(Adnkronos) – Foreign minister Antonio Tajani has slammed a judicial investigation of premier Giorgia Meloni and three other top government figures for abetting the release and repatriation of a Libyan war crimes suspect, calling the probe “treacherous” and politically motivated.  “Informing prime

(Adnkronos) – Vladimir Putin once again rules out direct peace negotiations with Volodymyr Zelensky, whom he again called an “illegitimate” President. Zelensky responded by accusing the Russian President of being “afraid” to negotiate after almost three years of war. “It is possible

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s national interest justified the release and repatriation of Libyan police officer Osama Elmasry Njeem – who is wanted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity – Italy’s premier Giorgia Meloni wrote on Wednesday.  “Our commitment to defending

(Adnkronos) – Forward on nuclear. The North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is determined, convinced that the security framework makes it “indispensable” to work constantly on North Korea’s nuclear capabilities, “to strengthen the nuclear shield”. The Kcna agency reports on a visit

(Adnkronos) – Shock in India. The death toll from the stampede during the Maha Kumbh Mela rites, which is held every 12 years, is uncertain. Millions of people participate in the rites, reaching the banks of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers in

(Adnkronos) – The United States will not “finance, sponsor, promote, assist or support” minors under the age of 19 who intend to change sex. This is stated in the executive order signed by US President Donald Trump, which reduces medical assistance for

(Adnkronos) – The United Nations World Food Programme helped over 330,000 people in Gaza in the first week of a shaky US-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Islamist Palestinian group Hamas, WFP said in a statement on Tuesday.  WFP has provided food parcels,

(Adnkronos) – The process of diplomatic thaw between China and India continues. The two Asian giants have in fact announced – on the occasion of a visit to Beijing by Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri – the resumption of direct flights between

(Adnkronos) – “Trump will not have Greenland”. Copenhagen reaffirms this, in response to the expansionist aims of the American president, according to a note from the Danish Foreign Ministry.  “Trump will not have Greenland – said the head of diplomacy in Copenhagen,

(Adnkronos) – Protests and unrest in Kinshasa. Several embassies were reportedly attacked by demonstrators. Protests are being reported near the French and US embassies. Fires were reportedly set near the US diplomatic mission. Smoke would be coming out of the building housing

(Adnkronos) – Serbian Prime Minister Milos Vucevic has resigned after three months of street protests against corruption following the collapse of the roof of the Novi Sad station last November 1 in which 14 people died. ”My decision is irrevocable,” Vucevic said

(Adnkronos) – Another four South African soldiers were killed in the raging armed clashes in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Yesterday, three soldiers died near Goma airport, where a base of the South African forces (SANDF) was hit by a grenade

(Adnkronos) – Moments of terror in Stockholm. A man driving a car crashed into the entrance of the Russian embassy and was immediately arrested. The Police confirmed that everything happened this morning around 7 am. The officers were alerted by the security

(Adnkronos) – Russia claims control of another town in the Ukrainian region of Kharkiv. The Russian Defense Ministry, the Russian agency Tass reports, announced that Russian forces have taken control of Dvorichna, six days after the news of the conquest of Zapadne,

(Adnkronos) – The story of the five-point bill proposed by German Christian Democratic leader Friedrich Merz on tightening asylum rules in Germany could be nearing a turning point. On Friday, the Bundestag will have to vote on the bill proposed by the

(Adnkronos) – Fifteen Italians remain in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s conflict-hit eastern city of Goma, mainly priests and nuns and long-term residents, the foreign ministry said after foreign minister Antonio Tajani had a phone conversation Tuesday with Italy’s envoy to Kinshasa. 

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(Adnkronos) – Saudi Arabia “is a priority economic and trade partner for Italy,” foreign under-secretary Maria Tripodi said on Tuesday after premier Giorgia Meloni inked a landmark accord for a bilateral strategic partnership with the Kingdom’s de facto leader Crown Prince Mohammed

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s foreign ministry “is closely following” the unrest in eastern Congo’s largest city of Goma and protests in the capital, Kinshasha, after Rwandan-backed rebels marched into Goma on Monday.  “The foreign ministry is closely following the riots in Goma and

(Adnkronos) – The Italian government’s overseas aid cooperation department will give youth training and help in rebuilding the flood-hit southern Brazilian city of Santa Tereza in Rio Grande do Sul state, the department wrote Tuesday on X.  “Youth training and reconstruction in

(Adnkronos) – The Senate of Islamabad has passed a bill against online misinformation and so-called “fake news” that provides for up to three years in prison for those who spread it. A decision that, according to Pakistani journalists, aims to suppress critical

(Adnkronos) – The US Senate confirmed Scott Bessent as Treasury secretary overnight with 68 votes in favor and 29 against. Bessent is the fifth candidate of the Trump administration to be confirmed by the Senate in a week.  

(Adnkronos) – Foreign minister Antonio Tajani will on Tuesday chair a pioneering event in Rome to look at strategies and priorities for internationalising Italy’s “crucial” fashion industry – a sector which already accounts for over an eighth of national exports, said a

(Adnkronos) – Algerian President Abdelmajid Tebboune has called for a review of the association agreement with the European Union – signed in 2002 and entered into force in 2005 – so that it better responds to the “win-win principle”, while specifying that

(Adnkronos) – EU foreign ministers “have just agreed a roadmap to ease sanctions on Syria. While our aim is to move quickly, the lifting of sanctions can be reversed if wrong steps are taken”. This was announced in a post on social

(Adnkronos) – UN refugee chief Filippo Grandi has called for “a global effort” to help Syrians since longtime dictator Bashar-al Assad’s ouster in December, ending a 14-year-old civil war that triggered a major humanitarian crisis in their country.  “In Aleppo, I spoke

(Adnkronos) – The European Union will provide 30 million euros in aid as a “first step” to support the Republic of Moldova in addressing the serious energy crisis caused by the Russian giant Gazprom. The EU says it is ready to finance

(Adnkronos) – There are 19 arrests triggered in Turkey after last week’s tragedy in a ski resort in Bolu. Investigations are ongoing and 19 people have been arrested, confirms the Turkish agency Anadolu. Among the 19 are the owner of the hotel,

(Adnkronos) – Rebels from the Rwandan-backed M23 group have claimed the conquest of Goma, the largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, with the Kinshasa government calling their advance “a declaration of war.” The rebels announced the capture of the city

(Adnkronos) – The Peruvian government will offer “facilitations” for Peruvian citizens who will be deported from the United States, where the Trump administration has started repatriating thousands of undocumented immigrants. “Peruvians who return in this situation – said Foreign Minister Elmer Schialer