(Adnkronos) – North Korea has announced that it has successfully tested a new “hypersonic missile” intended, according to leader Kim Jong Un, to deter “all rivals” of the country in the Pacific region. The test took place yesterday while US Secretary of

(Adnkronos) – The Louisiana Department of Health has confirmed the first death from avian influenza in the United States. The deceased patient, exposed to contact with wild and non-commercial backyard birds, was over the age of 65 and suffered from previous pathologies,

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s office bearers celebrated the 228th anniversary of National Flag Day on Tuesday, paying tribute to the Tricolour as a powerful symbol of patriotism, freedom, democracy and national unity.  “Today we celebrate the 228th anniversary of the #Tricolour, symbol of

(Adnkronos) – A thick fog is enveloping northern India, causing real chaos in the transport sector due to “zero” visibility, as defined by the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD). More than one hundred planes were unable to depart on time from New Delhi’s

(Adnkronos) – Russia has recruited about 180,000 inmates and sent them to fight in Ukraine since last November. This is according to Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service. The Kyiv Independent recalled that since the summer of 2022 Moscow has been recruiting detainees for

(Adnkronos) – Former British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, president of global affairs at Meta, has left the social media platform after seven years. He was replaced by Joel Kaplan, his deputy and former member of the Republican Party, former White House

(Adnkronos) – The Polish government has excluded high-level representatives of the Hungarian government from the list of guests invited to the event that will formally begin the Polish presidency of the Council of the European Union in Warsaw today, as a direct

(Adnkronos) – Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and Chinese Foreign Minister, will visit Namibia, the Republic of Congo, Chad and Nigeria from January 5 to 11, at the invitation

(Adnkronos) – Investigators who tried to arrest South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, who has been impeached, today failed to enter the head of state’s residence because the presidential security service prevented them from entering. The South Korean agency Yonhap reports.  

(Adnkronos) – Republican leader Mike Johnson will face his critics today, in a congressional vote that could see him confirmed as one of the top-ranking officials in the US or relegated to the back benches and the shadows of American politics. After

(Adnkronos) – The Guatemalan Public Prosecutor’s Office has announced the arrest in El Salvador of the leader of the Jewish sect Lev Tahor, Jonathan Emmanuel Cardona Castillo, days after Interpol issued an international red alert, on charges of human trafficking, forced pregnancy

(Adnkronos) – Qatar Airways has announced that air connections with Damascus will resume from Tuesday, January 7, with a frequency of three flights a week. The Doha-based airline explains that the decision follows the desire to increase connections between the countries of

(Adnkronos) – The sanctions that the international community has imposed on Syria are ”useless and ineffective” after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime and therefore ”must be removed”. This was stated by the interim Foreign Minister of the new Syrian authority, Asaad

(Adnkronos) – The Ukrainian armed forces carried out a precision air raid on a Russian army command post in the Maryino area, in the Kursk region. The General Staff of the Ukrainian army announced this, explaining that all necessary measures were taken

(Adnkronos) – The Israeli Supreme Court has rejected a part of a new law that would have increased the power of control of the Minister of National Security, Ben Gvir, over the police. However, the part of the measure that will allow

(Adnkronos) – Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado today called for new mobilizations against the government of Nicolas Maduro, days before his inauguration ceremony as president for a second term, after he proclaimed himself the winner of the elections last July. The

(Adnkronos) – The man who yesterday killed at least 10 people, including two children, in a shooting at a club in southern Montenegro is dead after shooting himself. Local police reported this.  The police surrounded the man and when they ordered him

(Adnkronos) – At least 10 people were injured in a shooting in New York outside the Amazura nightclub in the Queens borough. The New York Post reports, citing local police. None of the injured are believed to be in a life-threatening condition.

(Adnkronos) – The leader of the Lebanese Shiite party-militia Hezbollah, Naim Qassem, has assured that since November 27 – the date on which the ceasefire with Israel in Lebanon came into force – the group “has regained health”, becoming stronger.  “The resistance

(Adnkronos) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left the Jerusalem hospital this morning where he underwent prostate surgery two days ago to be present at a parliamentary vote on the budget. According to the Walla website, Netanyahu left the hospital despite doctors’

(Adnkronos) – Mega blackout in Puerto Rico, where almost the entire population of the island, about 1.2 million people, are without power due to a plant failure. The electricity company Luma reported this, according to which 90% of homes are currently without

(Adnkronos) – New sanctions from the United States against Iranian and Russian entities and individuals, accused of having tried to interfere during the November elections. The State Department announced measures against the Cognitive Design Production Center (Cpdc), an organization that depends on

(Adnkronos) – Russian forces have advanced 3,985 square kilometers in Ukraine in 2024, seven times more than in 2023. Afp writes this, commenting on data from the Isw, Institute for the Study of War.  The advance was favored by an acceleration in

(Adnkronos) – Christian prisoners in Iranian prisons who have not been convicted of crimes such as espionage or acts against national security will have five days leave to leave prison. This is stated in a circular signed by the head of the

(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,”