(Adnkronos) – France will build a new maximum security prison in French Guiana to house drug traffickers and radicalized Islamists. The announcement, met with controversy, came from Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin during a visit to the overseas territory. The 400 million euro

(Adnkronos) – Exclude Israel from Eurovision. This is what Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is asking for, according to whom keeping the country out of the world’s biggest music competition is necessary to be “in solidarity with the Palestinian people, who are

(Adnkronos) – Diplomatic tensions rise between Iran and the United Kingdom. The Foreign Office has summoned the Iranian ambassador to London, Seyed Ali Mousavi, after the Tehran Foreign Ministry summoned the British chargé d’affaires in the Islamic Republic yesterday.  According to a

(Adnkronos) – More than 60 people have died in Israeli operations carried out since the early hours of today in the Gaza Strip. This was reported by the satellite TV al-Jazeera, which cites medical sources.  

(Adnkronos) – “The White House doctor is phenomenal, the team of doctors who take care of the president, especially those at Walter Reed Medical Center, are extraordinary.” This is how White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt responds, during the briefing, to a question

(Adnkronos) – Protests are reportedly underway in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip. The Israeli news site Ynet reports hundreds of people gathered in several areas to demand an end to the conflict and Hamas’ exit from the Palestinian enclave. The

(Adnkronos) – Sardinia’s resort of Olbia will host Medfest 2025 in September, and the four-day event’s focus on sustainable development and its diverse programme will lure buyers from the US to the Mideast and India, transforming the trade fair into a high-impact

(Adnkronos) – ‘Food for Gaza’, which Italy launched with the UN, the Red Cross and Red Crescent and Italy’s civil protection agency last year “has never been managed by Hamas”, foreign minister Antonio Tajani told Israeli counterpart Gideon Saar, urging that vital

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s premier Giorgia Meloni and her government are playing a crucial role in efforts towards an immediate ceasefire in the 39-month-old Russia-Ukraine war and in trade talks between the US and the European Union, foreign minister Antonio Tajani said on

(Adnkronos) – The center-right Democratic Alliance (AD), in government in Portugal, has won the country’s third snap general election in three years, but once again fell short of a majority, while the Socialists underperformed and found themselves vying for second place with

(Adnkronos) – A 44-year-old ski mountaineer died on the French side of Mont Blanc, in the Chamonix area, after falling into a 15-kilometer deep crevasse. The Chamonix gendarmerie reports. 

(Adnkronos) – Pro-European Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski and nationalist historian Karol Nawrocki will face off in the second round of Poland’s presidential election on June 1, after a head-to-head in the first round yesterday. According to a poll conducted by Ipsos for

(Adnkronos) – The EU Foreign Affairs Council will formally approve, next Tuesday, the seventeenth package of sanctions in response to the Russian aggression against Ukraine. It is, explained a senior EU official, 75 people, including natural and legal persons, included in the

(Adnkronos) – Spectators at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics will be able to use “flying taxis” to avoid getting stuck in the Californian metropolis’s infamous traffic. This is the project of LA28, the committee in charge of organizing the third Olympic Games

(Adnkronos) – During the talks that have just concluded in Istanbul, Russia asked Ukraine to cede new territories. This was stated to AFP by a Ukrainian diplomatic source, calling these requests “unacceptable” and aimed at derailing the negotiations.  “Russian representatives have made

(Adnkronos) – “The problem of immigration affects the most vulnerable and puts enormous pressure on our immigration systems: it is a challenge that crosses our borders that we must face together, all our citizens want a fair system that works for the

(Adnkronos) – French President Emmanuel Macron has denounced ”interference” in elections in Europe and in particular in Romania, where voting returns on Sunday in the runoff. This is interference that ”undermines the integrity of our democracies”, Macron said in his speech during

(Adnkronos) – Five soldiers of the joint multinational force deployed in Nigeria were killed in a pre-dawn jihadist attack on a military base in Wulgo, in the northeast of the country, not far from the border with Cameroon, reports Afp citing local

(Adnkronos) – US President Donald Trump departed from Abu Dhabi aboard Air Force One, thus ending his Gulf tour which, in addition to the United Arab Emirates, also took him to Saudi Arabia and then Qatar. Emirati President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed

(Adnkronos) – Heads of State and Government, ministers, royals. All on Sunday back in Rome for the mass for the beginning of the pontificate of Leo XIV. For the United States there will be the Vice President of the United States JD

(Adnkronos) – At least 54 people have been killed in Gaza since midnight due to heavy Israeli bombing throughout the Gaza Strip. In particular, the IDF hit Jabalya and Beit Lahiya, in the north of the enclave, where the IDF besieged a

(Adnkronos) – Italy has hailed the awarding of the 2027 America’s Cup regatta to the southern city of Naples, calling it an “excellent” result that will bring economic rewards and boost tourism.  “Excellent result, great work by (sports minister Andrea) Abodi,” said

(Adnkronos) – The convoy with about 100 Italian citizens and 17 Spaniards blocked by the clashes of the last hours in Tripoli has arrived at the airport of Misurata, east of the Libyan capital, from where it will depart for Rome with

(Adnkronos) – A bronze statue depicting the American First Lady Melania Trump has been stolen from her hometown in Slovenia. “The police intervened immediately on the spot and an investigation has been launched” to identify the culprit, a police spokeswoman told AFP. 

(Adnkronos) – Requests for mental health support and the number of new patients treated by Doctors Without Borders (MSF)’s Integrated Care Center (CAI) for victims of extreme violence have increased in the last six months in Mexico City. MSF reports this in

(Adnkronos) – At least 55,000 girls and boys supported by Save the Children in Somalia will lose access to life-saving nutritional services by June, due to cuts in humanitarian aid that will force the closure of 121 assistance centers run by the

(Adnkronos) – India and Pakistan have agreed to a ceasefire that will remain in effect until Sunday. This was announced by Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, reporting to Parliament in Islamabad. Dar cited telephone talks between representatives of the two armies, or

(Adnkronos) – The United States has delivered a written proposal for a nuclear deal to Iran during the fourth round of talks between the two countries. A US official and two other sources told the Axios news website. According to the report,

(Adnkronos) – Donald Trump reiterates that his priority is to end conflicts but guarantees that he will not hesitate to “use the force of America if necessary”. Speaking at the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, which hosts 10,000 American soldiers and

(Adnkronos) – Nicolas Sarkozy will benefit from the parole regime. This was announced by the Paris prosecutor’s office, quoted by Afp. Sarkozy’s electronic bracelet, which he had been wearing since February 7, was therefore removed. The former French president was sentenced in