(Adnkronos) – Foreign minister Antonio Tajani on Wednesday hailed journalist Cecilia Sala’s release by Iranian authorities, which he attributed to “diplomacy and teamwork”.  “Diplomacy and teamwork: Cecilia Sala is returning home!” Tajani wrote on X (formerly Twitter) after news that Sala had

(Adnkronos) – MPS are grilling Italy’s foreign minister Antonio Tajani Wednesday on international and European Union initiatives to stabilise Syria and relaunch its economy in the wake of the 13-year civil war that toppled long-time dictator Bashad al-Assad last month.  Wednesday’s parliamentary

(Adnkronos) – Rumors and denials follow one another in South Korea about the impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol, who at the beginning of December had tried to introduce martial law in the country, soon revoked. The presidential office denied rumors about Yoon’s

(Adnkronos) – Nicolás Maduro has announced the activation of the so-called “comprehensive management organizations” (Odis), a structure that centralizes political power, the Armed Forces, the Bolivarian National Militia, police forces and community groups, with the motivation of “defending peace” in the days

(Adnkronos) – A massive fire has forced thousands of people to evacuate the hills above Los Angeles, where violent winds are fueling the flames. The fire broke out late in the morning in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood, in the mountains northwest of

(Adnkronos) – An exhibition of the work of trailblazing lenswoman Letizia Battaglia, who chronicled everyday life in Sicily over 50 years, including many mafia killings and the arrests of mafia bosses, is on at the Photographers’ Gallery in London until 23 February. 

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s president Sergio Mattarella on Tuesday sent condolences to China’s president Xi Jinping for magnitude 7.1 earthquake that killed scores of people and damaged over 1,000 buildings in a remote region of Tibet, near Everest.  “Having learned the sad news

(Adnkronos) – ”I feel a strong desire among many Greenlanders to move towards independence”. This is a ”legitimate goal and therefore I think it is important that the future of Greenland be decided in Nuuk”. This is what Danish Prime Minister Mette

(Adnkronos) – The death toll from the 7.1 magnitude earthquake that struck Tibet at 9:05 local time has risen to 106 dead and 174 injured, with an epicenter recorded at a depth of 10 kilometers and numerous aftershocks also felt in Kathmandu.

(Adnkronos) – A group of 112 family members of hostages held in Gaza filed a petition with the Israeli High Court, accusing the government of abandoning their loved ones, violating two constitutional laws. According to the petition, “the government has abandoned the

(Adnkronos) – Premier Giorgia Meloni will on Saturday hold talks with Joe Biden during a visit to Italy during which the outgoing United States president will meet head of state Sergio Mattarella and Pope Francis.  Meloni and Biden’s meeting will take place

(Adnkronos) – Jean-Marie Le Pen, a historical figure of the French far right, has died at the age of 96. The family indicated this to AFP. 

(Adnkronos) – Olaf Scholz rejects the proposal to double the defense budget. In an interview with “Stern”, the German Chancellor argues that significantly increasing defense spending “without saying what the money will be spent on and where it will come from” is

(Adnkronos) – Herbert Kickl will express himself in the afternoon on the mandate given to him by Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen to form a new government after the failure of the negotiations conducted by outgoing Chancellor Karl Nehammer.   Less

(Adnkronos) – The Damascus airport, in Syria, has been reopened, returning to being operational after the closure following the overthrow of Bashar Assad by the Syrian rebels. The first flight from Qatar, after 13 years of interrupted connections, landed at the international

(Adnkronos) – Syria’s transitional government and the challenges posed by its planned national dialogue conference, the drafting of a new constitution, social inclusion and the war-torn country’s social and economic recovery will be at the centre of this week’s ‘Quint’ foreign ministers

(Adnkronos) – Foreign minister Antonio Tajani will hold a ‘Quint’ meeting in Rome focussed on the Middle East countries of Syria and Iran, which will be attended by his US, French, German and British counterparts and EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas,

(Adnkronos) – Italian major Eni’s non-carbon unit Plenitude has more than doubled its capacity from renewables in Spain since 2023- including solar and wind projects – due to “significant organic growth”, Eni said in a statement on Tuesday.  Plenitude has expanded its

(Adnkronos) – The death toll from the earthquake in Tibet, hit by a magnitude 6.8 earthquake on the Richter scale at 9.05 local time, is worsening: the confirmed deaths are 95, 130 injured, according to the toll released at 3 pm local

(Adnkronos) – A South Korean court has granted an extension of the detention warrant for impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was impeached following an attempt to impose martial law in the country. The Seoul Western District Court granted the extension requested

(Adnkronos) – France today commemorates the jihadist attack carried out ten years ago against the Charlie Hebdo newspaper. The nation was hit in 2015 by a series of attacks, from the one on the famous satirical weekly to those against the Bataclan

(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.