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(Adnkronos) – At least one thousand death sentences have been carried out in Iran since the beginning of the year. This was reported by Iran Human Rights (IHR), a Norway-based NGO that campaigns against the death penalty in the Islamic Republic, according

(Adnkronos) – Donald Trump claims to have “ended” – since his return to the White House – six (or seven) conflicts, including one of the bloodiest on the planet, “resolved” with an agreement signed last June between the foreign ministers of Rwanda

(Adnkronos) – The United Arab Emirates has sent an emergency relief plane carrying 96 tons of medical supplies to Botswana, following the declaration of a public health emergency due to the shortage of essential medical supplies. The Wam agency reports this, emphasizing

Tokyo, Sept. 23 (Jiji Press)–Former Japanese economic security minister Sanae Takaichi on Tuesday expressed a different stance on fiscal policy than her four rivals in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s leadership race. “Issuing government bonds would be compelling if necessary” to finance

Tokyo, Sept. 23 (Jiji Press)–Two of the five candidates running in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s leadership race on Tuesday clarified their opposition to Japan accepting more foreign workers. “It’s important to establish a system that allows our country not to rely

Tokyo, Sept. 23 (Jiji Press)–Japanese victims of the Unification Church’s donation scheme have called for fundamental solutions to problems related to the controversial religious group after its leader was arrested in South Korea on Tuesday in a bribery case involving the previous

(Adnkronos) – Hungary will continue to buy Russian oil despite US President Donald Trump’s request to NATO allies to halt Russian energy supplies. Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto told the Guardian, on the sidelines of the 80th annual session of the United

(Adnkronos) – Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are leaving the International Criminal Court. The three countries, with military juntas in power against which there are accusations and close ties with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, on whom an ICC arrest warrant is pending

(Adnkronos) – The person responsible for the drone overflights at Copenhagen airport last night is “a competent actor”. This is the thesis of the Danish police, specifying that it remains however still identified. “The number, the size, the flight paths, the time

New York, Sept. 22 (Jiji Press)–The foreign chiefs of Japan, the United States and South Korea said in a joint statement Monday that their countries will seek to denuclearize North Korea. They also stressed their opposition to any attempts to unilaterally change