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 – The Italian secret service have been tasked with opening an investigation into Tik Tok, the Chinese app booming in popularity, according to security sources. Copasir, the body of the Italian

PARIS – The Italian government has agreed to provide warplanes and ships to a French-led coalition as the conflict between the United States and Iran continues, diplomatic sources revealed on Mon 2

 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.

BRUSSELS –  On Tuesday the Council of the European Union met and agreed to revive Operation Sophia, which aims to prevent the Libyan arms trade and maintain the ceasefire officially in effect since

CAMPANIA – Italian Air Force da

ROME – Italy succumbs to a “crescendo of pressure”, reports La Republicca. 

ALGIERS - The Berber community of North Africa has endured a long, hard and sometimes bitter struggle to preserve its identity.

 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

 ROME – The British Embassy launched Wednesday “UK in… tour,” a diplomacy initiative that will see Ambassador Jill Morris promote links between Britain and Italy through visits to a number of Itali

 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 – Recent events have highlighted that the fashion world’s links between Italy and Britain persist despite Brexit.

 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

 ROME – “Brexit cancels Erasmus,” said La Stampa.  Italian newspapers reported sadly on the news that the UK Parliament had rejected “New Clause 10” which would have required the governmen

 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.

 ROME – Italy will maintain forces in Iraq as tension remains high over Iran, Italian defence sources said.

 ROME – Escalating hunger needs in sub-Saharan Africa dominate a World Food Programme (WFP) analysis of global hunger hotspots in the first half of 2020, with millions of people requiring life-savi