(Adnkronos) – The Iron Beam, Israel’s new laser defense system, will be operational “within a year.” This was announced by the Director General of the Tel Aviv Ministry of Defense, Eyal Zamir, during the signing of a 494 million euro contract with

(Adnkronos) – Italy has called on Iran not to retaliate to Israel’s strikes on military targets at the weekend and to make Lebanon’s Hezbollah, Yemen’s Houthis and its proxies in Syria cease attacking the Jewish State.  ‘I think it is right that

(Adnkronos) – Italy has called on Lebanon to nominate a new president “as soon as possible” to end two years of political paralysis in the crisis-hit country and for the regular army to boost its control of national territory.  “We must aid

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s government has called on Iran to avoid reprisals for the barrage of attacks the Israeli Defence Forces said they carried out at the weekend against “military targets” to avoid an escalation of conflict in the region.  “Iran should not

(Adnkronos) – The situation for Italians in Iran is “pretty calm” and they have all been “geolocalised”, foreign minister Antonio Tajani said after local media reported explosions in Tehran and the Israeli army said early on Saturday it was carrying out precision

(Adnkronos) – “Irregularities happen everywhere, in every country.” This was stated by Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, of the Georgian Dream party, in an exclusive interview with the BBC, welcoming the election result but rejecting accusations of rigging and violence. The official

(Adnkronos) – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has proposed a two-day truce in Gaza and a limited exchange of hostages, with the aim of ensuring “a complete ceasefire” after over a year of war between Israel and Hamas. The proposal put forward

(Adnkronos) – Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has said he will not consider a broader coalition, thus ruling out the possibility of forming a minority government.  “At this point, I do not plan to form a coalition. I believe that our starting

(Adnkronos) – The Washington Post has announced that it will not endorse either of the two presidential candidates, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. The announcement was made by CEO William Lewis, who said the move is intended to return “to our roots

(Adnkronos) – The Farnesina announces that Sabrina Ugolini today assumed the post of Italian Ambassador to Kabul, with headquarters temporarily located in Doha. Born in Rome in 1968, she graduated with honors in Political Science, international address, from the ‘La Sapienza’ University

(Adnkronos) – It is a complete stalemate, a total tie between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris in the final New York Times poll. In the last New York Times/Siena College poll before Election Day on November 5, the two opponents are both

(Adnkronos) – Elon Musk paid another $43.5 million to America Pac in early October, the political action committee founded and funded by the world’s richest man to help Donald Trump return to the White House. With the 75 million paid in the

(Adnkronos) – “We will discuss our work with the closest partners of the South”, said Vladimir Putin announcing a meeting of the Security Council, after the Brics + summit in Kazan. “There are many issues, there is extensive cooperation”. 

(Adnkronos) – The United Nations World Food Programme welcomes the latest efforts by Italy’s G7 presidency to put food security and nutrition in during conflict and “fragile” setting at the centre of its development agenda, WFP said in a statement on Friday. 

(Adnkronos) – The cabinet has approved a list of 19 countries which it deems safe for illegal immigrants to be returned to. The move comes after a Rome court ruled last week that the first 12 migrants who arrived at the Italian

(Adnkronos) – To celebrate Italian Language in the World Week, ambassador to Libya Gianluca Alberini hosted a ceremony at his residence in Tripoli to present Libyans who won scholarships to study in Italy with their award certificates, the embassy tweeted on Friday. 

(Adnkronos) – The Pkk claimed Wednesday’s attack in Ankara on the headquarters of Turkish Aerospace Industries (Tai), which killed five people and injured 22. The attack “was carried out by a team from the ‘Battalion of the Immortals’,” the Pkk wrote on

(Adnkronos) – Since the closure of Germany’s borders in mid-September, about a thousand migrants have been stopped at the border and forced to turn back. From 16 September to 20 October, 1,700 unauthorized entries were recorded and 30 human traffickers were discovered,

(Adnkronos) – At least ten Pakistani border police officers were killed and seven others injured in an attack claimed by the Pakistani Taliban in Dera Ismail Khan, in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of the northwest of the country. Pakistani police sources reported

(Adnkronos) – Taiwan will not give up an inch of the island’s territory. This was stated by Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te, responding from a distance to China, which continues to exert military pressure on Taipei to accept its claim of sovereignty. ”We

(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