(Adnkronos) – The White House has withdrawn the nomination of Dave Weldon as director of the CDC, the federal agency for disease control and prevention, shortly before the start of his confirmation hearing in the Senate. Axios reveals this, underlining that the

(Adnkronos) – The Armenian Foreign Ministry has announced that it has finalized the draft peace agreement with Azerbaijan and is ready to discuss the date and place for the signing of the final treaty.  Armenia and Azerbaijan have been protagonists of a

(Adnkronos) – The United States Department of the Treasury has issued sanctions against the Iranian Oil Minister, Mohsen Paknejad. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced this in a statement. “The Iranian regime continues to use proceeds from the nation’s vast oil resources to

(Adnkronos) – Christopher Lockyear, secretary general of Doctors Without Borders (Msf), spoke today at the United Nations Security Council on the catastrophic humanitarian crisis caused by the war in Sudan, calling for an end to violence against civilians and a renewed commitment

(Adnkronos) – The White House has asked the Pentagon to formulate plans to increase the US military presence in Panama to achieve Donald Trump’s stated goal of “reclaiming the Panama Canal to strengthen our national security,” NBC News reveals, adding that the

(Adnkronos) – Lethal clashes between Syrian security services and fighters loyal to ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad in which over 1,000 people – mainly civilians – have died in the northwest this past week damage prospects for unity and peace and must cease,

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s ambassador to the Holy See, Francesco Di Nitto on Thursday sent best wishes to Pope Francis to mark the 12th anniversary of his election as pontiff.  “Best wishes from Ambassador Di Nitto and all the staff of @ItalytoHolySee to

(Adnkronos) – The recognition of ”women’s political, social and economic rights”. As well as the protection of ”freedom of the press and expression”. These are some of the elements contained in Syria’s constitutional declaration, as announced by the committee that drafted it.

(Adnkronos) – China’s largest hotpot chain, Haidilao, has announced that it will compensate the more than 4,000 customers who dined at one of its Shanghai branches, unaware that two teenagers had urinated inside the restaurant’s pots. The incident, which took place in

(Adnkronos) – Canada intends to ease the sanctions it had introduced against Bashar al-Assad’s Syrian regime, deposed on 8 December last, and to appoint its own ambassador to Damascus. This was announced by Canada’s special envoy for Syria, Omar Alghabra. “Canada can

(Adnkronos) – Poland has asked the United States to transfer nuclear weapons to its territory as a deterrent against possible future aggression by Russia. This was stated by Polish President Andrzej Duda in an interview with the Financial Times, explaining that Poland

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s overseas aid department, the CIHEAM Bari inter-governmental organisation and companies are cooperating to improve the environmental sustainability of Tunisia’s ocean resources, boost its economy and jobs.  “Enhancing Blue economy in #Tunisia in colloboration w/ @CIHEAMBari & Italian enterprises,” the

(Adnkronos) – The Group of Seven “is a crucial platform for allies to discuss major international issues,” Italy’s top diplomat Antonio Tajani said ahead of a two-day G7 foreign ministers’ meeting in Charlevoix, Canada which opens on Thursday.  “The G7 is a

(Adnkronos) – United Nations refugee agency chief Filippo Grandi has expressed gratitude to Luxembourg after its foreign minister Xavier Bettel underlined his country’s unwavering support for UNHCR.  “Truly grateful to @Xavier_Bettel for reaffirming very concretely Luxembourg’s support for UNHCR,” Grandi wrote on

(Adnkronos) – ”The goal of the negotiation is to lift the sanctions”, but ”with this government, the US will not lift the sanctions” issued against Iran. This was stated by the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who today received a

(Adnkronos) – All the people who were taken hostage by the separatists of the Baluchistan Liberation Army yesterday in southwestern Pakistan have been released. This was stated by an Islamabad army officer to Afp adding that 28 soldiers were killed.  “346 hostages

(Adnkronos) – CDU, CSU and SPD have appointed the teams for the coalition negotiations. The start of negotiations for the formation of a new German government is scheduled for tomorrow at the CDU headquarters in Berlin. The working groups will present their

(Adnkronos) – The Federal Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina has ordered the arrest of the president of the Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik, the prime minister and the president of the Bosnian Serb Parliament, Radovan Viskovic and Nenad Stevandic, for “attack on

(Adnkronos) – The Tbilisi city court has sentenced former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili to a total of nine years in prison, after finding him guilty of embezzlement, reports the opposition-linked TV Mtavari TV.   Saakashvili, among the leaders of the 2003 Rose

(Adnkronos) – The countermeasures adopted today by the European Commission in response to the tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum imposed by the United States of America aim to hit above all states and electoral districts with a Republican majority, in

(Adnkronos) – China will host Russian and Iranian representatives in Beijing on Friday for a trilateral meeting on the Iranian nuclear issue. “The three parties will exchange views on the Iranian nuclear issue and other issues of mutual interest,” a Chinese Foreign

(Adnkronos) – Almost 24 hours after the start of the hostage-taking, at least 155 passengers of the train attacked yesterday in Pakistan by a group of separatists from Baluchistan have been freed out of a total of 450 on board the convoy

(Adnkronos) – The center-right opposition has won a resounding victory in the legislative elections in Greenland, the Danish territory coveted by US President Donald Trump, while support for the nationalist Naleraq party, in favor of short-term independence, has increased significantly.  The Democratic

(Adnkronos) – The collision in the North Sea yesterday between an oil tanker and a cargo ship will cause “an immediate environmental disaster”. This is the alarm raised by Hugo Tagholm, executive director of the NGO Oceana, while the Building minister Matthew

(Adnkronos) – Everyone wants the Finance Ministry. In view of the formation of the next German federal government, and while possible loosening of the debt brake to finance Defense and future extraordinary expenses for infrastructure are being discussed, among the likely future

(Adnkronos) – Several hundred protesters blocked the building of Serbian public television in Belgrade, in a crescendo of tension a few days before a large protest rally scheduled for the weekend, at the height of months of anti-government demonstrations.  The students, who

(Adnkronos) – Poland, which this year will spend 4.7 percent of its GDP on defense, will train 100,000 volunteers a year from 2027, Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced, presenting a wide-ranging plan to strengthen military reserves. In recent days, Tusk had spoken

(Adnkronos) – “Ontario and Canada will not back down until President Trump’s tariffs are gone forever.” This was stated by the Premier of Ontario, Doug Ford, in response to the American president who announced new tariffs of 50% on Canadian steel and

(Adnkronos) – The death toll from a suicide attack by al-Shabab militants on the Qaahira hotel in Beledweyne, in the Hiiran region of central Somalia, has risen to over ten. The terrorist group targeted a meeting between elders and military officials during

(Adnkronos) – Donald Trump asks Canada to “immediately suspend” the “shameful” tariffs on dairy products, which “are between 250% and 390%” and hit American farmers. And he threatens that if “these and other long-standing duties are not abolished, I will substantially increase