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(Adnkronos) – North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has publicly praised the soldiers sent to fight against Ukraine alongside Russia who, rather than being captured, took their own lives by detonating their grenades. In a speech delivered in Pyongyang during the inauguration of

By Adriana Reinecke Washington, April 29(Jiji Press)–Speaking ahead of the upcoming U.S.-China summit, former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell said that China has “ambitions” regarding the Taiwan issue. In an interview with Jiji Press on Monday, Campbell expressed concern that

(Adnkronos) – After the coordinated offensive by jihadist and separatist groups that hit Mali, reaching the capital Bamako, the country faces a phase of great uncertainty. The killing of the Defense Minister and the loss of strategic areas in the north have

(Adnkronos) – Iran has carried out at least 21 executions and arrested more than 4,000 people since the start of the war in the Middle East. This was announced by the UN, according to which the regime’s repressive crackdown has intensified after

Otsuchi, Iwate Pref., April 29 (Jiji Press)–The town of Otsuchi in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Iwate lifted evacuation orders for most areas affected by wildfires that began on April 22, citing reduced risk thanks to rainfall. Otsuchi Mayor Kozo Hirano said

Istanbul, April 29 (Jiji Press)–A crude oil tanker owned by Idemitsu Tanker Co., a subsidiary of Japanese oil refiner Idemitsu Kosan Co., passed through the Strait of Hormuz and is en route to Japan, it was learned Wednesday. This is the first

(Adnkronos) – US President Donald Trump has instructed his aides to prepare for a prolonged blockade of Iranian ports. This was revealed by US officials cited by the Wall Street Journal. In recent meetings, including a Monday discussion in the Situation Room,

New York, April 28 (Jiji Press)–Japan will seek to play an active role in finding common ground between nuclear and nonnuclear states at a review conference for the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, which opened Monday, Japanese State Minister for Foreign Affairs Ayano Kunimitsu

Tokyo, April 29 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Wednesday vowed to make every effort to create an environment conducive to wage increases, at her first May Day event attended since taking office last autumn. The prime minister also called for

Washington, April 28 (Jiji Press)–The U.S. government is ready to provide maximum support for Japan’s planned introduction of its own version of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, or CFIUS, a senior U.S. Treasury Department official said Tuesday. Chris