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(Adnkronos) – The Lebanese authorities have decided to rename one of the country’s main arteries, so far named after former Syrian President Hafez al-Assad, father of Bashar, in honor of the musician and playwright, Ziad Rahbani, an iconic figure of Lebanese culture,

(Adnkronos) – A group of protesters stormed the Belgrade headquarters of Serbian President Alexander Vucic’s party, the Progressive Party, at dawn today, throwing eggs, bottles and other objects, shattering several windows. The protest is part of the anti-government and anti-corruption demonstrations underway

(Adnkronos) – The new right-wing Polish president, Karol Nawrocki, was sworn in at the National Assembly and immediately issued an anti-immigration and anti-euro statement. “No to illegal immigration, yes to the zloty, no to the euro,” Nawrocki said in his inaugural address,

(Adnkronos) – Barack Obama unequivocally condemns the Texas Republicans’ attempt to redraw electoral district boundaries. “We cannot lose sight of what matters: right now, Texas Republicans are trying to manipulate electoral district boundaries to unfairly secure five seats in next year’s midterm

(Adnkronos) – Warfare that deploys nuclear weapons “is a crime against humanity”, Italy’s president Sergio Mattarella wrote on the 80th anniversary of the United States’ bombing of the Japanese city of Hiroshima at the end of World War II.  “Today, in a

(Adnkronos) – Giorgia Meloni held talks with Serbia’s president Aleksandar Vucic in Belgrade late Tuesday after he and Italy’s envoy to Serbia, Luca Gori, met the premier upon her arrival at the capital’s Nikola Tesla International Airport.   Meloni and Vucic’s meeting

(Adnkronos) – The death sentence of a man convicted of spying for Israel was carried out this morning in Iran. “Roozbeh Vadi… was executed following a judicial proceeding and the confirmation of his sentence by the Supreme Court,” reads the judicial website

(Adnkronos) – With a minute of silence, Hiroshima commemorated this morning at 8:15 a.m. local time the dropping by the United States on August 6, 1945, of the atomic bomb that killed about 140,000 people. Three days later, an identical bomb hit

(Adnkronos) – In South Sudan, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has been forced to temporarily suspend all activities in Yei River and Morobo counties, in Central Equatoria state, following a security incident that saw a staff member kidnapped for several hours. Activities will