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(Adnkronos) – Turkey has clarified that the defense pact signed in Jeddah with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan “is not directed against any particular country”. This was stated on X by the Turkish Presidency’s Director of Communications Burhanettin Duran after the signing of

(Adnkronos) – Spanish police announced they had dismantled what they described as one of the largest criminal networks involved in migrant trafficking across the Mediterranean, arresting 78 people and seizing 18 high-speed boats. According to a statement, the network allegedly used the

(Adnkronos) – In the last day, Russian attacks have caused at least nine deaths and 89 injuries across Ukraine. This was reported by the country’s regional authorities. Moscow’s forces struck the Dnipropetrovsk region almost 80 times, killing five people and injuring sixteen

Hiroshima, Aug. 7 (Jiji Press)–Prince Hisahito, the son of Japan’s Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, offered flowers at a cenotaph for atomic bomb victims in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on Friday, a day after the 81st anniversary of the U.S.

Tokyo, Aug. 7 (Jiji Press)–Japanese tax authorities on Friday dismissed a 25-year-old official for allegedly defrauding a wealthy elderly woman he was auditing of a large amount of cash and evading taxes on gambling winnings obtained with the stolen money. The Kantoshinetsu

(Adnkronos) – At least two civilians were killed and 14 injured in bombings by Houthi rebels against residential areas and refugee camps in the Yemeni government-controlled city of Marib. This was announced by Yemen’s Health Minister, Qasim Buhaibeh, on X.  

Tokyo, Aug. 7 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s current economic expansion phase has likely reached 73 months, tying the postwar record set by the Izanami boom from February 2002 to February 2008. On Friday, the Cabinet Office reported that the composite index of coincident economic

Tokyo, Aug. 7 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund said Friday that its investment profits in April-June reached a quarterly record high of 24,089.5 billion yen, thanks to rises in domestic and foreign stock prices. In the quarter, the GPIF posted an

Tokyo, Aug. 7 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s National Personnel Authority on Friday called for raising monthly salaries for government employees by an average 3.51 pct, or 15,056 yen, and their annual bonuses to 4.7 months of salary, up 0.05 month, for fiscal 2026, which

Tokyo, Aug. 7 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s calorie-based food self-sufficiency rate in fiscal 2025 fell 1 percentage point from the previous year to 37 pct, dragged down by declining rice consumption, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said Friday. Although the rate also