MILAN – Italian officials are looking for two Libyan ex-soldiers who vanished on Jan 13 after a stabbing in the Hotel Rafael, Il Giornale reports.  

DOHA – Economic relations between Italy and Qatar are to be bolstered following Italian president Sergio Mattarella's meeting with the His Highness Emir Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani of Qatar.

 ROME – Libya’s oil production has come to a standstill as General Khalifa Haftar shuts down oilfields to increase pressure on the UN-backed Government of National Accord, diplomatic sources said.

 LA VALLETTA – New Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela has said a temporary memorial to Daphne Caruana Galizia can remain in place as civil society groups call for him to make a public apology to t

 JOHANNESBURG AND LONDON – A record 45 million people in the 16-nation Southern African Development Community are gravely food insecure following repeated droughts, widespread flooding and economic

ROME – Construction has begun in Antartica on the ‘Beyond EPICA – Oldest Ice Core’ project base camp, according to the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic

 ROME – The political leaders of South Sudan have committed to a ten-point plan on the peace process for the country, presented at Rome’s Sant’Egidio Community on Monday.

VATICAN CITY – In what Holy See commentators are describing as a surprising move, retired pope Benedict XVI has made a statement in defence of priestly celibacy in response to a proposal to allow m

 ROME – Italy is prepared to send more troops to Libya, Il Messaggero reported Monday.

 LA VALLETTA – Robert Abela was expected to take office Monday as the new prime minister of Malta, after previous prime minister Joseph Muscat resigned following the investigation into the murder o

 VATICAN CITY – As tension remains high between the United States and Iran, Pope Francis reissued his call to “keep the flame of dialogue and self-control burning” in his annual new year address to

 ROME – An attempt to create dialogue over Libya’s ongoing crisis ended in embarrassment for Italy when Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj cancelled a meeting at Palazzo Chigi, diplomatic source

 ROME – The Swedish Government has contributed 100 million Swedish krona (approximately 10.5 million U.S.