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(Adnkronos) – Italy is working with European and regional partners to de-escalate the crisis in the Middle East triggered by the United States and Israel’s six-day-old strikes on Iran and Tehran’s reprisal attacks centred on the Gulf, and believes diplomacy is the

Tokyo, March 5 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling bloc on Thursday withdrew a proposal to hold a general question-and-answer session on the government’s draft fiscal 2026 budget at the House of Representatives Budget Committee on Saturday. The move came as opposition parties are criticizing

Tokyo, March 5 (Jiji Press)–A Japanese labor ministry survey showed Thursday that 10.5 pct of workers in the country want to work longer hours, including 0.5 pct who hope to work beyond the monthly overtime ceiling of 80 hours. Meanwhile, 30.0 pct

(Adnkronos) – Italy is not at war and does to intend to go to war “with anyone”, foreign minister Antonio Tajani said Thursday in the lower house of parliament, where he reported to MPs on the widening conflict in the Middle East

Nagoya, March 5 (Jiji Press)–Public prosecutors on Thursday indicted a 69-year-old woman on suspicion of fatally stabbing a housewife in Nagoya in the central Japan prefecture of Aichi more than a quarter century ago. According to the indictment, Kumiko Yasufuku is suspected

Tokyo, March 5 (Jiji Press)–Total spending on advertisements in Japan in 2025 marked a record high for the fourth straight year, with the share of online ads topping 50 pct for the first time, a survey by major advertising agency Dentsu Inc.

Tokyo, March 5 (Jiji Press)–Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates this week pledged continued cooperation in ensuring a stable oil supply to Japan amid disruptions from an escalation of the conflict in the Middle East. Japan relies on the two Middle

Tokyo, March 5 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Defense Ministry is stepping up preparations to send Self-Defense Forces aircraft to evacuate Japanese nationals from the Middle East amid rising tensions in the region following the U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran. The ministry “is taking concrete steps,”

(Adnkronos) – A “real risk of conflict escalation” exists in the Middle East amid the daily air strikes on Iran begun by United States and Israel last weekend and Tehran’s reprisal attacks on US allies in the Gulf and elsewhere in the

(Adnkronos) – Republican senators have blocked a bipartisan measure that would have limited Donald Trump’s power to continue the war against Iran without congressional authorization, even, as is happening, with the extension of the conflict. The motion to transfer the resolution from