ROME – Italy's hopes for Austrialian Open success took a hit early on Friday morning (CET) as both Andreas Seppi and Thomas Fabbiano were knocked out of the Melbourne Grand Slam in the third round.

LA SPEZIA – The European Multi-Mission Frigate (FREMM) Carlo Margottini has departed from the La Spezia naval base to conduct a naval campaign in the Indian Ocean, Middle East and Arabian Sea, with

N’DJAMENA - Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced Wednesday that Italy is ready to take its military to Chad.

ROME - Italian Ombudsman demands that the Ministry of Justice remove from the internet a video gloating the arrest in Bolivia of left-wing terrorist Cesare Battisti which is seen as infringing pris

VATICAN CITY – A collection of the hundreds of speeches, letters and appeals made by Pope Francis advocating for the acceptance of migrants across the world has been published by the Vatican, Il Me

ROME – A Cristiano Ronaldo header was enough to seal a second straight Supercoppa trophy for Juventus, a match widely criticised for being played in Saudi Arabia.

NIAMEY - Prime Minister of Italy Giuseppe Conte is calling for Europe to invest “more in the Trust Fund for Africa and in cooperation processes,” and said, “No more deaths in the Mediterranean” at

ROME – The Interior Ministry has upped its search for the 27 remaining fugitives of Italian justice, 12 of whom are allegedly in France, after the successful arrest and extradition of former Commun

OXFORD – Co-founder of the Five Star Movement Beppe Grillo was booed by attendees as his address at the prestigious Oxford Union came to a close, Il Fatto Quotidiano reports.

SICILY – Fourteen arrests have been made after the discovery of illicit trafficking between Lampedusa and Tunisia, Il Fatto Quotidiano reports.

ROME – Former Communist militant Cesare Battisti has arrived at Ciampino airport, after being arrested and extradited by Bolivian authorities, the Interior Ministry reports.

HELSINKI - The 33rd edition of the Matka Nordic Travel Fair, the largest travel fair in the Nordic countries, is scheduled in Finland, from Jan. 16 to 20, 2019, at the Messukeskus, Helsinki.

ROME – Las Vegas police have issued a warrant for Cristiano Ronaldo’s DNA sample as part of an ongoing investigation into rape allegations made against the Juventus player.

ROME – Interior Minister Matteo Salvini announced his intention to “give meaning to the European dream” in a meeting with Polish majority leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski.

ROME – Italy is among eight European countries set to accept migrants from the German NGO vessels currently at sea despite protests from some Italian politicians, Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Musc

ROME – Leonardo, through Leonardo DRS, announced on Tuesday that it has been awarded a contract worth about 80 million dollars to provide the U.S.

BRUSSELS – The European Commission appealed to its 28 members on Tuesday to provide a place for the 49 migrants on board Sea Watch and Sea Eye to safely disembark, Il Messaggero reports.

ROME: The UN High Commission for Refugees, the UN refugee relief agency, has raised its concerns over the safety of vulnerable people from Syria, Yemen and Palest

ROME – Another year, another missed opportunity for Ferrari.

 ROME --  Marches for peace around the world organised by the St Egidio Community will take place Tuesday Jan.

ROME - A giant Australian steer named Knickers recently became an internet star because of his huge bulk, but Italian famers insist their own Chianina oxen are the largest cattle breed in the world