ROME - Gabriele Micalizzi, a 34-year-old Italian photojournalist who was wounded Monday by the splinters of a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) in the Eastern area of Syria, Deir ez-Zor, has lost his

ROME - The the current net economic value of the controversial TAV Turin-Lyon high-speed rail link has a negative cost-benefit balance of some seven to eight billion euros, according to a much-awai

ROME – Another year of delay has been added to the arrival of Rome’s Metro C line at the Fori Imperiali stop in the heart of the Eternal City.

ROME - Croatia and Slovenia challenged Tuesday the “revisionist” comments made by the Italian President of the European Parliament, Antonio Tajani, on the occasion of the Day of Remembrance of the

ROME – Italy and Wales shared two tries apiece at the Stadio Olimpico, but fly-half Dan Biggar’s kicking made all the difference as the visitors ran out 26-15 victors.

ROME - Pope Francis will attend the 42nd session of the annual Governing Council gathering of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). The two-day event, taking place on Feb.

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis heralded Wednesday his historic trip to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as a "new page" in the story of Christianity and Islam.

ROME – The European Union has warned Italy that it risks losing or having to repay euros 1.2 billion of European funding if it renounces the Turin-Lyon high-speed rail link known as TAV.

ROME – The Italian men’s Davis Cup team qualified for the Finals of the international competition after a comfortable 3-1 victory over India.

ROME – In 10 years, between 2005 and 2015, over 10,000 doctors left Italy and moved abroad for reasons including “higher salaries and meritocracy.” Their departure is a damaging problem that is inc

ROME – A Gervinho-inspired comeback against champions Juventus gave Parma a well-earned draw and opened the door for Napoli to reduce the deficit at the top of the table.

ROME – Scotland’s Blair Kinghorn scored a hattrick as a toothless Italian side were beaten comfortably on the opening weekend of the 2019 Six Nations.

ROME - Volunteers of the Community of Sant'Egidio gathered hundreds of the Eternal City’s homeless in Basilica Santa Maria in Trastevere on Sunday to commemorate those have who died on the streets.

ROME – The Italian Insider chief editor has strongly defended the newspaper’s coverage of UN agencies at a court hearing during his trial for alleged criminal libel, insisting that reporting on sta

ROME - More than 4,000 people from all over the world have written to urge Italy to keep its embassy in Syria closed after Italian Foreign Minister Enzo Moavero Milanesi said that the government wa

ROME – There are no plans to introduce a relegation system into the Six Nations Championship, tournament chief Ben Morel confirmed on Friday in the lead up to the 2019 competition.

ROME – Italy’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has dropped for the second consecutive quarter, sending the economy into a “technical recession,” according to provisional figures released by state-run

ROME – Inter Milan crashed out of the Coppa Italia at the quarter final stage after being beaten 4-3 on penalties by Lazio.

ROME – The Italian Football Federation (FIGC) has announced a revision of the protocols for instances of racist chanting at matches, Il Fatto Quotidiano reports.

ROME – An exuberant and energetic performance of Neil Simon’s adaptation of his hit comedy The Odd Couple, Female Version assertively parodied social stereotypes to ensure that the audience was kep

ROME – A prominent member of the Casamonica mafia clan has been arrested on charges of drug trafficking, police sources report.

ROME – A 24-year-old man with previous convictions for sexual violence has been arrested for attacking a woman in the Eternal City’s Ostiense station.

ROME - The Ministry of Defence has announced that Italian troops are to be withdrawn from Afghanistan. Some 900 soldiers have been in the area for 17 years as part of a NATO-led mission.

ROME – The Sant’Egidio Community has expressed its sorrow for the Catholic Church in the Philippines after an attack on a church during Sunday Mass that killed 20 people and left many more injured.

ROME – The anti-establishment Five Star Movement (M5S) and the far-right League party locked horns over their opposing positions on Venezuela’s political crisis, La Stampa reported.