ROME – With the world distracted by the coronavirus pandemic, the health crisis might seem the perfect chance for terrorist groups to strike, and this was the subject under discussion at an online

ROME – In a letter to the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) have made the case to close live animal markets, sometimes referred to

VERONA – Albania has become the latest country to send a team to support the Italian health crisis, with 30 doctors and nurses landing in Verona airport, bound for hospitals in Brescia and Bergamo,

VATICAN CITY — On the day that Pope Francis prayed in an empty St.

BRUSSELS – The European Parliament hosted an extraordinary plenary session to vote for measures to counterattack the COVID-19.

LAGOS – An Italian frigate named ‘Luigi Rizzo’ intervened on Thursday following an attack on a merchant vessel in the Gulf of Guinea by a small fast moving vessel with armed men on board, according

 ROME -- The total number of people who have died from Coronavirus in Italy hit 3405 Thursday, meaning more people have died officially from the epidemic than in

ROME — An employee of the FAO tested positive earlier this month with Coronavirus and was hospitalized, Director General Qu Dongyu disclosed Tuesday.

 ROME – Italians in Britain are at risk of contagion due to Premier Boris Johnson's “irresponsible inaction” and commitment to herd immunity, Italian Members of the European Parliament put to the E

ROME – Alitalia, the national Italian carrier, is collaborating with the Foreign Ministry’s Crisis Unit to organise thousands of flights to bring back Italians stranded in foreign countries, with t

ROME - There was an air of dread across Europe as the outbreak of COVID-19 sent Italy into national quarantine, with Spain and France a short sprint behind and the rest of the EU, Switzerland, Norw

GENEVA – To date there have been no reports of COVID-19 infections among refugees and asylum seekers, but the health of the 20 million refugees around the world remains of central concern, accordin

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis Wednesday urged the world to face up the Coronavirus emergency with “strength, responsibility and hope,” thanked doctors and nurses for their work in the battle against

ANKARA – The World Food Programme (WFP) and the European Union (EU), in collaboration with the Turkish government and the Turkish Red Crescent, have prevented 1.7 million refugees from hitting terr

ALGIERS - For the past several years, Algeria has lacked any real presence in the realm of international diplomacy.

ROME – The Senegalese government and a delegation from the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC), have met after months of stalled negotiations, to reaffirm their commitment to finding

 VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis resumed a streamlined version of his normal gruelling working schedule Saturday, holding several private audiences, but remaining in the Santa Marta guest house, the Va

LIVORNO – Over three tonnes of cocaine worth 400 million euros was seized in the port of Livorno, on the west coast of Tuscany, in what is the second largest drugs bust in Italy in terms of quantit

BRUSSELS - Italian Schumann trainees at the European Parliament were left feeling confused by absurd contradictions in their communications with the EU traineeship office on Tuesday, after receivin

MESSINA – Sea Watch 3 arrived in the port of Messina on Thursday morning with 194 migrants on board, after three rescue operations which took place from Sunday to Wednesday were conducted north of

ROME - Harvey Weinstein, who was convicted of third-degree rape and a first-degree criminal sexual act charges on Monday, would have gotten away with it if he had been an aid worker, according to i

ROME – Defence and police officials from around the world met on Friday to discuss the problems of drug trafficking in the modern era, in an attempt to develop common strategies that will help figh