(Adnkronos) – Twelve people died and three were injured in an explosion at an explosives factory in the city of Balikesir, western Turkey. Turkish CNN reports, quoting Governor Ismail Ustaoglu, who adds that “the possibility of a terrorist attack is not being

(Adnkronos) – Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets in the Christian quarters of Damascus to protest the burning of a Christmas tree near Hama, in central Syria.  “We demand the rights of Christians,” the demonstrators shouted as they marched through the

(Adnkronos) – The Russian merchant ship Ursa Major sank in international waters, between Águilas (Murcia) and Oran (Algeria), after an explosion occurred in its engine room. Fourteen crew members were rescued and transferred to the port of Cartagena, while two crew members

(Adnkronos) – Russia has lost 777,720 soldiers in Ukraine since the start of the war on February 24, 2022, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has reported. This figure includes the 1,630 casualties inflicted on Russian forces in the last

(Adnkronos) – A Dutch court has sentenced five men for last month’s violence against Israeli football fans in Amsterdam, which shocked the world and sparked accusations of anti-Semitism.  The Amsterdam District Court found them guilty of a range of offences, from kicking

(Adnkronos) – The Palestinian Ministry of Education has stated that since the beginning of the Israeli war in Gaza and the West Bank, 12,820 students have been killed and 21,351 injured. The Palestinian news agency Wafa reports.  In particular, according to the

(Adnkronos) – “For the purposes of national security and freedom around the world, the United States of America believes that ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity.” US President-elect Donald Trump reiterates on Truth his aspiration, already expressed in 2019,

(Adnkronos) – Last night’s snowfall caused significant disruption to roads and railways in various parts of Switzerland. The A1, the main east-west link in the Confederation, between Bern Brünnen and Mühleberg was closed, due to a vehicle across it, reports the Swiss

(Adnkronos) – The pro-European Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu was reconfirmed as Prime Minister today, after reaching a coalition agreement to keep the far right out. “I nominate Marcel Ciolacu as Prime Minister,” said outgoing Liberal President Klaus Iohannis. “I wish him

(Adnkronos) – US President Joe Biden has commuted the death sentences of 37 of the 40 federal inmates, stepping in ahead of the return of Donald Trump, who oversaw a record number of lethal injections during his first term. With less than

(Adnkronos) – The death toll in Mozambique from Cyclone Chido, which struck last week, has risen to at least 120 dead and nearly 900 injured. The updated toll was released by local authorities, Radio France Internationale reports. 

(Adnkronos) – The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) yesterday announced the arrest of at least 18 suspected members of the Islamic State, during a joint counter-terrorism operation with the international coalition carried out the day before in the Syrian city of Raqqa, in

(Adnkronos) – The toll from an explosion inside a military base in the city of Gimhae, in the southeastern part of South Korea, is at least three injured. This was reported by the South Korean agency Yonhap, based on news released by

(Adnkronos) – Donald Trump’s transition team is pushing to get the United States out of the World Health Organization on the first day of the new administration. The Financial Times writes, citing members of the tycoon’s team, that they have talked about

(Adnkronos) – The team of the new French government of François Bayrou will not be announced before 6 pm to respect the day of national mourning in solidarity with Mayotte, devastated by Cyclone Chido. The Elysée announced it, as reported by the

(Adnkronos) – More than a thousand North Korean soldiers have been killed or wounded in fighting against Ukrainian forces, after being deployed in support of Russian troops, more than two years after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This is

(Adnkronos) – “Yes we have a plan, we think we are going to vote this morning, so stay tuned, but we have a plan.” This is how Mike Johnson announced that a ‘plan C’ has been reached by the Republicans in a

(Adnkronos) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not attend the commemoration ceremony for the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Poland on January 27. The Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita writes, explaining that the Israeli premier fears being

(Adnkronos) – German public broadcasters ARD and ZDF announced today the cancellation of the planned debate between Green chancellor candidate Robert Habeck and Alternative for Germany (AfD) candidate Alice Weidel.   ARD told Dpa that Habeck had refused in writing to hold

(Adnkronos) – South Korean police interrogated acting President and Prime Minister Han Duck-soo. It is the first time and he was heard in relation to the events of December 3, when Yoon Seul Yeol, the president ‘suspended’ after the vote for impeachment

(Adnkronos) – Nine weeks before the early vote in Germany, the Social Democratic Chancellor Olaf Scholz appears to be on the rise in the polls, so much so that he almost equals his rival Friedrich Merz, candidate for chancellor for the CDU/CSU

(Adnkronos) – UN World Food Programme executive director Cindy McCain has expressed her devastation and the humanitarian agency’s solidarity over the “unconscionable” deaths of its staff members in an air strike in southern Sudan on Thursday.  “I am shocked and heartbroken by

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s premier Giorgia Meloni was on Friday set to attend a north-south summit in Lapland, northern Finland, where European leaders are focusing on security – chiefly Russia – and on migration.   The summit’s aim is to look at the

(Adnkronos) – Three World Food Programme staff members were killed in an air raid in Sudan. This was denounced by Wfp in a statement shared on ‘X’, underlining that a field office of the UN organization was hit in the raid. “Wfp

(Adnkronos) – Israeli settlers set fire to the mosque in the village of Madra in the West Bank overnight and vandalized it with anti-Arab graffiti. Palestinian media report that the settlers wrote that they acted in ”revenge” and drew the Star of

(Adnkronos) – Six people, including a 15-year-old girl, were injured in an attack on the Ukrainian city of Kryvy Rih last night. This was announced by Sergei Lyssak, head of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration. “A two-story building was partially destroyed…Over twenty

(Adnkronos) – US diplomats have arrived in Syria to meet with the new authorities in a bid to urge them to promote unity after 13 years of civil war, the State Department announced. This is the first official diplomatic mission sent to

(Adnkronos) – There are “about two thousand” American troops in post-Assad Syria. The Pentagon confirmed this. And they are more than double the 900 that were known so far. They are all in Syria as part of the fight against ISIS, said

(Adnkronos) – Although Ukraine and invader Russia have not yet reached a ceasefire, Italys foreign minister Antonio Tajani is ‘cautiously optimistic” that the almost three-year-old war could end in 2025.  “I am optimistic but cautious. We have not yet reached a ceasefire,

(Adnkronos) – Foreign minister Antonio Tajani is attending a Christmas lunch in Kosovo on Monday with Italian soldiers serving in the Nato-led KFOR international peacekeeping force and has underlined Italy’s full support for the European integration of the western Balkans.  ”On 23