(Adnkronos) – “The humanitarian catastrophe in Haiti continues to worsen. Every day, Haitians suffer some of the worst abuses and threats to their lives recorded worldwide. Armed groups regularly commit serious violations of children’s rights, including killing and maiming. So far this

(Adnkronos) – US President-elect Donald Trump has announced the appointment of Fiserv CEO Frank Bisignano as head of the Social Security Administration. The tycoon has also appointed University of Maryland finance professor Michael Faulkender as US Deputy Secretary of the Treasury and

(Adnkronos) – An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 on the Richter scale struck western Iran this morning. The US Geological Survey located the epicenter about 36 kilometers southwest of Masjed Soleyman, in Khuzestan province, at a depth of 10 kilometers. There are currently

(Adnkronos) – French Prime Minister Michel Barnier is expected to resign today, after his government was brought down by a no-confidence vote just three months after taking office. The prime minister will submit his government’s resignation to President Emmanuel Macron and the

(Adnkronos) – The vote to decide whether to impeach President Yoon will take place on Saturday at 7 pm local time, according to South Korean media reports, citing opposition lawmakers.  Although the opposition has a majority of 192 seats in parliament, for

(Adnkronos) – Georgian opposition leader Nika Gvaramia was beaten and arrested by police in Tbilisi after officers raided the headquarters of his Droa party. The beating and arrest were broadcast by independent television channel Pirveli.  Without a warrant, police searched the offices

(Adnkronos) – Han Dong Hoon, conservative leader of the People Power Party to which President Yoon Suk Yeol belongs, has asked the president to leave the party following the controversy sparked by the passage of the martial law, later revoked by parliament. 

(Adnkronos) – ‘Killer’ liquor has caused a massacre in Istanbul. Authorities have announced that at least 17 people have died after drinking adulterated alcohol in the city on the Bosporus and have confirmed ten arrests in connection with the case.  According to

(Adnkronos) – Florida Sheriff Chad Chronister, who Donald Trump had appointed to the Drug Enforcement Administration, the anti-drug agency, has resigned from his appointment. Chronister himself announced it with a post on X in which, after reflecting “on the relevance of this

(Adnkronos) – The prime ministers who have succeeded each other at the head of governments under Emmanuel Macron have progressively remained in office less and less. Bfmtv recalls this, citing the government of Edouard Philippe as the longest-lived (3 years, 1 month,

(Adnkronos) – Moscow strongly supports the counteroffensive launched by the Damascus leadership to counter the attacks by ”terrorist groups” in Syria. This was stated by Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, arguing that the advance of the jihadists in recent days in

(Adnkronos) – Over 10.3 million viewers watched French Prime Minister Michel Barnier’s interview on Tf1 and France 2 yesterday, on the eve of the parliamentary vote on the no-confidence motion. On June 9, President Emmanuel Macron’s live speech announcing the dissolution of

(Adnkronos) – Pete Hegseth, the Fox News anchor initially identified by President-elect Donald Trump to lead the Pentagon, ”drank worryingly,” even before going on the air. Three Fox News employees and seven former Hegseth colleagues at the broadcaster told Nbc News on

(Adnkronos) – Overnight, Israeli settlers set fire to homes of Palestinian citizens in the West Bank and clashed with border police who arrived on the scene to quell the clashes. According to Haaretz, citing Palestinian and Israeli security sources, Jewish settlers set

(Adnkronos) – South Korean opposition parties announced today that they have filed a motion to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol following the imposition – later revoked yesterday – of martial law in the country.  “We have submitted an urgently prepared impeachment motion,”

(Adnkronos) – South Korean National Assembly Speaker Woo Son-shik has declared “void” the martial law declared by President Yoon Suk Yeol after a majority of lawmakers passed a resolution calling for its repeal. According to the New York Times, lawmakers applauded when

(Adnkronos) – During an overnight session of the National Assembly, a resolution was adopted calling for the repeal of martial law declared in South Korea. The New York Times reports, stating that the rules governing martial law state that if the Assembly

(Adnkronos) – South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-Myung filmed himself live on Instagram as he climbed the fence to enter parliament, shortly after the martial law was declared. “President Yoon Suk-yeol declared martial law for no reason, putting the country in the

(Adnkronos) – It had been 44 years since martial law was declared in South Korea. The last time was in May 1980 following the military coup, the second in a year, led at the end of the previous year by General Chun

(Adnkronos) – During the debate on the no-confidence motion against the government of French Prime Minister Michel Barnier, the first motion to be voted on tomorrow at the National Assembly will be the one with the highest number of signatories, therefore the

(Adnkronos) – The toll of the clashes that took place yesterday evening in Georgia between pro-European demonstrators and police officers is 26 injured. This was announced by the Georgian Ministry of Health, specifying that ”26 people were transferred to the hospital, including

(Adnkronos) – French President Emmanuel Macron has started, as early as last week, to evaluate political profiles potentially suitable to succeed Michel Barnier, whose government could be ousted as early as tomorrow. Bfmtv writes this, citing several sources, specifying that Macron –

(Adnkronos) – The official death toll from the floods that have plagued southern Thailand has risen to 25. More than 664,000 people have been affected in ten provinces. This was reported by local media, stressing that large areas of six provinces are

(Adnkronos) – Fatah and Hamas have agreed to the establishment of a joint committee for the management of the Gaza Strip, following a proposal with Egyptian mediation. The Israeli newspaper Haaretz writes, according to which the agreement was reached during the talks

(Adnkronos) – Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze assures that there will be no revolution after his announcement to suspend negotiations with the EU until the end of 2028. “I want to remind everyone: in Georgia there will be no revolution,” he said,

(Adnkronos) – Members of the French National Assembly have 24 hours to present the no-confidence motion against the Prime Minister following the activation of Article 49.3 of the Constitution which provides for it. The vote cannot be held before 48 hours after

(Adnkronos) – Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze assures that the country continues to aim for EU membership but rules out talks with the opposition following the announcement of the decision to suspend negotiations with the EU for accession until the end of

(Adnkronos) – Dissident Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi, who was sentenced to death last April for his support of the anti-government protests and ‘Woman, Life and Freedom’, the movement born in September two years ago after the death of Mahsa Amini while in

(Adnkronos) – The UN Security Council will meet tomorrow for an emergency meeting on Syria after some armed factions launched an offensive, taking control of large areas of the north, including the city of Aleppo. Diplomatic sources told AFP that the meeting