(Adnkronos) – Italy and Greece’s premiers Giorgia Meloni and Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday decried the “burden of unsustainable levels of irregular migration” to Europe and called on the European Union to implement tougher immigration and asylum rules agreed in late 2023.  “Italy

(Adnkronos) – Italy is Greece’s top trading partner they are committed to bolstering economic ties, premier Giorgia Meloni said after a bilateral summit in Rome at which the countries inked 14 accords including in the areas of security, antidrug operations, industrial and

(Adnkronos) – Israeli ultra-Orthodox parties will continue to abstain from voting on the government coalition’s legislative proposals, in protest against the lack of progress on the law on exemption from military service for members of their communities. This was reported by the

(Adnkronos) – The Labor Minister of the Merz government, Baerbel Bas, has been chosen by the leaders of the German Social Democratic Party as the new candidate for the position of co-leader of the movement. Bas would thus take the place of

(Adnkronos) – The Afrikaners welcomed by Donald Trump’s United States as refugees did not face “any kind of persecution” at home. This is what the Pretoria government declared a few hours after a first group of 49 white South Africans, mostly descendants

(Adnkronos) – More than 30 airports that had been closed in India amidst the escalation with neighboring Pakistan have reopened. Following the ceasefire between the two eternal rival countries announced Saturday by Donald Trump, the Indian aviation authority, the Airport Authority of

(Adnkronos) – Taiwan has conducted its first live-fire test of the highly mobile Himars missile systems, purchased from the United States, as part of a military strengthening plan aimed at deterring a possible attack by China. The launch took place at the

(Adnkronos) – Hong Kong authorities have presented a new proposal to further strengthen the already controversial national security law, introducing a mechanism that would allow mainland China to exercise jurisdiction in “complex” cases related to crimes such as treason, sedition or espionage,

(Adnkronos) – Dozens of people are marching in Tel Aviv from Hostage Square, heading towards the US diplomatic headquarters. The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reports. Relatives of hostages held in the Gaza Strip are also in the procession. The demonstrators are demanding an

(Adnkronos) – The entire population of the war-ravaged, blockaded Gaza Strip is facing famine as fighting has surged again since March and an Israeli aid blockade has made food “dangerously scarce”, the United Nations World Food Programme said on Monday.   “Families

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s foreign minister Antonio Tajani has rejected claims that the rightwing coalition government is failing to condemn Israel despite premier Benjamin Netanyahu’s vow there will be no ceasefire in Gaza and warning that plans for an intensified military offensive in

(Adnkronos) – Diplomatic efforts to end the deadly conflict in Ukraine since Russia’s 2022 full-scale military invasion and an upcoming Rome conference on the former Soviet republic’s post-war reconstruction are the focus of talks in London and Verona on Monday attended by

(Adnkronos) – Premier Giorgia Meloni welomed her Greek counterpart Kyriakos Mitsotakis at Villa Doria Pamphili in Rome on Monday before an intergovernment-summit kicked off, Meloni’s office stated on Monday.  Meloni and Mistotakis were set to hold talks on the sidelines of the

(Adnkronos) – The Polish Foreign Ministry announced the closure of the Russian consulate in Krakow, after Moscow’s secret services were accused of being behind a major fire that broke out in Warsaw last year. “Due to evidence that the Russian special services

(Adnkronos) – Washington and Beijing announce a tariff reduction, suspending some of the tariff measures for “90 days” after the Geneva talks and months of tension between the two superpowers. In a joint statement released by the White House, the governments of

(Adnkronos) – The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has announced its dissolution and the end of more than four decades of armed struggle against the Turkish state. This was reported by the pro-Kurdish news agency Anf.  “The 12th PKK Congress has decided to

(Adnkronos) – The Iranian government has agreed to hold the fourth round of talks with the United States on Sunday in Oman. The Tasnim news agency reported this, citing a member of the Iranian negotiating team, according to whom the negotiations will

(Adnkronos) – IDF troops, along with the Shin Bet security service and Israeli police forces, arrested 55 wanted persons and seized weapons this week during counter-terrorism operations in the West Bank. Security forces announced this in a joint statement, adding that a

(Adnkronos) – India has asked X to block over 8,000 accounts. The platform announced it, specifying that it reluctantly follows what it describes as “censorship”. “X has received executive orders from the Indian government requesting the blocking of more than 8,000 accounts

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s government opposes the plan by israel’s far-right government to evacuate Palestinians and step up military operations in the Gaza Strip to remove ruling militant Islamist group Hamas, which has drawn international criticism.   “Rather than Israel’s plan, Italy identifies

(Adnkronos) – Italy is aiming to de-escalate the military clashes between nuclear-armed neighbours India and Pakistan, which have spiralled this week since India struck nine alleged terrorist bases in Pakistani territory in response a deadly attack on Hindu tourists in Indian Kashmir

(Adnkronos) – The congress that the Pkk held ”between May 5 and 7” after the appeal by its founder, Abdullah Ocalan, for the dissolution of the movement, concluded ”successfully”. This was stated by the Kurdish news agency Afn, which is close to

(Adnkronos) – US President Donald Trump announced in a post on Truth his intention to appoint former prosecutor and judge and Fox News face Jeanine Pirro as interim attorney general for the District of Columbia, the capital Washington.  The news follows Trump’s

(Adnkronos) – United Nations leaders must underline the importance of upholding international law, of cooperation and dialogue to counter “dramatically” increasing international tensions that imperil the world, UN refugee chief Filippo Grandi stated on Friday.  “As international tensions grow dramatically, it is

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s foreign minister Antonio Tajani has called on Christians and the world to listen to newly elected pontiff Pope Leo XIV, who in his first address on Thursday from the central balcony of St Peter’s Basilica urged an end to

(Adnkronos) – Four civilians were killed during Indian bombing overnight in Pakistani-administered Kashmir. Police reported that “Indian forces bombed civilian areas… causing the death of four people, including a two-year-old girl, and injuring twelve others”. 

(Adnkronos) – The foreign leaders who will take part in the large military parade on Red Square in Moscow today have started arriving at the Kremlin to be received by President Vladimir Putin. This was reported by Russian state television.  About 20

(Adnkronos) – Tensions remain very high between India and Pakistan, divided by the crisis that erupted on April 22 following the terrorist attack in Pahalgam, in Indian Kashmir. New Delhi today accused Islamabad of a new wave of night attacks on its

(Adnkronos) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reportedly oversaw drills yesterday simulating nuclear counterattacks against Seoul and Washington. This was reported today by North Korean media following the missile tests reported yesterday by South Korean military authorities.  According to the North

(Adnkronos) – The Indian government has announced that its army killed Abdul Rauf Azhar, the terrorist who beheaded American Wall Street Journal journalist Daniel Pearl in front of cameras after kidnapping him in 2002, in a raid. The Bharatiya Janata Party (Bjp),