(Adnkronos) – Transfer to Washington for Bao Li and Qing Bao. With the ‘Panda Express’ panda diplomacy returns at a time when there is no shortage of tensions between China and the United States. The two giant pandas land in the United

(Adnkronos) – The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has expressed “concern” over the arrest and conviction of President Kais Saied’s political opponents by Tunisian authorities. Recalling that many candidates in the last presidential elections were “arrested and sentenced to prison”,

(Adnkronos) – Ten days of joint exercises between the USA and the Philippines have begun in the aftermath of Chinese military maneuvers around Taiwan and after months of tensions between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea. The annual ‘Kamandag’

(Adnkronos) – Tensions remain high on the Korean peninsula. North Korea has blown up stretches of roads connecting with South Korea, the South Korean military said. According to the Seoul General Staff, reports the South Korean agency Yonhap, sections of two roads

(Adnkronos) – Another day of tension in the skies of Taiwan. The Taipei Defense Ministry reported detecting a total of 153 Chinese fighter jets around the island, following the conclusion of Beijing’s maneuvers. The military aircraft were detected in 25 hours up

(Adnkronos) – Great Britain has imposed sanctions against Iranian military leaders after the October 1 missile attack on Israel. This was announced by Foreign Secretary David Lammy, according to whom Iran had ignored repeated warnings that its “dangerous actions” – and those

(Adnkronos) – Kim Yo-jong, the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong un, has accused the South Korean military of sending drones that dropped propaganda leaflets over Pyonyang, although Seoul has denied the alleged use of unmanned aircraft in the neighboring

(Adnkronos) – “There will be no withdrawal” of Unifil from Lebanon. This was assured by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, responding to his Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu, who yesterday asked UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for the withdrawal of Unifil forces “from Hezbollah

(Adnkronos) – Martin Naumann, a former Stasi agent, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for the murder of Polish citizen Czesław Kukuczka, which took place in March 1974 at the border crossing between former East and West Germany in Berlin.

(Adnkronos) – Since the beginning of the war in Gaza, Israeli soldiers and intelligence agents have used captured Palestinians, including minors, as human shields, forcing them to search for Hamas explosives among rubble, in tunnels, generators and water tanks, to avoid putting

(Adnkronos) – Three weeks before Election Day, Kamala Harris’ lead over Donald Trump is shrinking nationwide, according to two new polls. In the first survey, conducted by ABC News-Ipsos poll, 50% of likely voters say they would vote for the Democrat and

(Adnkronos) – Next November, ”during the US presidential elections”, the army should be ”deployed against the internal enemy”, which represents ”an even greater concern than immigrants”. This was stated to Fox News by former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. 

(Adnkronos) – Warships and planes have been mobilized by the Chinese armed forces around Taiwan for ”military exercises”. This was announced by the Beijing Defense Ministry, explaining that the exercises, called Joint Sword 2024B, “serve to test the joint operational capabilities of

(Adnkronos) – “It is totally unacceptable to see UNIFIL troops deliberately targeted by Israeli armed forces. We condemn it. We will not tolerate this happening again and I thank the Med 9 colleagues for having expressed themselves alongside us clearly in this

(Adnkronos) – US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has urged Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant to guarantee “the safety of Unifil forces” following the IDF attacks on the UN mission in Lebanon over the past two days. Haaretz reported, adding that during a

(Adnkronos) – Pro-Russian hackers from NoName057 have been attacking Belgian networks for 5 days, crippling the website of the Flemish Parliament and several national media outlets, including Belga News and De Standaard, just days before local elections on Sunday 13th. “We continue

(Adnkronos) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has arrived in Berlin, the last stop on his trip to European capitals. Zelensky arrived at the German Chancellery by helicopter. The Ukrainian president will meet with Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. 

(Adnkronos) – Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati has called on the United Nations to pass a resolution for an “immediate” ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. In a televised address, the premier stressed “his government’s commitment to deploying the army on the

(Adnkronos) – A strategic partnership treaty between Iran and Russia is expected to be signed on the sidelines of the BRICS summit next week in Kazan, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian announced during his first meeting with Vladimir Putin in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, since

(Adnkronos) – The Quai d’Orsay has summoned the Israeli ambassador to France following a new IDF attack on the UN mission in Lebanon (UNIFIL), of which Paris is one of the main contributors. “These attacks constitute serious violations of international law and