(Adnkronos) – Nato will ask allies to spend 5% of their national economic output (GDP) on defence but “not with pre-determined annual increases,” Italy said on Wednesday, urging fiscal flexibility to help countries achieve this target.  “It is a fair request, already

(Adnkronos) – Italy will do its utmost to mediate in direct dialogue between the United States and Iran to de-escalate tensions in the Middle East and reassure Israel, foreign minister Antonio Tajani said on Wednesday.  “I believe that the best solution is

(Adnkronos) – Italy has resumed command of the United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon after general Diodato Abagnara took over from Aroldo Lazaro of Spain at a ceremony at UNIFIL headquarters in Naquora on Tuesday.  At the handover ceremony Abagnara stressed the

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s foreign minister Antonio Tajani and US counterpart Marco Rubio had a “long” phone call during a two-day Nato summit taking place in the Hague through Wednesday at which the Western military alliance’s leaders are set to commit to spending

(Adnkronos) – Italy has resumed command of the United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon after general Diodato Abagnara took over from Aroldo Lazaro of Spain in a special ceremony at UNIFIL headquarters in Naquora on Tuesday.  At the handover ceremony Abagnara stressed

(Adnkronos) – Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old Democratic Socialist assemblyman, surprisingly won the Democratic primary for mayor of New York, beating former Governor Andrew Cuomo. Admitting defeat and saying he was “very proud of the campaign we ran,” Cuomo called Mamdani to congratulate

(Adnkronos) – Nine Palestinians were killed and several others were injured while waiting for aid near the Netzarim intersection in the central Gaza Strip. Al Jazeera reported this, citing sources from the Al-Awda and Al-Aqsa martyrs’ hospitals. 

(Adnkronos) – The American bombing of three nuclear sites in Iran has delayed the country’s nuclear program by only a few months. The New York Times writes this, citing officials familiar with a classified report according to which the attacks sealed the

(Adnkronos) – Donald Trump’s decision to bomb Iran’s nuclear sites is not supported by the majority of Americans, according to a CNN-commissioned poll. 56 percent of Americans are against it, and only 44 percent are in favor. Six out of ten Americans

(Adnkronos) – The International Committee of the Red Cross has reported that one of its workers has been killed in the Gaza Strip, the fifth since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas on October 7, 2023.  “Mahmoud Barakeh, who

(Adnkronos) – The Gaza Civil Defense agency said Israeli forces killed 25 people waiting for aid in the south of the Strip in the second such incident, bringing the number of people killed to 46. Civil defense spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP

(Adnkronos) – The death toll from the Iranian attacks against Israel is 28 dead and 3,238 injured – 17 of whom are in serious condition. This was announced by the Magen David Adom emergency services, according to the Times of Israel. According

(Adnkronos) – Benjamin Netanyahu’s office confirmed the conversation between the Israeli prime minister and US President Donald Trump, providing a more positive version of the phone call than the version some White House officials gave to reporters. “In the conversation – says

(Adnkronos) – On the United Nations International Day of Women in Diplomacy, Italy’s foreign minister Antonio Tajani, thanked Italian women diplomats and underlined his commitment to promoting gender equality, the foreign ministry said in a statement.  “A concrete sign of progress in

(Adnkronos) – Foreign minister Antonio Tajani has praised politician and academic Varsen Aghabekian’s nomination as his new Palestinian Authority counterpart, underlining Italy’s wish to strengthen bilateral ties, help Palestinians and get a two-state solution to the long-running conflict with Israel.  “Congratulations to

(Adnkronos) – The citizens of Iran will choose their future government but the first priority is to de-escalate hostilities with Israel, Italy’s foreign minister Antonio Tajani said Tuesday as US president Donald Trump announced a ceasefire in a 12-day military conflict between

(Adnkronos) – The far-right magazine ‘Compact’, banned last July by then Interior Minister Nancy Faeser because it was a “mouthpiece for the right-wing extremist scene”, will be allowed to continue publishing in Germany. Today, judges of the Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig

(Adnkronos) – Another massacre among Palestinians queuing for aid. According to the Gaza Civil Defense, at least 21 people were killed in Israeli attacks that hit people waiting outside an aid distribution center. Civil Defense spokesman Mahmud Basal told AFP, who also

(Adnkronos) – In the latest attack carried out by the Iranians against Israel, which cost the lives of four people, 10-15 missiles were launched in six waves, the IDF said in an initial assessment. And while sirens sounded in Israel, shortly after

(Adnkronos) – United Nations refugee chief Filippo Grandi on Tuesday underlined the world body’s support for war-wracked Syria’s interim leadership’s bid “to lead the country towards a more peaceful, prosperous future”.  “Sincere thanks to foreign minister al-Shaibani and to the governors of

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s embassy in Tehran will stay open “for now” with reduced staff as the government seeks to help “the largest possible number of Italians” to leave the Islamic Republic foreign minister Antonio Tajani said Tuesday as the US announced a

(Adnkronos) – As US president Donald Trump said a ceasefire was in place between Israel and Iran after 12 days of strikes on each other’s territory, Italy’s foreign minister Antonio Tajani said on Tuesday: “We are trying to have an open dialogue

(Adnkronos) – Palestine Action activists clashed with police during a demonstration in London. Following the clashes, the British government intends to declare the group a “terrorist organization”. The protest was held in Trafalgar Square, with movement leaders calling for an “emergency mobilization”

(Adnkronos) – Germany plans to continue increasing defense spending to reach 3.5% of GDP by 2029. Sources cited by Dpa report this. Military spending will represent 2.4% of gross domestic product this year, up from the current 2%, and then rise to

(Adnkronos) – Security guards at a church in Michigan opened fire and killed a gunman, thus averting “a mass shooting”. The Wayne police, a suburb of Detroit, reported this, explaining that the man, who was wearing a military vest and had a

(Adnkronos) – In an overheated economy that is now beginning to show the first signs of weakening, 47,000 foreigners were hired last year to operate the industrial apparatus, but also fishermen and farmers, arriving mainly from China, India, Turkey and Serbia, 16

(Adnkronos) – Nessuno sa dove siano finiti i 408 chili di uranio arricchito dall’Iran al 60 per cento. Gli Stati Uniti e Israele non hanno la capacità per riuscire a individuarlo a breve. L’intervento militare americano, con 14 bombe GBU-57 fatte cadere

(Adnkronos) – The European Commission will provide 20 million euros in humanitarian aid to support vulnerable refugees living in Turkey. The EU executive itself announced this in a statement, specifying that the funds will go to humanitarian partners operating in the country,

(Adnkronos) – British police have banned the activist group Palestine Action from protesting outside parliament. The decision was made after two of its members broke into a military base last week and while the government is considering banning the organization.  In response,

(Adnkronos) – The IDF, the Israeli Defense Forces, reported hitting at least six airports in Iran, in the western, central and eastern parts of the country. Israeli media reported.