Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409482909880290151.post-91771821575412582982015-04-30T21:08:38.419+03:002015-04-30T21:08:38.419+03:00North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has canceled his p...North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has canceled his planned trip to Moscow for Russia's Victory Day, according to the Kremlin...<br /><br />"He has decided to stay in Pyongyang," said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Thursday, saying Moscow received the information via "diplomatic channels."<br /><br />The visit, which would have been Kim Jong Un's first overseas trip since taking power, was called off due to unspecified "internal North Korean issues," Peskov added.<br /><br />Russia invited world leaders, including Kim, to the May 9 ceremony in Moscow marking the 70th anniversary of Russia's victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.<br /><br />Until Thursday, Russia had said it was preparing for Kim to make the trip, telling VOA's Korean service recently it was "working through all the logistical questions."....voanews.com<br />30/4/15Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409482909880290151.post-66775067414572177812015-04-30T20:10:44.148+03:002015-04-30T20:10:44.148+03:00Small earthquake felt by hundreds in Los Angeles.....Small earthquake felt by hundreds in Los Angeles...<br /><br />A small earthquake has rattled a wide swath of greater Los Angeles, shaking buildings downtown.<br /><br />The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude-3.7 quake hit at 7:01 a.m. near Carson. The significant depth of 7 miles (11 kilometres) meant fewer people were likely to feel it.<br /><br />Agency seismologists say the quake was near the Newport-Inglewood fault, but it was too small to determine exactly which fault caused it.<br /><br />Los Angeles police say there have been no immediate reports of damage or injuries, and seismologists say none should be expected for a quake of this size.<br /><br />There were hundreds of reports on the Geological Survey's website of people feeling the quake.<br />AP<br />ctvnews.ca<br />30/4/15Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409482909880290151.post-63146452457006227552015-04-30T17:33:33.227+03:002015-04-30T17:33:33.227+03:00Turkey's EU ambitions complicated by row over ...Turkey's EU ambitions complicated by row over Armenia genocide: Hahn...<br /><br />Turkey's backlash against European countries that call Ottoman Turks' 1915 massacre of Armenians genocide will complicate Ankara's ambitions to join the European Union, the commissioner in charge of EU enlargement told a newspaper on Thursday.<br /><br />Turkey denies that the killing of up to 1.5 million Armenians in what is now Turkey, at the height of World War One, constitutes genocide and relations with Armenia are still blighted by the dispute.<br /><br />Turkey has also rebuked EU members including Germany and Austria whose parliaments used the word in resolutions marking the 100th anniversary of the event this month.<br /><br />Commissioner Johannes Hahn told Austrian newspaper Der Standard that Ankara's "very harsh" reaction should be seen in the context of elections coming up in June.<br /><br />"This may be quite popular in parts of the country and among certain parts of the population. But what worries me are the long-term consequences," he was quoted as saying in an interview.<br /><br />"The seeds of an anti-European and anti-Western stance are thus sown, which from today's perspective makes a future (EU) entry very difficult."<br /><br />The European Parliament this month also backed a motion that called the massacre genocide, days after Pope Francis provoked fury in Turkey by using the same term.<br />ReutersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409482909880290151.post-20881096202385384702015-04-30T17:24:49.086+03:002015-04-30T17:24:49.086+03:00China: US-Philippines drill bad for regional peace...China: US-Philippines drill bad for regional peace ...<br /><br />China on Thursday said a military drill by the United States and the Philippines is "muscle flexing", and not good for the region's peace and stability.<br /><br />"Some countries consolidate their military alliances, hold large-scale military exercises and create tension in the region. This goes against the trend of the times of peace, development, cooperation and reciprocity," said Defense Ministry spokesman Geng Yansheng at a regular press briefing.<br /><br />"To reinforce military alliances and flex muscles is not good for regional peace and stability," Geng said while commenting the "Balikatan", (shoulder-to-shoulder) maneuvers that began on April 20.<br /><br />According to Philippine media, this year's annual drill involved more than 11,000 U.S. and Philippine military personnel and 61 Australian soldiers, the largest in 15 years.....china.org.cnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409482909880290151.post-55229768719281866162015-04-30T17:22:22.996+03:002015-04-30T17:22:22.996+03:00Russia against EU plan to destroy people-smugglers...Russia against EU plan to destroy people-smugglers’ boats — UN envoy...<br /><br />Russia does not support European Union’s plans to seek a military mandate to destroy people-smugglers’ boats in the Mediterranean, but is ready to work on the problem at the UN Security Council, Russia’s UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin told TASS on Wednesday.<br /><br />Churkin said he had discussed the migrant boat crisis with EU’s foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini. "She said they were in touch both with the African Union and with Arab countries, what we had urged for in essence," he said.,,,,http://tass.ru/en/world/792574Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409482909880290151.post-49104223257776079842015-04-30T06:24:15.463+03:002015-04-30T06:24:15.463+03:00Weapon depot blast kills 25 IS militants in easter...Weapon depot blast kills 25 IS militants in eastern Syria ...<br /><br />Powerful blast at a weapon depot in eastern Syria killed at least 25 militants with the Islamic State (IS) militant group on Wednesday, a monitor group reported.<br /><br />Several explosions rattled the city of Mayadeen in the eastern countryside of Deir al-Zour province, in what appeared to be blasts in a weapon depot belongs to the IS group, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.<br /><br />It said 20 others were wounded and the death toll could rise due to the large number of severely wounded militants.<br /><br />The UK-based watchdog group said it is not clear what caused the explosion, whether it was a result of a bombing or a technical malfunction.<br /><br />The IS group has captured large swathes of the oil-rich province of Deir al-Zour over the span of the four-year-old conflict due to its location on the borderline with Iraq and its oil plants. <br />china.org.cn<br />30/4/15Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409482909880290151.post-79948013575405593822015-04-30T06:17:50.889+03:002015-04-30T06:17:50.889+03:00Ukraine bears economic responsibility for Donbass ...Ukraine bears economic responsibility for Donbass - White House...<br /><br />The White House believes that the Ukrainian government bears the economic responsibility for Donbass, National Security Council Senior Director for International Economics Rory MacFarquhar told a seminar on the Ukrainian economy in Washington on Wednesday.<br /><br />The eastern Ukrainian region currently lives in the conditions of a financial and economic blockade on the part of the Kiev authorities. Lifting the blockade is one of the provisions of the package of measures on implementing the Minsk agreements.<br /><br />"That’s a very easy question. Donbass is Ukrainian territory and Russians have signed a sequence of agreements recognizing Donbass as Ukrainian territory. And there needs to be a process that reintegrates Donbass into Ukrainian control. That process is laid out in the Minsk agreements and that means what the international community including Russia has committed itself to supporting," he said........http://tass.ru/en/world/792565Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409482909880290151.post-20112495336981219632015-04-29T20:36:06.474+03:002015-04-29T20:36:06.474+03:00Saudi Arabia trains Yemeni tribal fighters in war ...Saudi Arabia trains Yemeni tribal fighters in war against Houthis: Sources...<br /><br />Saudi Arabia is providing military training for hundreds of Yemeni tribesmen to fight the Iranian-allied Houthi militia, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.<br /><br />A Saudi-led alliance has been bombing the group from the air for over a month, but it remains Yemen's dominant force.<br /><br />The kingdom announced last week it would rein in its strikes to give aid and reconciliation efforts more space, but the warring sides have made no visible progress toward talks.<br /><br />"You cannot win a war against the Houthis from the air - you need to send ground forces in, but now there's a programme to train tribal fighters on the border," said a Doha-based military source familiar with the matter.<br /><br />This week 300 tribal fighters trained in Saudi Arabia were deployed back to their home area in the Sirwah district of central Marib province to fight the Houthis and managed to push the militia back, a Yemeni official source told Reuters.....ahram.org.eg<br />29/4/15Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409482909880290151.post-87125425564461572862015-04-29T20:04:31.314+03:002015-04-29T20:04:31.314+03:00Georgia's government will face a confidence vo...Georgia's government will face a confidence vote in parliament after the South Caucasus country's sports minister on Wednesday became the seventh cabinet member to quit in less than a year...<br /><br />Levan Kipiani's resignation after a dispute with other members of the Georgian Dream coalition triggered a constitutional clause under which a confidence vote is needed if more than one-third of the government is replaced......todayonline.com<br />29/4/15Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409482909880290151.post-21127220486588971682015-04-29T17:38:46.461+03:002015-04-29T17:38:46.461+03:00Hungary PM revives death penalty debate, draws EU ...Hungary PM revives death penalty debate, draws EU concern...<br /><br />(Reuters) - Prime Minister Viktor Orban's Fidesz party, under pressure from a eurosceptic right, said on Wednesday it wanted to raise the question of a possible reintroduction of the death penalty with its European Union partners.<br /><br />A European Parliament member dismissed the idea as barbaric.<br /><br />Hungary scrapped the death penalty shortly after the fall of Communism, in 1990. Orban raised the matter anew after the recent murder of a young tobacconist in southern Hungary that stirred anger in the country.<br /><br />Fidesz's parliament caucus leader said the party was aware European rules precluded capital punishment but a debate was still necessary.<br /><br />"Even in an EU member state, if that country's public wants to have the death penalty ...then a substantial debate can be raised on the EU level," caucus leader Antal Rogan told public radio....reuters.com<br />29/4/15Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409482909880290151.post-57273775460363631632015-04-29T17:23:33.881+03:002015-04-29T17:23:33.881+03:00North Korea 'executed 15 people'...
North...North Korea 'executed 15 people'...<br /><br />North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has ordered the execution of 15 people this year, including several top officials, South Korean intelligence says.<br /><br />The agency told a parliamentary meeting on Wednesday that they were executed by firing squad on spying charges.<br /><br />Those killed include two vice ministers who challenged Mr Kim over his policies and members of an orchestra, intelligence officials said.<br /><br />Mr Kim purged and executed his once-powerful uncle for treachery in 2013.....bbc.com<br />29/4/15<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409482909880290151.post-13967852989763592532015-04-29T13:21:23.712+03:002015-04-29T13:21:23.712+03:00El-Sisi flies to Cyprus as part of Euro tour ...
...El-Sisi flies to Cyprus as part of Euro tour ...<br /><br /> Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi flew to Nicosia, Cyprus on Wednesday as part of a two-day tour of Europe that will include a stop in Spain, state news agency MENA said.<br /><br />El-Sisi will hold talks with his Cypriot counterpart Nicos Anastasiades and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in the Cypriot capital. A tripartite summit will be held between the three officials, followed by talks between the delegations of the three countries and a press conference.<br /><br />El-Sisi will then head to Spain where he is scheduled to meet with King Felipe VI and his prime minister in a visit that will see a number of agreements signed, MENA added.<br /><br />The Eyptian leader will also hold meetings with executives from fifteen of Spain's corporate giants.<br /><br />Accompanying El-Sisi on his tours are the ministers of investment, foreign affairs, electricity and transport.<br />ahram.org.eg<br />29/4/15Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409482909880290151.post-74220502823527704162015-04-29T11:24:16.972+03:002015-04-29T11:24:16.972+03:00Harper to announce military training, humanitarian...Harper to announce military training, humanitarian aid for Jordan ...<br /><br /> Prime Minister Stephen Harper is set to announce new counter-terrorism measures aimed at preventing Islamic State militants from spilling into Jordan, CTV News has learned.<br /><br />Harper will announce the new measures when he hosts Jordanian King Abdullah II, who is visiting Ottawa on Wednesday.<br /><br /><br /> Enhanced monitoring equipment to detect multiple passports and identification fraud<br /> Canadian special forces training to spot improvised explosive devices (IEDs) over the next two years<br /> Biological and chemical warfare training<br /><br />Harper is also expected to provide additional humanitarian aid for Syrian refugee camps. When he visited Jordan last year, the Prime Minister pledged $105 million to help the country cope with its influx of refugees.....ctvnews.caAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409482909880290151.post-24481402619288375162015-04-28T20:42:48.582+03:002015-04-28T20:42:48.582+03:00Palestinians in Israel demand end to home demoliti...Palestinians in Israel demand end to home demolitions...<br /><br />Hundreds of people are protesting in Tel Aviv against demolitions targeting Palestinian-owned houses.<br /><br />Protests by Israel's Palestinians occur frequently, but seldom have they taken place in Tel Aviv, in a central square that typically hosts demonstrations for causes championed by Jewish Israelis.<br /><br />In Tuesday's demonstration, the protesters are demanding that Israel cease home demolitions and provide housing solutions for the Palestinian minority. They say Israel has ignored the housing needs of Palestinians....AP.....dailystar.com.lb<br />28/4/15Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409482909880290151.post-34481521059631697582015-04-28T20:33:05.204+03:002015-04-28T20:33:05.204+03:00Athens Zusagen werden immer unglaubwürdiger..
Ale...Athens Zusagen werden immer unglaubwürdiger..<br /><br />Alexis Tsipras spricht von einem Kompromiss im Schuldenstreit bis Anfang Mai. Macht die griechische Regierung jetzt ernst und setzt die Reformen ins Werk? Unter den Finanzministern der Eurozone überwiegt weiterhin der Zweifel....faz.net<br />28/4/15Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409482909880290151.post-39895782075644960572015-04-28T20:26:39.308+03:002015-04-28T20:26:39.308+03:00Syria accuses Turkey of 'direct aggression'...Syria accuses Turkey of 'direct aggression' alongside militants...<br /><br />(Reuters) - Syria has accused Turkey of providing supporting fire and logistical help to enable "terrorist groups" to capture the Syrian city of Idlib and the strategic town of Jisr al-Shughour, state television said on Tuesday.<br /><br />"The terrorist groups' attacks on Idlib city and Jisr al-Shughour... were carried out by logistical and fire support from the Turkish army," Syrian television quoted the foreign ministry as saying.<br /><br />"This is direct Turkish aggression on Syria."<br /><br />Syria has recently stepped up its accusations that Turkey is aiding opposition fighters in its civil war and allowing thousands of foreign jihadi fighters into the country.<br /><br />Ankara has rejected such charges....reuters.com<br />28/4/15Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409482909880290151.post-71085491590951237682015-04-28T20:20:23.779+03:002015-04-28T20:20:23.779+03:00Chypre réussit une levée de dette de 1 milliard......Chypre réussit une levée de dette de 1 milliard...<br /><br />Le gouvernement chypriote a placé 1 milliard d’euros d’obligations à 7 ans au taux de seulement 4 %.<br /><br />L’annonce de la mise à l’écart du flamboyant ministre des Finances grec , Yanis Varoufakis, dans les négociations avec les créanciers d’Athènes, a peut-être profité au voisin chypriote. Le marché a en effet très bien accueilli l’émission de dette effectuée par Nicosie, qui revenait pour la première fois devant les investisseurs depuis juin 2014.<br /><br />Ainsi, alors qu’au même moment Athènes voit ses taux à 3 ans dépasser les 20 %, Chypre a réussi à placer des obligations d’Etat à 7 ans au taux de seulement 4 %. La demande des investisseurs a en outre atteint 1,9 milliard d’euros, pour un emprunt fixé à 1 milliard....lesechos.frAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409482909880290151.post-13839482730469199732015-04-28T20:02:08.416+03:002015-04-28T20:02:08.416+03:00Syrian opposition to meet UN envoy for Geneva talk...Syrian opposition to meet UN envoy for Geneva talks...<br /><br />Representatives from Syria's opposition National Coalition will meet the UN's Syria envoy in Geneva next month as he seeks to revive peace talks, the group's president said Tuesday.<br /><br />Coalition president Khaled Khoja said he had informed UN envoy Staffan de Mistura that a delegation from the exiled opposition body would attend bilateral talks in Geneva in May.<br /><br />"The coalition reasserted its commitment to a political solution and the resumption of negotiations where they left off," the statement said.<br /><br />Any new talks should proceed on the basis of "the formation of a transitional government body with full powers", it added....AFP....ahram.org.eg<br />28/4/15Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409482909880290151.post-45794982568325727362015-04-28T19:26:07.493+03:002015-04-28T19:26:07.493+03:00Iran plane breaches Yemen no-fly zone...
Coalitio...Iran plane breaches Yemen no-fly zone...<br /><br />Coalition forces have carried out a bombing raid on the runway at Sanaa airport on Tuesday, to prevent an Iranian civilian plane from landing there, Al Arabiya News Channel reported.<br /><br />The raid took place after the plane defied the coalition-enforced no-fly zone over Yemen entering the airspace from Oman. The no-fly zone has been in force since March 25, 2015 when Operation Decisive Storm began.<br />alarabiya.net<br />28/4/15Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409482909880290151.post-12390556027483666242015-04-28T18:52:29.030+03:002015-04-28T18:52:29.030+03:00Iran 'seizes' American cargo ship...
The ...Iran 'seizes' American cargo ship...<br /><br />The Iranian navy has seized a US cargo ship and escorted it to the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas, media reports say.<br /><br />There has been no official confirmation of the incident from either Iranian or American officials.<br /><br />Reports say the vessel had 34 crew aboard at the time.<br /><br />Iran's semi-official Fars news agency said the vessel had been detained "for trespassing on Iran's territorial waters".<br />bbc.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com