Riad decapitará a más de 50 personas en un día

Arabia Saudita planea ejecutar a más de 50 personas condenadas por terrorismo en un solo día. La ONG Amnistía Internacional ha denunciado esta medida y ha asegurado que los saudíes "utilizan el pretexto de la lucha contra el terrorismo para ajustar cuentas políticas".

Almost 30 Libyan soldiers killed in Benghazi attacks

BENGHAZI, Libya - Almost 30 Libyan soldiers were killed and 70 wounded in a double suicide bombing and clashes in the port city of Benghazi on Thursday, medics said.

Four people were also killed in a separate attack by suspected Islamists on an army checkpoint in Qubah, east of Benghazi, hospital officials said.

Libya is being racked by violence as the armed groups which helped topple Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 turn their guns on each other in a struggle for the country's vast oil resources and political domination.

Political groups: representing people’s different views at the European level

With the elections over, many of the newly elected MEPs are now coming together to form or join transnational political groups in the Parliament on the basis of their political affinities. Political groups enjoy certain advantages, but to be recognised as a group, they need to meet some requirements. The official political groups forming the Parliament should be created by late June in time for the first plenary session on 1 July.

To be recognised as a group, it must consist of at least 25 MEPs and have members respresenting at least one-quarter of member states (today at least seven). Once a political group has been set up, the EP president must be informed about its name, composition and leadership.