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ReportStill air strikes in Gaza
Gaza, Gaza Strip - Hamas declares: "Cease-fire"
At the end of yet another day of violence, the Islamist movement Hamas and the Palestinian factions have agreed for a truce with the State of Israel thanks also to the intervention of the mediator Turkey... more
ReportIsraeli air raids on Gaza
Gaza, Gaza Strip - Israeli retaliation against Gaza Strip
New invasions of Israeli aircraft this night against many goals in the southern of Gaza Strip as retaliation for what happened on March 19, when the brigades Bleeding al-Qassam, under the Islamic resistance... more
ReportAccused Italian Minister Calderoli for private use of State flights
Cuneo, Italy - "Abuse of office in the use of a flight of State"
The Public Prosecutor of Cuneo accused for the elements of an offense the minister Roberto Calderoli for "Abuse of office in the use of a flight of State". Fabrizio Biolè Regional Adviser of the Movement... more
ReportRussia reiterates its opposition to military intervention in Libya
Moscow, Russia - Medvedev "The ongoing conflicts must be resolved peacefully"
Dmitry Medvedev reiterated today that Russia continues to oppose military intervention in the Libyan issue. The Russian president commented "We operate on the assumption that the current conflicts should... more
ReportSudan accuses Israel of an air raid occurred on its territory: 2 dead
Khartoum, Sudan - And threatens retaliations
Today a diplomatic crisis seems to be close, following the statement made to the international community by the government of Khartoum, Sudan, being represented by its Foreign minister Ali Karti, who accused... more
ReportLibya, rebels against NATO: too slow in ordering air raids, it didn't avoid the massacre in Misurata (VIDEO)
Tripoli, Libya - After the retreat of US aircraft, NATO's planes against the regime are not enough
According to reports from the international press, the Libyan rebels would have accused the NATO to have been too slow in ordering air raids to protect civilians, so allowing a massacre to happen in Misurata,... more
ReportJordan holds with military aircraft to the no-fly zone
Amman, Jordan - It's the third Arab country that combines to the operation against Gaddafi
They come to three the Arab countries taking part in the international operation against the regime of the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi: after Qatar and United Arab Emirates now also Jordan left an unknown... more
ReportUS Army withdraws fighter planes from Libya
Tripoli, Libya - NATO air raid against Gaddafi's forces
US Army has withdraw yesterday all its fighter planes used right from the beginning of the military international operation in Libya. It was announced by Pentagon, after the expiry of the extension of... more
ReportDavid Cameron, brief visit to the Italian Gioia del Colle air base
Bari, Italy - To congratulate the pilots of British airplanes engaged in Libya
Yesterday in the evening the premier David Cameron has visited the air base of Gioia del Colle, Bari, seat of the 36th Wing, to congratulate about 50 British pilots engaged in the Libyan mission. There... more
ReportAir raid and missiles of the United Nations and France in Ivory Coast
London, United Kingdom - "We can no longer withstand the unreasonable attacks of the force of Gbagbo"
"We are thinking of an action, we can not ignore as long as reckless and senseless attacks (Gbagbo's forces) against civilians and against United Nations peacekeepers with heavy weapons", said Choi Young-jin,... more
ReportJordanian military airplane carries humanitarian aids to Libyan population
Amman, Jordan - Landed in Bengasi with a 10 ton load
"Petra" news agency reports that an airplane of the Jordanian Air Force took off on Monday from the airport of Amman with 10 ton load humanitarian, especially medical, aids on board, offered by Jordan... more
ReportMassacre in Yemen: shoot into the crowd, more than ten dead
Sana'a, Yemen - Obama ready to leave the historic ally
Violence continues in Yemen, but this time continue with even more ferocity: in fact there are at least 10 dead after the military men have shot at head height against the demonstrators in Taiz, city in... more
ReportLibya: US air raid today
Washington, USA - NATO asks for help to the USA
Continued through the day of today the United States air raids, whose intervention is increasingly present: in fact after have leaving completely to NATO the command of the operations, the same organization... more
ReportOrsi new CEO of Finmeccanica
Rome, Italy - Guarguaglini is only the president
By this evening it will be official the choice of the Government, after the close of the stock market. A new man for each of the major Groups in public with the top end. For Finmeccanica there is a... more
ReportBerlusconi flies to Tunis to stop illegals departures
Rome, Italy - Continue the transfers of migrants from Lampedusa
"I'll go to Tunis to see if this government, which is certainly not a strong government and is not a government elected by the citizens, will find a way or will have a police force capable of attracting... more
ReportMussa Kussa could have information on attack to plane Uta of the 1989
Paris, France - Could lead to the capture of Abdullah Senoussi
Mussa Kussa, outgoing Foreign Minister of Libya, has escaped from his country to seek refuge in Britain, where for two days was interrogated by authorities. It is believed that the man may have revelations... more
ReportFurther victims in the air raids in Libya: 7 children killed
Tripoli, Libya - And 25 injured
A Libyan doctor, Suleiman Refardi, unveiled today to "BBC" that, last Wednesday, 7 people aged 12-20 ("Four of the dead were female, including three children from the same family, aged between 12 and 16"... more
ReportNATO urges on the Libyan forces to stop the violence against civilians
Brussels, Belgium - Rasmussen: resolve the conflict in Libya requires a political solution
"I recommend to those who are acting against the civilian population and civilian centres that you cease these activities", told reporters Canadian Lieutenant General Charles Bouchard, commander of Operation... more
ReportItalian Army: parcel bomb in barracks of Livorno injuried an officer
Rome, Italy - The soldier has been carried to the hospital; his health conditions are now being under examination
Yesterday at about 04:05 pm an officer of the "Folgore" Parachute Brigade was injured by a parcel bomb. The officer was in his office when, opening a package, was hit by an explosion that caused him... more
ReportAt least 40 civilians killed in air strikes in Tripoli
Tripoli, Libya - It is unveiled by the local bishop Giovanni Martinelli
Today, Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, Vicar Apostolic of Tripoli, in an interview released to the news agency "Fides", stated that the air strikes on the Libyan capital have killed dozen civilians. "The... more
ReportOuattara: exhausted every peaceful way out of the crisis in Ivory Coast
Abidjan , Ivory Coast - New UN sanctions against Gbagbo
The peaceful way out of the crisis afflicting the Ivory Coast from four months are over. This was announced in a statement by the Ivorian President approved by the international community, Alassane Ouattara,... more
ReportConfirmations in sight for the top Finmeccanica, Eni, Enel, Terna and the Italian Post Office?
Rome, Italy - Pole position for Giuseppe Orsi for the office of CEO in Finmeccanica
It would seem that public appointments are now in the process of composition as reported by the Italian press at this time. Confirmations in sight for Paolo Scaroni, Fulvio Conti, Flavio Cattaneo and Massimo... more
ReportTwo airlift and five ships from Lampedusa to "Clean up" the island
Lampedusa, Italy - Migrants emergency, transfers are continuing
There are two airlifts that today will transfer about 200 migrants out from Lampedusa to other Italian reception centers; initially there were six scheduled flights. In addition to flights, transfers are... more
ReportNaoto Kan: "Fukushima will be dismantled"
Fukushima, Japan - But the government does not provide additional evacuations
It's the assurance made ??by Japanese Prime Minister, Naoto Kan, at the meeting with the leaders of the JCP, the Japanese Communist Party, according to what reported the Kyodo news agency: Fukushima nuclear... more
ReportHu Jintao on Libya: air raids could violate the UN Resolution
Bejing, China - It was declared by the president on the occasion of a visit in China of Sarkozy
According to Chinese State TV, in receiving the French Premier Nicolas Sarkozy in China for a State visit, president Hu Jintao made some important statements, expressing his way of thinking about "Odyssey... more
ReportBerlusconi at Lampedusa: the island will be free in 48-60 hours
Lampedusa, Italy - The Prime Minister: it will be free trade zone and a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize
In Lampedusa it's the "B-day": Berlusconi on the stage in front of the town hall, among the applause of the inhabitants of Lampedusa, ensures that will release the island from migrants within 48-60 hours... more
ReportIsraeli UAV aircraft attacks Gaza Strip
Tel Aviv, Israel - A Palestinian Jihad militant was killed, another wounded; destroyed an area employed for weapon smuggling
Further Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip: today, military aircraft attacked a tunnel located on the border with Egypt, employed as an area for the smuggling of weapons. At dawn, moreover, a raid... more
ReportThailand, floods cause interruption of connections also by air (VIDEO)
Bangkok, Thailand - Three airports closed; 15,000 tourists stranded; 21 victims according to latest death toll
Three airports have already been closed and a number of disruptions are occurring for rail and road links, in the south of Thailand, due torrential rains and subsequent floods that, since last week, are... more
ReportIvory Coast: guerrilla war continues, more than 10 thousand refugees (VIDEO)
Abidjan, Ivory Coast - The European Union considers new sanctions against Gbagbo
Fighting continues in the city of Tiebissu, 40 km north of the Ivorian capital Yamoussoukro, as it rises the number of refugees trying to get away from the endless violence in their country that are perpetuated... more
Report"Trapani is not at war": protest against the closure of "Vincenzo Florio" airport to civil traffic
Trapani, Italy - Involving thousands of people including local authorities and Airgest
As planned since yesterday, today there has been a protest involving thousands of people, asking for the immediate re-opening of Trapani airport to civil traffic and for the return to full operation of... more
ReportFukushima, the fear is now called plutonium (VIDEO)
Fukushima, Japan - The chemical element found in the underground city
Grow the alert level in Japan, especially after the discovery of traces of plutonium in the subsurface well five different points around the plant of Fukushima. Plutonium is extremely dangerous if not... more
ReportYemen: rebels cause explosion in a munitions factory
Aden, Yemen - More than an hundred victims
Jaar, province of Abyan, southern Yemen: from yesterday troops of anti-government rebels, apparently linked to international terrorism of Al Qaeda, have taken the city and some near villages, and then... more
ReportLibya: command passed to NATO
Tripoli, Libya - Rebels claim to have taken Sirte
The command of all military operations about Libya will immediately pass into the hands of NATO. The general-secretary of the organization Anders Fogh Rasmussen clarify It at the end of the meeting of... more
ReportProtests on a British Airways' airplane
London, United Kingdom - "Exclusive" place for Gordon Brown
Although to give him a seat in business class have been trying to move in economy a woman seven months pregnant, her husband and a doctor of the Red Cross. Officially it was an over-booking that would... more
ReportTouched tragedy at the Washington Airport (2): controller suspended
Washington , USA - The authorities now investigating on shifts often exhausting
It was suspended the controller who has confessed to the National Transportation Safety Board, Ntsb, to fall asleep Wednesday morning while two passenger planes were landing. (AVIONEWS) The controller,... more
ReportGermany: ok of the parliament to sending 300 soldiers in the AWACS missions in Afghanistan
Berlin, Germany - The intervention will serve to lighten the burdens of the allies involved in Libya
The "Bundestag" (German parliament) has today approved the sending of 300 men to be used for the operation of the AWACS (Airborne Warning And Control System), spy planes of the NATO that monitor the air... more
ReportFukushima: alert rises to level 6
Fukushima, Japan - Naoto Kan: unexpected situation
The Japanese Agency for Nuclear Safety and Industry admits that the situation is perhaps more serious than we thought: the high radioactive level of the reactor 3 of the plant suggests damage to the tank,... more
ReportEgypt, Tunisia, Morocco: anti-government riot signs (2)
El Cairo, Egypt - In Africa also
Here continues our discussion about the anti-government riots spreading in many Arab Countries in the Middle East (see AVIONEWS) and in Africa. Libya, in these days in the fore front, it's just one... more
ReportLibya, Jordan, Bahrain, Syria, Yemen: anti-government riot signs (1)
Tripoli, Libya - This only in the Arab world. Concerns of the European Council
It 's currently very wide the map of the Arab Nations inflamed with riots and protests. In addition to Libya, in recent days come to the fore all over the world due to the harsh repression made by... more
ReportEarthquake in Myanmar
Tachileik, Myanmar - 75 confirmed victims
The victims of the earthquake of magnitude 6.8 occurred yesterday in the border area between Myanmar, Thailand and Laos at moment would be 75, but their number is surely destined to rise because they have... more
ReportLibya: ok to the NATO command on the "No-fly zone"
Brussels , Belgium - Secretary- general of NATO speaks on the question
"There will be a command of NATO presiding over operations in Libya", said secretary-general of NATO, Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Thursday March 24th, after the Atlantic council happened in Brussels said... more
ReportUnited Arab Emirates, 12 aircraft for Libyan mission
Dubai, United Arab Emirates - They should be 6 Mirages and as many F-16s
The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton welcomed yesterday the decision of the UAE, United Arab Emirates, to take part into the Libyan mission, taking place as an implementation of the UN Security Council... more
ReportConfindustria Trapani's President: closure of the airport to civil air traffic can cause its public image to be damaged
Trapani, Italy - It should be "Transferred to the Government the urgency and the impossibility to postpone the re-opening" of the air station
The President of Confindustria Trapani Davide Durante invited to "Assess the damages", especially related to the public image, that the airport of Trapani-Birgi is experiencing in these days due to the... more
ReportMisurata: took the port by the forces of Gaddafi
Misurata , Libya - Foreigners locked while they were evacuated
Loyal forces to the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi took control of the port of Misurata, the only Libyan city west country still in the end of the rebels. News are slow to arrive because the city, despite... more
ReportLibyan plane shot down in the "No-fly zone"of measures?
Tripoli, Libya - French doesn't confirm the news
"We don't comment on ongoing operations" is what said Colonel Thierry Burkhard, on the news that is circulating in these minutes, on a Libyan fighter aircraft, while flying over Misurata was struck down... more
ReportLa Russa: 10 missions and 32 sorties for Italian's Tornado
Rome , Italy - We aren't in attack position
Defence Minister Ignazio La Russa stated today to the Chamber , in view of a new vote because the UN international mission, that the Italian's planes available for international military operations against... more
ReportLibya. Aircraft: bombs on Gaddafi's bunker
Tripoli, Libya - Still no agreement on the role of NATO
Air raid against Gaddafi's armed forces would have neutralized, for the Head of the Real Aviation Force, the aviation of the rais. Yesterday, in the evening, Al Arabiya diffused the news of a bombing on... more
ReportTrapani's airport: the Italian AMI from householder to undesired host?
Rome, Italy - It would be time to clarify on infrastructure use of the Defense and their strategic valency
It was needed a real war (or almost) as that is emerging in Libya to highlight a contradiction that already has dragged on too long. We refer to the age-old question of the use of military airports... more
ReportSix Italian Tornado aircraft took off from Trapani today
Trapani, Italy - Also two helicopters in flight
Six Italian Tornadoes took off in less than an hour from the military base of Trapani-Birgi: four ECR coming from Piacenza and two IDS refuel from Ghedi (Brescia). Six Italian Tornado aircraft are added... more
ReportAir raid on Misurata
Tripoli, Libya - After the attack the silence of the rais
The planes of the Western coalition have fired two raid in Misurata, city of Libya in the hands of the rebels where are allocated the forces of Colonel Gaddafi. This was stated today by a resident in the... more