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(Adnkronos) – “Free and fair elections” after the transition period in Syria were requested by the UN special envoy, Geir Pedersen, who, meeting journalists in Damascus, insisted on the need to get “immediate humanitarian aid” into the country.   Pedersen, who on

(Adnkronos) – The French Court of Cassation today confirmed the conviction of former President Nicolas Sarkozy in the corruption and influence peddling trial in which he is accused, the first final sentence against the former president, who has other open judicial cases.

(Adnkronos) – Donald Trump again attacks Canada, in a post in which, after having defined Justin Trudeau as a “governor” in other statements, he states that it is “a great idea” to make the bordering state the “51st state”. “No one can

(Adnkronos) – At least 45 people have died and over 500 have been injured in northern Mozambique, where Cyclone Chido, with winds of up to 120 kilometers per hour, has devastated the areas of Cabo Delgado and Nampula in particular. This was

(Adnkronos) – The Iranian Parliament has formally requested changes to a contested bill that drastically tightens penalties against women who do not wear the veil and on which even the president, the reformist Masoud Pezeshkian, has expressed strong doubts, intervening in the

(Adnkronos) – The government vows to help Italy’s companies grow their international business and reach new markets within a constantly changing geopolitical context, aided by economic diplomacy, foreign minister Antonio Tajani said on Wednesday.  “We want to support our companies in their

(Adnkronos) – The Council of Europe envoy, Alan Berset, is expected in Georgia today to verify whether the conditions exist to continue cooperation between the international organization and the Georgian government after the violent repression of pro-European protests following accusations of fraud

(Adnkronos) – Russia announces the arrest of a citizen of Uzbekistan in connection with the killing yesterday in Moscow of General Igor Kirillov. “A citizen of Uzbekistan, born in 1985, was arrested on suspicion of carrying out the attack that cost the

(Adnkronos) – The provisional toll of the 7.3 magnitude earthquake that struck the Vanuatu archipelago in the Pacific in recent hours, followed by other strong shocks, is at least 14 dead and over 200 injured. Damage to various buildings was reported, including

(Adnkronos) – President Yoon Suk Yeol, ‘suspended’ in recent days, did not appear for questioning about the attempt to impose martial law in South Korea. The investigative team made up of Police, the Office for Investigations into Corruption by High Level Officials