(Adnkronos) – The story of the five-point bill proposed by German Christian Democratic leader Friedrich Merz on tightening asylum rules in Germany could be nearing a turning point. On Friday, the Bundestag will have to vote on the bill proposed by the

(Adnkronos) – Fifteen Italians remain in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s conflict-hit eastern city of Goma, mainly priests and nuns and long-term residents, the foreign ministry said after foreign minister Antonio Tajani had a phone conversation Tuesday with Italy’s envoy to Kinshasa. 

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(Adnkronos) – Saudi Arabia “is a priority economic and trade partner for Italy,” foreign under-secretary Maria Tripodi said on Tuesday after premier Giorgia Meloni inked a landmark accord for a bilateral strategic partnership with the Kingdom’s de facto leader Crown Prince Mohammed

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s foreign ministry “is closely following” the unrest in eastern Congo’s largest city of Goma and protests in the capital, Kinshasha, after Rwandan-backed rebels marched into Goma on Monday.  “The foreign ministry is closely following the riots in Goma and

(Adnkronos) – The Italian government’s overseas aid cooperation department will give youth training and help in rebuilding the flood-hit southern Brazilian city of Santa Tereza in Rio Grande do Sul state, the department wrote Tuesday on X.  “Youth training and reconstruction in

(Adnkronos) – The Senate of Islamabad has passed a bill against online misinformation and so-called “fake news” that provides for up to three years in prison for those who spread it. A decision that, according to Pakistani journalists, aims to suppress critical

(Adnkronos) – The US Senate confirmed Scott Bessent as Treasury secretary overnight with 68 votes in favor and 29 against. Bessent is the fifth candidate of the Trump administration to be confirmed by the Senate in a week.  

(Adnkronos) – Foreign minister Antonio Tajani will on Tuesday chair a pioneering event in Rome to look at strategies and priorities for internationalising Italy’s “crucial” fashion industry – a sector which already accounts for over an eighth of national exports, said a

(Adnkronos) – Algerian President Abdelmajid Tebboune has called for a review of the association agreement with the European Union – signed in 2002 and entered into force in 2005 – so that it better responds to the “win-win principle”, while specifying that

(Adnkronos) – EU foreign ministers “have just agreed a roadmap to ease sanctions on Syria. While our aim is to move quickly, the lifting of sanctions can be reversed if wrong steps are taken”. This was announced in a post on social

(Adnkronos) – UN refugee chief Filippo Grandi has called for “a global effort” to help Syrians since longtime dictator Bashar-al Assad’s ouster in December, ending a 14-year-old civil war that triggered a major humanitarian crisis in their country.  “In Aleppo, I spoke

(Adnkronos) – The European Union will provide 30 million euros in aid as a “first step” to support the Republic of Moldova in addressing the serious energy crisis caused by the Russian giant Gazprom. The EU says it is ready to finance

(Adnkronos) – There are 19 arrests triggered in Turkey after last week’s tragedy in a ski resort in Bolu. Investigations are ongoing and 19 people have been arrested, confirms the Turkish agency Anadolu. Among the 19 are the owner of the hotel,

(Adnkronos) – Rebels from the Rwandan-backed M23 group have claimed the conquest of Goma, the largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, with the Kinshasa government calling their advance “a declaration of war.” The rebels announced the capture of the city

(Adnkronos) – The Peruvian government will offer “facilitations” for Peruvian citizens who will be deported from the United States, where the Trump administration has started repatriating thousands of undocumented immigrants. “Peruvians who return in this situation – said Foreign Minister Elmer Schialer

(Adnkronos) – India’s fears for the project of the new Chinese mega-dam, three times larger than the Three Gorges Dam, considered to date the number one hydroelectric power station in the world, have not subsided. The colossal project, along the lower reaches

(Adnkronos) – Members of Italy’s Carabinieri paramilitary force will “soon” be sent to the Rafah border checkpoint between the Palestinian Gaza Strip enclave and Egypt, foreign minister Antonio Tajani stated on Monday.  “The military mission that will soon go to check Rafah

(Adnkronos) – US president Donald Trump’s 2017-2021 administration was not aggressive towards Italy, and despite Trump’s campaign threat to impose tariffs, scope exists for “productive” bilateral dialogue with the US, according to foreign minister Antonio Tajani.  “Even in the past, Donald Trump’s

(Adnkronos) – Should US president Donald Trump implement his campaign threats to slap universal tariffs of 10-20% on the rest of the world, an ensuing US-EU trade war would especially harm Italy, foreign minister Antonio Tajani said on Monday.  “A trade war

(Adnkronos) – Agreement on easing sanctions against Syria “more or less” exists among European Union member states, which back the war-devastated country’s de facto leadership, according to Italy.  “Today there is more or less an agreement among EU foreign ministers to ease

(Adnkronos) – For China, the hypothesis of a virus leak from a laboratory to explain the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic remains “extremely unlikely.” “The scientific conclusion reached by a group of experts from China and the World Health Organization (WHO), based

(Adnkronos) – The United States will not continue to impose tariffs on Colombia, after Bogotá agreed to accept – without restrictions – the expelled migrants. The White House made it known. Donald Trump had ordered the imposition of 25% duties on all

(Adnkronos) – Palestinians have started returning to northern Gaza, the Strip’s Interior Ministry has confirmed. “The passage of displaced Palestinians has started along Al-Rashid road through the western part of the Netzarim checkpoint towards Gaza City and the northern part” of the

(Adnkronos) – The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, and the Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Paulo Rangel, met today at the Farnesina, during which the main topics of bilateral and multilateral cooperation were discussed. Italy and Portugal –

(Adnkronos) – Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is expected on Sunday on an official visit to Saudi Arabia, which “is her first accompanied by government ministers and Italian company executives.” The Saudi broadcaster Al Arabiya writes, according to which Meloni will hold

(Adnkronos) – Officials from the European Commission and Germany’s Coordinator for Digital Services will meet today with representatives from Microsoft, LinkedIn, TikTok, Snap, Meta and X to discuss the preparatory measures they intend to adopt for the German elections, scheduled for February

(Adnkronos) – The German Greens are asking conservative leader Friedrich Merz for clarification on the conditions for forming a coalition government after the February 23 vote, in order to rule out any form of collaboration with Alternative for Germany. Speaking on public

(Adnkronos) – US President Donald Trump is back to talking about North Korea and his relationship with Kim Jong-un. “I got along well with him,” Trump said. “He’s not a religious fanatic. He happens to be a smart person.” The tycoon’s words

(Adnkronos) – The International Criminal Court (ICC) should try the United States and Israel for “the wars” they caused. This was stated by the Afghan Deputy Interior Minister, Mohammed Nabi Omari, after the Court’s chief prosecutor issued an arrest warrant for the