(Adnkronos) – Japan has executed a death row inmate. The announcement was made by public broadcaster NHK and other media: this is the first time since 2022 that the country has carried out the death penalty.  The Ministry of Justice did not

(Adnkronos) – The legal team of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has filed a request with the Jerusalem District Court to postpone the testimonies in the trial in which he is accused for two weeks. Defense attorney Amit Hadad pointed out how

(Adnkronos) – Polish deputies have approved a bill to withdraw from the Ottawa Convention, the agreement banning the use and stockpiling of anti-personnel mines. The decision has drawn harsh criticism from numerous Nobel Peace Prize winners, but Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz defended

(Adnkronos) – A new arms race could precipitate the collapse of the regime of Russian President Vladimir Putin as happened with the USSR in the 1990s. The warning was launched by the Polish Foreign Minister, Radoslaw Sikorski. Vladimir Putin “should understand that

(Adnkronos) – Ecuadorian authorities have announced the recapture of Adolfo Macías Villamar, alias Fito, the country’s most wanted drug trafficker and leader of the powerful criminal cartel ‘Los Choneros’. Villamar’s capture is a major victory for the Noboa government, which based its

(Adnkronos) – North Korea has completed the construction of a large seaside resort in the eastern coastal region of Kalma. The completion ceremony of the new tourist area took place “with fanfare” on Tuesday in the presence of the North Korean leader,

(Adnkronos) – Tragedy in Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic, where at least 29 high school students lost their lives in the stampede that followed the explosion of an electrical transformer. The Ministry of Health reported this to AFP.  The incident

(Adnkronos) – South Korean intelligence services believe it is likely that North Korea will deploy additional troops to Russia next month or in August to support the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Moscow had announced that Pyongyang would send thousands of workers to

(Adnkronos) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered to cut off all aid destined for the northern Gaza Strip, after the far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich threatened to leave the government.  Smotrich threatened to resign from the coalition after a video

(Adnkronos) – The Israeli government welcomed the appeal by US President Donald Trump to cancel the criminal trial against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which he called “a witch hunt”. National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir posted on ‘X’ that “Israel is indeed

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s premier Giorgia Meloni and her Danish and Dutch counterparts Mette Frederiksen and Dick Schoof on Thursday hosted an informal meeting that centred on how to strengthen the legal framework for migrant repatriations, Meloni’s office said in a statement.  Representatives

(Adnkronos) – At least 40 thousand hectares of land have been devastated and reduced to ashes by a series of fires that have been raging since Sunday on the Greek island of Chios, in the eastern Aegean, and involve over 400 firefighters,

(Adnkronos) – The European Union must “move forward” with managing migration and on defence policy, Italy’s foreign minister Antonio Tajani told reporters on Thursday on the sidelines of a European Peoples’ Party pre-summit in Brussels.  “Today, we need to have a united

(Adnkronos) – Spain, whose government is currently led by Socialist Pedro Sanchez, “will have to meet” within a decade the 5% defence spending target set by Nato leaders at a summit in The Hague on Wednesday, according to Italy.  “Spain signed up

(Adnkronos) – A United Airlines flight from San Francisco to Rome made an emergency landing in Iceland Sunday morning due to a mechanical problem that occurred while flying over the Atlantic Ocean. Flight UA507, a Boeing 777-200ER with registration N76010, declared an

(Adnkronos) – Two years and two months in prison. This is the sentence imposed in Taiwan on a soldier accused of spying for Chinese intelligence in exchange for a sum equivalent to about 2,300 euros. Chen, as the soldier has been identified,

(Adnkronos) – The United States must pay “millions of dollars” in compensation to Iran for the damage caused to its nuclear plants in joint raids with Israel. This was underlined by Tehran’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Saeed Khatibzadeh, in an interview with the

(Adnkronos) – At least 74 people have been killed and 391 injured in the last 24 hours in the Gaza Strip, the scene of Israeli military operations against Hamas launched after the October 7, 2023 attack in Israel. This is the complaint

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s foreign minister Antonio Tajani is “worried” at the fragile truce between rival armed groups in oil-rich Libya, which still has rival governments in Tripoli and in the east, 15 years after the ousting of late dictator Muammar Gaddafi.  “I

(Adnkronos) – Iran intends to continue to focus on nuclear energy. Iran’s right to nuclear energy for peaceful purposes remains intact. This was stated to al Jazeera by the spokesman of the Iranian Foreign Ministry Esmaeil Baghaei after the US and Israeli

(Adnkronos) – US President Donald Trump, when asked about Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty, which provides for a commitment to mutual defense in the event of an attack on NATO allies, replied: “We are with them all the way”. The

(Adnkronos) – A new political star is born in New York from the divisions and tensions into which the Democratic party has fallen after the electoral defeat. The Dem establishment is in fact experiencing as a shock the fact that Democratic voters

(Adnkronos) – The United States will reopen its embassy in Jerusalem today. The embassy itself announced this in a note, explaining that the Home Front Command has lifted all restrictions and that the diplomatic headquarters will work regularly after the ceasefire came

(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.