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(Adnkronos) – Italy opposes Hungary’s decision to block approval of a 20th package of European Union sanctions against Russia over its four-year occupation of Ukraine and the bloc’s 90 billion euro loan to Kiev, foreign minister Antonio Tajani said on Monday.  “We

(Adnkronos) – Italy must “keep working constructively with the United States”, foreign minister Antonio Tajani wrote Monday after the US Supreme Court stuck down president Donald Trump’s global tariffs and he responded with 15% tariffs on all foreign imports.  “Minister @Antonio_Tajani took

Tokyo, Feb. 23 (Jiji Press)–Shinya, the drummer of popular Japanese rock band Luna Sea, died Tuesday at the age of 56 after a battle with a brain tumor. Since the formation of Luna Sea in 1989, the drummer, whose full name was

(Adnkronos) – At least 26 people, including civilians, criminals, and security personnel, have died in the violence that has shaken Mexico following the killing of the leader of one of the world’s largest drug cartels, Nemesio Oseguera alias ”El Mencho”, in a

(Adnkronos) – Drone attacks carried out by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are hitting civilian areas and essential infrastructure, including schools, markets, health facilities, and water sources, across Sudan. In the first 2 weeks of February,

(Adnkronos) – Ambassador Niccolo Fontana on Monday laid a wreath in Sulaymaniya in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region of Iraq to commemorate Jalal Talabani, the country’s first president after the fall of late dictator Saddam Hussein and “a great friend of Italy”, the

(Adnkronos) – The United States has begun to withdraw from a base in Syria, in a region still under the control of Kurdish forces in the northeast of the country. A Kurdish source told Afp. A convoy of dozens of heavy trucks

(Adnkronos) – Settlers are accused of setting fire early this morning to the Abu Bakr al-Siddiq mosque in the village of Tell, south of Nablus, in the northern West Bank. Kan television reported this, explaining that military and police forces are going

(Adnkronos) – The Hong Kong Court of Appeal has upheld the imprisonment of 12 pro-democracy activists in a high-profile subversion case under a national security law imposed by Beijing. “We reject the applicants’ appeal” against the conviction and sentence, said High Court

Tokyo, Feb. 23 (Jiji Press)–Japan will invite young and mid-level defense officials from Pacific island countries starting in fiscal 2026, Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said Monday. Koizumi unveiled the initiative in a lecture he delivered at a meeting with defense ministers