(Adnkronos) – Eight Italian lawmakers are travelling to authoritarian Uzbekistan to observe the country’s parliamentary polls being held on Sunday, the lower house of parliament said in a statement.  The four Senators and four MPs will form part of the Parliamentary Assembly

(Adnkronos) – Foreign minister Antonio was due to attend a handover ceremony in Genova on Friday of 15 trucks the government has bought for the United Nations World Food Programme to transport urgently needed aid for Palestinian civilians in war-devastated Gaza.  “Italy

(Adnkronos) – Russia’s over-two-and-a-half-year-old occupation of Ukraine, the Middle East conflict and crisis-hit Venezuela were at the centre of talks in Rome late Thursday between premier Giorgia Meloni and European Parliament president Roberta Metsola, Meloni’s office stated.  “The main topics of the

(Adnkronos) – Foreign undersecretary Giorgio Silli, who attended a conference in Paris on Thursday which raised a billion dollars in pledges for humanitarian aid and military support for Lebanon, underlined the government’s ongoing support for civilians and refugees in the crisis-hit county

(Adnkronos) – Italy has called for a “comprehensive strategy” for Africa to end the continent’s health emergency, fight child mortality and produce vaccines locally.  “We need a comprehensive strategy for Africa to avert the need to intervene in the latest emergency,” Tajani

(Adnkronos) – Xi Jinping is in Kazan, Russia, with Vladimir Putin. Alexander Lukashenko is also there. Andrzej Duda is in Seoul, South Korea, with Yoon Suk Yeol. Kim Jong Un’s troops are in Russia. And at the center of the talks, from

(Adnkronos) – Italy has congratulated Venezuela’s opposition leader Maria Corina Machado and her exiled ally, former presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, for winning Europe’s top human rights award – the Sakharov prize on Thursday.   “Congratulations to @MariaCorinaYA and @EdmundoGU for winning

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s state lender Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, development banks and financial institutions will unveil an accord that will be crucial in implementing a G7 scheme to for sustainable food security and nutrition, foreign minister Antonio Tajani said at a G7

(Adnkronos) – Investment in healthcare infrastructure in Africa and better access and distribution of disease prevention tools are needed, Italy’s foreign minister Antonio Tajani wrote Thursday on X from a G7 development ministers meeting.  #G7Italia2024 | Today I chaired a session on

(Adnkronos) – The Chief of Staff of the Ukrainian ‘Unmanned Systems Forces’ (Usf), dedicated to the development and use of unmanned systems, has been removed from office. The news came from Ukrainska Pravda. Roman Hladkyi was fired two months after his appointment,

(Adnkronos) – The deputies of the Russian Duma unanimously approved today the ‘treaty on the global strategic partnership’ with North Korea. The treaty was signed on June 19 during the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Pyongyang.  

(Adnkronos) – At least 24 people died as a result of tropical storm Trami (Kristine). This is the latest toll from the Northeast Philippines, where more than 54,000 people have been displaced and more than seven million people have been left without

(Adnkronos) – Foreign minister Antonio Tajani has ordered Italy’s permanent representative at the Council of Europe watchdog to protest a report by its independent human rights monitoring panel which accused Italian police of racism and homophobia.  “I have instructed Italy’s permanent representative

(Adnkronos) – Turkey confirmed in the last few hours that raids have hit targets linked to the PKK in northern Iraq and Syria. “32 targets belonging to the terrorists were hit and destroyed,” the Ankara Defense Ministry said after yesterday’s attack near

(Adnkronos) – More balloons with garbage and propaganda leaflets, launched from North Korea towards South Korea. And the ‘cargo’ of a balloon ends up in the presidential complex in Seoul with messages critical of President Yoon Suk Yeol and First Lady Kim

(Adnkronos) – “Yes, I do”. This is how Kamala Harris answered the question of whether she considers Donald Trump a fascist. The remarks, which came during a meeting with voters hosted by CNN, follow those of John Kelly, the retired general who

(Adnkronos) – “Open foreign interference in the election.” This is the accusation that Donald Trump’s campaign is making against the British Labour Party in a letter his lawyer, Gary Lawkowski, sent to the Federal Election Commission. The accusation refers to the fact

(Adnkronos) – The newly elected Japanese Prime Minister, Shigeru Ishiba, has called a snap election for the lower house on October 27, saying he wants to put his administration to a public vote of confidence. His Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has held

(Adnkronos) – Belarus has scheduled presidential elections for next January 26, and everyone expects incumbent leader Alexander Lukashenko to secure a seventh consecutive term. Lukashenko, a staunch ally of Russia and Vladimir Putin, is accused of rigging previous elections and eliminating political

(Adnkronos) – A firefight is reportedly underway and hostages have been taken. This is according to broadcaster Ntv, which specifies that this is information that has not been officially confirmed after the Turkish Interior Minister, Ali Yerlikaya, confirmed that “a terrorist attack

(Adnkronos) – Donald Trump “falls under the definition of a fascist”, admires dictators and when he was at the White House complained that he did not have loyal generals like Hitler’s. The word of John Kelly, the retired general who was first

(Adnkronos) – A Chinese fleet led by the aircraft carrier Liaoning in the Taiwan Strait. The Taipei Defense Ministry, reported the CNA agency, said it had monitored its transit a week after the Chinese military exercises with the encirclement of the island,

(Adnkronos) – North Korea has sent another 1,500 troops to Russia. South Korean intelligence believes so. According to the South Korean agency Yonhap, it is believed that about 3,000 North Korean soldiers have been transferred to Russia to support the Russian military

(Adnkronos) – King Charles has arrived in Samoa for a four-day state visit, during which he will chair a meeting of Commonwealth presidents and prime ministers for the first time. Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa welcomed the King and Queen Camilla at

(Adnkronos) – The next presidential elections in Belarus will be held on January 26, 2025. The announcement was made today by the Electoral Commission in Minsk. The last elections, marked by the exclusion of ten opposition candidates and widespread accusations of manipulation

(Adnkronos) – The IDF has issued an urgent evacuation notice to residents of Tyre, Lebanon, ahead of airstrikes against Hezbollah sites. “Hezbollah’s activity is forcing the IDF to act in the area where you are. The IDF does not want to harm

(Adnkronos) – “Gradual measures”, “strong” and “effective” measures, in the face of strengthening military cooperation between North Korea and Russia. To ‘promise them’ is South Korea, which is asking for “the immediate withdrawal of North Korean troops”, while news from South Korean

(Adnkronos) – Development cooperation “is an extraordinary instrument of peace, growth and stability: topics we have put at the centre of the Italian G7 presidency,” foreign minister Antonio Tajani wrote Tuesday on X.  Tajani is chairing a three-day G7 development ministers meeting

(Adnkronos) – All civilian populations in the war-wracked Middle East region must receive help, “regardless of nationality”, Italy’s foreign minister Antonio Tajani told a G7 development ministers meeting in Pescara on Tuesday.  “I believe that a clear signal can be sent here,”