(Adnkronos) – A crocodile head, a large quantity of “erection stimulants”, fake luxury watches and five knives. This is the incredible ‘booty’ found inside the luggage of a Swiss man, stopped last December 14 at Zurich airport on his return from Thailand. 

(Adnkronos) – China supports all efforts underway to promote peace talks and reach a political solution to the crisis in Ukraine. This was stated by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaking at the United Nations Security Council. In Riyadh, Russian Foreign Minister

(Adnkronos) – All remaining living hostages held for over a year in the Gaza Strip will be released next Saturday. This was reported by the Egyptian broadcaster Al Qahera News, which cites an informed Egyptian source on the developments of the latest

(Adnkronos) – The United States and Russia have agreed on four principles at the end of talks lasting more than four hours in Saudi Arabia. This was stated by the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, specifying that the first principle serves

(Adnkronos) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky criticized talks between US and Russian officials in Saudi Arabia, considering them talks on the war in Ukraine without Kiev’s participation.  “Talks are taking place between representatives of Russia and representatives of the United States of

(Adnkronos) – Tens of thousands of Palestinians have fled refugee camps in the West Bank, where the IDF has launched a military operation aimed at “eradicating terrorism” supported by Iran. This is reported by the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), according to which

(Adnkronos) – “The 16th package is on the table and we expect it to be adopted next week. This is crucial. We want the adoption to take place before the third anniversary of this brutal aggression against Ukraine” next February 24th. This

(Adnkronos) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced the postponement of his visit to Saudi Arabia, scheduled for the next few hours, in light of the negotiations between the United States and Russia, held today in Riyadh.  “Decisions on how to end

(Adnkronos) – During an official visit to EU candidate Montenegro, Italy’s president Sergio Mattarella on Tuesday praised the “solidity” of the historic friendship and collaboration between the two countries, and Podgorica’s fight against organised crime.  “The intensity of our interactions and cooperation

(Adnkronos) – The US and Russia’s first talks on ending the war in Ukraine – held in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Tuesday, without representatives from Kiev or the European Union – were a “pour parler”, according to Italy’s foreign minister Antonio

(Adnkronos) – Ukraine’s security depends on the creation of a European military force, as well as “a solid transatlantic relationship” and support for a Nato presence in the war-shattered country, Italy argued on Tuesday.  “If we want to guarantee Ukraine’s security, that

(Adnkronos) – North Korea accuses the United States, Japan and South Korea of “adventurous and foolish acts”, whose diplomatic representatives met on Saturday at the Munich Security Conference, reaffirming their commitment to “complete denuclearization” of North Korea. In a statement reported by

(Adnkronos) – The number of people injured in a plane crash yesterday at Toronto airport, where a Delta Airlines plane with 80 people on board overturned during landing, has risen to 18. This was reported by the American airline, according to which

(Adnkronos) – The Austrian People’s Party (Oevp) and the Social Democratic Party (Spoe) have started talks for a possible government coalition while immediately warning of the differences that separate them.  Both conservatives and social democrats confirmed these contacts to public broadcaster Orf,

(Adnkronos) – Lebanese authorities have announced that they have extended indefinitely the suspension of incoming and outgoing flights to Iran, after initially banning Iranian planes from landing in Beirut until February 18.  The authorities have decided to “instruct the Minister of Public

(Adnkronos) – For the first time, a delegation from the Taliban government will visit Japan. Local media report that the delegation, which begins a week-long mission today, includes representatives from the ministries of Foreign Affairs, Economy and Education.  “We seek to interact

(Adnkronos) – Ukraine “will not recognize agreements about us without us”. This was reiterated by President Volodymyr Zelensky, on the eve of talks in Riyadh between Russian and American negotiating teams, speaking at a press conference in Abu Dhabi where he is

(Adnkronos) – The 28-year-old American citizen arrested in recent days at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport on charges of ”drug trafficking” after cannabis gummy bears were found in his luggage has been released. The Kremlin made it known, stressing that his release comes with

(Adnkronos) – Keith Kellog, Donald Trump’s envoy for Ukraine, will be in Poland tomorrow. This was announced by an adviser to President Andrzej Duda, speaking to Rmf Fm radio. “Tomorrow at the presidential palace there will be a meeting between Duda and

(Adnkronos) – Friedrich Merz emerges victorious from the four-way debate on Rtl-ntv that last night compared the main candidates for chancellor in next Sunday’s early elections in Germany: from a survey conducted by the Forsa institute after the ‘Quadrell’, it appears that

(Adnkronos) – Sweden does not rule out sending its own troops to Ukraine for peacekeeping. This was stated by Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard speaking on P1 Morgon. First, she stressed, it is necessary to negotiate ”a just and sustainable peace”. Then,

(Adnkronos) – South Korea has halted DeepSeek. The government in Seoul announced that it has temporarily suspended new downloads of the Chinese artificial intelligence app for users in the country. The decision was made due to concerns related to “data collection practices,”

(Adnkronos) – Jack Ma and more. Chinese leader Xi Jinping met with executives of the Asian giant’s leading companies. The official Chinese news agency Xinhua speaks of a “symposium” dedicated to “private companies” and reports on an “important speech” delivered by Xi

(Adnkronos) – The president of the Democratic Republic of Congo Felix Tshisekedi has asked for international sanctions to be imposed against Rwanda, which supports the M23 rebels and has ”expansionist aims”. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, Tshisekedi said that “what is

(Adnkronos) – Swallowed by a whale, while kayaking off the Chilean Patagonia, in the Strait of Magellan. And then spat out, like a modern Pinocchio, alive and without a scratch. This is the incredible adventure that happened to the young Venezuelan Adrian

(Adnkronos) – Saudi Arabia has said it is available to host the summit between Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump, who intends to achieve peace in Ukraine. “The Kingdom expresses its willingness to host the summit in Saudi Arabia

(Adnkronos) – Rebels from the M23, backed by Rwandan troops, have taken control of Bukavu airport, in the capital of South Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, security and humanitarian sources said.   The airport was considered a strategic site,

(Adnkronos) – Kiev has announced that it has received the bodies of hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers killed in battle against Russian forces, in one of the largest repatriations of its kind since Russia invaded the country. “The bodies of 757 fallen Ukrainian

(Adnkronos) – The effort to downsize the federal government launched by Donald Trump with the help of Elon Musk continues at full speed. The Administration’s human resources division has asked the various agencies to terminate probationary contracts, i.e., at least 200,000 jobs.

(Adnkronos) – Nine days before the early vote in Germany, the hypothesis of a new ‘red-red-green’ three-way coalition emerges based on the outcome of the latest Forschungsgruppe Wahlen poll for ZDF. The survey records only a slight shift in the political balance