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(Adnkronos) – Nato will ask allies to spend 5% of their national economic output (GDP) on defence but “not with pre-determined annual increases,” Italy said on Wednesday, urging fiscal flexibility to help countries achieve this target.  “It is a fair request, already

(Adnkronos) – Italy will do its utmost to mediate in direct dialogue between the United States and Iran to de-escalate tensions in the Middle East and reassure Israel, foreign minister Antonio Tajani said on Wednesday.  “I believe that the best solution is

(Adnkronos) – Italy has resumed command of the United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon after general Diodato Abagnara took over from Aroldo Lazaro of Spain at a ceremony at UNIFIL headquarters in Naquora on Tuesday.  At the handover ceremony Abagnara stressed the

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s foreign minister Antonio Tajani and US counterpart Marco Rubio had a “long” phone call during a two-day Nato summit taking place in the Hague through Wednesday at which the Western military alliance’s leaders are set to commit to spending

(Adnkronos) – Italy has resumed command of the United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon after general Diodato Abagnara took over from Aroldo Lazaro of Spain in a special ceremony at UNIFIL headquarters in Naquora on Tuesday.  At the handover ceremony Abagnara stressed

(Adnkronos) – Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old Democratic Socialist assemblyman, surprisingly won the Democratic primary for mayor of New York, beating former Governor Andrew Cuomo. Admitting defeat and saying he was “very proud of the campaign we ran,” Cuomo called Mamdani to congratulate

(Adnkronos) – Nine Palestinians were killed and several others were injured while waiting for aid near the Netzarim intersection in the central Gaza Strip. Al Jazeera reported this, citing sources from the Al-Awda and Al-Aqsa martyrs’ hospitals. 

(Adnkronos) – The American bombing of three nuclear sites in Iran has delayed the country’s nuclear program by only a few months. The New York Times writes this, citing officials familiar with a classified report according to which the attacks sealed the

(Adnkronos) – Donald Trump’s decision to bomb Iran’s nuclear sites is not supported by the majority of Americans, according to a CNN-commissioned poll. 56 percent of Americans are against it, and only 44 percent are in favor. Six out of ten Americans

(Adnkronos) – The International Committee of the Red Cross has reported that one of its workers has been killed in the Gaza Strip, the fifth since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas on October 7, 2023.  “Mahmoud Barakeh, who