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Tokyo, Jan. 16 (Jiji Press)–Former Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii said Friday that he will not run in the next election for the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, Japan’s parliament. At a press conference at the Diet

(Adnkronos) – Italy takes a long-term view of the “increasingly strategic” Artic and wants to strengthen relations with Arctic countries to boost Euro-Atlantic security, foreign minister Antonio Tajani stated on Friday.  “We want to deepen relations with Arctic countries, contribute to Euro-Atlantic

Tokyo, Jan. 16 (Jiji Press)–The leaders of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and Komeito, formerly a longtime ally of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, said Friday that a new party they have created is named the Centrist Reform Alliance.

(Adnkronos) – Officials from the US-led international coalition met with representatives of the Kurdish community to try to reduce tensions with Damascus that flared up again in Aleppo, northern Syria. This was stated by Farhad Shami, spokesman for the Syrian Democratic Forces

(Adnkronos) – Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warns that ongoing restrictions on humanitarian movements in some areas of Jonglei state, South Sudan, are blocking the transfer of at least 20 critically ill patients who require urgent specialized care, putting their lives at risk.

(Adnkronos) – The committee for the governance of the Gaza Strip is holding its first meeting today in Egypt, in Cairo. This was reported by Al-Qahera News, close to the Egyptian government. Established on Wednesday after Washington announced the entry into force

(Adnkronos) – Two women lost their lives due to a Russian airstrike on Nikopol, in the Dnipropetrovsk oblast. The Ukrainian emergency service announced this on Telegram, explaining that six other people, three women and three men, were injured in the attack. 

Osaka, Jan. 16 (Jiji Press)–Osaka Governor Hirofumi Yoshimura and Osaka Mayor Hideyuki Yokoyama on Friday tendered their resignations to run in subsequent elections in an attempt to push for the so-called Osaka metropolis plan for local government realignment. Their resignation letters were

(Adnkronos) – For now, the protest against the regime in Iran, triggered at the end of December in Tehran against currency devaluation, which led thousands of people to demonstrate in city streets since January 8, has subsided.   The end of the

Tokyo, Jan. 16 (Jiji Press)–Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga plans not to run in the next election for the House of Representatives, the all-important lower chamber of the country’s parliament, informed sources said Friday. The 77-year-old ruling Liberal Democratic Party member