(Adnkronos) – While the rest of the world is still waiting for 2025, the inhabitants of Christmas Island or Kiritimati, an atoll in the Line Islands in the central Pacific, were the first to uncork at midnight to celebrate the arrival of

(Adnkronos) – About 35,000 Syrian refugees have left Turkey to return home since President Bashar al Assad fled the country on 8 December. This was announced by Ankara Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya, quoted by Ntv television, according to whom about 2.9 million

(Adnkronos) – The Kabul authorities revoke the ban imposed on Afghan women working for NGOs. This is what the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, asked for: “I am deeply alarmed by the recent announcement by the de facto

(Adnkronos) – China responds by calling unfounded the accusations of the US Treasury according to which a Chinese cyber attack would have allowed to circumvent its security measures and led to the theft of documents. “We have repeatedly expressed our position on

(Adnkronos) – A South Korean court has issued an arrest warrant for ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol in connection with his failed attempt to impose martial law. “The arrest warrant and search warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol were issued this morning,”

(Adnkronos) – Donald Trump’s transition team is pushing to get the United States out of the World Health Organization on the first day of the new administration. The Financial Times writes, citing members of the tycoon’s team, that they have talked about

(Adnkronos) – Since it reopened to the public, the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris has been visited by 250,000 people and about thirty thousand tourists crowd the churchyard every day in the hope of being able to enter even without a reservation.

(Adnkronos) – With his statements, Elon Musk is trying to influence the election campaign ahead of the February 23 vote in Germany. The accusation comes from the German government after Musk’s interventions on X and Die Welt am Sonntag in favor of

(Adnkronos) – A 63-year-old woman was killed today in her home on the Indonesian island of Sumatra after being attacked by a herd of wild elephants, local media reported. The incident occurred before dawn in Lampung province, near Bukit Barisan Selatan National

(Adnkronos) – German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser has said she intends to extend border controls beyond March 2025, citing successes in curbing irregular immigration and combating human smuggling. “Our comprehensive measures to curb irregular immigration and combat human smuggling are working,” Faeser

(Adnkronos) – After the death of 179 people on Jeju Air Flight 2216 in South Korea’s worst ever air accident, the low-cost carrier announced it had recorded a wave of cancellations. “From midnight on Sunday to 1 p.m. today the number of

(Adnkronos) – For the third consecutive year, Russian President Vladimir Putin has not sent New Year’s greetings to US President Joe Biden and the leaders of other major Western countries considered hostile. Tass reported this, recalling that at the end of December

(Adnkronos) – The Taliban have announced the closure of all national and foreign NGOs operating in Afghanistan that employ women. The decision comes two years after ordering NGOs to suspend the employment of Afghan women, presumably for reasons related to the obligation

(Adnkronos) – January 9th will be a national day of mourning for the United States in honor of former President Jimmy Carter, who died yesterday at the age of 100. The White House announced.  On the same day, the state funeral will

(Adnkronos) – 71 people have died in a road accident in southern Ethiopia. According to a statement by regional police commissioner Daniel Sankura, a bus from the Japanese manufacturer Isuzu, “fell into the Gelana river ravine”. 

(Adnkronos) – South Korea has announced it is planning a “special inspection” of all Boeing 737-800s operating in the country, after 179 people were killed in an incident involving a Jeju Air aircraft.   “101 aircraft in the B737-800 series are currently

(Adnkronos) – The airlines of Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan have announced the suspension of air connections with some airports in Russia after the Christmas Day plane crash involving the Azerbaijan Airlines flight from Baku to Grozny, which crashed a few kilometers from Aktau,

(Adnkronos) – About 31,000 Syrian citizens have returned to their country from Turkey since the ouster of Bashar Al Assad. This was announced today by the Turkish Interior Minister: “The number of people who have returned is 30,663,” Minister Ali Yerlikaya told

(Adnkronos) – Italian journalist Cecilia Sala, in Iran to carry out journalistic services, was stopped on December 19 by the Tehran police authorities. The Farnesina announces it, specifying that on the instructions of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani, the Italian

(Adnkronos) – The 62-year-old who ran over and killed 35 people with his car in the Chinese city of Zhuhai last month has been sentenced to death. This was announced by the state broadcaster Cctv.   “The court publicly tried the case

(Adnkronos) – Italian journalist Cecilia Sala, arrested in Tehran on December 19, has been held “in solitary confinement” in Evin prison, “where dissidents are held,” for a week. This was reported by Chora Media, the Italian podcast company for which the journalist

(Adnkronos) – The crash of the Azerbaijan Airlines airliner, which killed 38 people, was caused by “external, physical and technical interference”. This is what emerged from the preliminary results of the investigation, revealed by the airline.  “Preliminary findings of the investigation into

(Adnkronos) – Turkish authorities have announced that they have “neutralized” 14 suspected members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in a raid against northern Iraq. The Turkish Defense Ministry announced this in a post on X, specifying that the airstrikes were carried

(Adnkronos) – German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has dissolved the Bundestag and called for new elections on February 23 next year. In difficult times like these for stability, “an able government and reliable majorities in Parliament” are needed, Steinmeier said in Berlin. 

(Adnkronos) – Twelve people died and three were injured in an explosion at an explosives factory in the city of Balikesir, western Turkey. Turkish CNN reports, quoting Governor Ismail Ustaoglu, who adds that “the possibility of a terrorist attack is not being

(Adnkronos) – Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets in the Christian quarters of Damascus to protest the burning of a Christmas tree near Hama, in central Syria.  “We demand the rights of Christians,” the demonstrators shouted as they marched through the

(Adnkronos) – The Russian merchant ship Ursa Major sank in international waters, between Águilas (Murcia) and Oran (Algeria), after an explosion occurred in its engine room. Fourteen crew members were rescued and transferred to the port of Cartagena, while two crew members

(Adnkronos) – Russia has lost 777,720 soldiers in Ukraine since the start of the war on February 24, 2022, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has reported. This figure includes the 1,630 casualties inflicted on Russian forces in the last

(Adnkronos) – A Dutch court has sentenced five men for last month’s violence against Israeli football fans in Amsterdam, which shocked the world and sparked accusations of anti-Semitism.  The Amsterdam District Court found them guilty of a range of offences, from kicking