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Hiroshima, March 3 (Jiji Press)–Hiroshima District Court on Tuesday sentenced a former Nomura Securities Co. employee to 18 years in prison for robbing an elderly client in her 80s and setting her home ablaze in an attempt to kill her in 2024.

(Adnkronos) –   Italy’s government is evaluating the alarming spread of conflict in the Middle East between Iran and the United States and its allies, and “the risk of terrorism”, foreign minister Antonio Tajani said on Monday.  “The spread of the conflict

(Adnkronos) – Three people have been arrested by the investigating judge, as part of an investigation conducted by the Brussels Federal Prosecutor’s Office into the activities in Europe of the Ambazonia Defense Forces (ADF), an armed group that fights, along with other

(Adnkronos) – At least 42 civilians have been killed and 104 injured between February 26 and March 2 in clashes along the border between Afghan and Pakistani forces. The report comes from the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (Unama), specifying that

(Adnkronos) – The Iranian army announced today that its forces have launched attacks on Israel and a US military base in Qatar. “The destructive combat drones of the army’s ground, air, and naval forces… targeted the military areas of the Zionist regime

(Adnkronos) –     Amid a widening conflict in the Middle East since the United States and Israel launched strikes against Iran at the weekend with hundreds of major air hubs in the Gulf closed for a fourth day, Italy’s government on

Tokyo, March 3 (Jiji Press)–Messages by U.N. officials have been broadcast since February on a radio program addressing Japanese nationals who were abducted by North Korea decades ago. The two messages are by Grazyna Baranowska, vice chairperson of the Working Group on

Tokyo, March 3 (Jiji Press)–Handwritten manuscripts of two unpublished short stories written by Nobel Prize-winning Japanese author Kenzaburo Oe (1935-2023) around his 1957 literary debut have been found. One of the two, titled “Kurai Heya Kara no Ryoko” (Trip from a dark

(Adnkronos) – Units of Israeli forces have entered southern Lebanon. This is reported by the news website Ynet. According to what has been announced, forces from the 91st Division have entered southern Lebanon and “maintain control of several positions in the area”

Tokyo, March 3 (Jiji Press)–The monetary base in Japan at the end of February declined 11.1 pct from a year earlier to 582,652.6 billion yen, the Bank of Japan said Tuesday. The combined balance of cash in circulation and financial institutions’ current