ROME – Algerian ministers and luminaries of the Rome diplomatic community gave a warm welcome to two Algerian ministers at a reception in the residence of His Excellency the Algerian Ambassador, Ah

Rome – The World Food Programme (WFP) is extremely saddened by the Lebanon blasts and extends its condolences to the people of Lebanon, which has always been at the forefront of our humanitarian re

JUBA – A shipment of humanitarian aid has arrived in the South Sudanese capital of Juba, provided by Roman Catholic movement the Community of Sant’Egidio.

ROME – Increase the tax burden to reduce public debt or decrease the tax rates to boost the economy?

ROME -- The Catholic charity, Comunità di Sant’Egidio, are running a holiday throughout August for the 15,900 refugees living in Lesbos.  

HELSINKI -- The current restrictions in Finland, introduced to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus, were lifted on Saturday; however, the government and authorities stress that they are closely

ROME -- The Pentagon has announced a plan to withdraw troops from Germany, two battalions and a squadron of F16s may be transferred to Italy, in a statement reported by La Repubblica. 

ROME -– The relentless rise of hunger, struggling economies, deepening inequality and an active hurricane season are threatening the people of Latin America and the Caribbean.

 ROME – Chinese FAO Director General Qu Dongyu has included symbolically three Americans in his 10-person ‘politburo’ senior management team but Western donors ar

 ROME – The return of doughty Mexican hungercrat Gina Casar to the World Food Programme has divided the agency between legions of supporters and detractors as she

ROME – A solemn promise by Antonio Capuano, the lawyer of the Kuwaiti Embassy in Italy, to arrange payment of the longstanding debt to Italian Insider run up for work commissioned by the previous a

ROME – Concerns have been raised over Italy's choice not to prohibit travel from Pakistan, as Italy maintains a mandatory quarantine for all those arriving via or from non-EU nations, in accordance

SALERNO – Approximately 84 million tablets valuing over one billion euros have been seized by the Guardia di Finanza of Naples, according a press release. The drugs, commercially referred to as ‘Ca

ROME – The World Food Programme's (WFP) projections of the number of people to be pushed into food insecurity by COVID-19 has been updated, with new estimates based on real-time monitoring that the

ROME – Syrians face an unprecedented hunger crisis as the prices of basic foods exceed prices at any point over the nine years of conflict, with over nine million Syrians now food insecure, the Uni

TRIPOLI – To protect Italy’s interests and work to ensure the Libyan conflict doesn't escalate as the competing powers of Turkey, Egypt, and Russia all vie for control, the Italian Foreign Minister

PORTO EMPEDOCLE – Between June 17 and June 18, 211 migrants were rescued by Sea Watch 3, and have since been quarantined on the Moby Zazà, a ferry hired by the Italian government as an anti-Covid p

ROME – In the first months of 2020, the refugee crisis has worsened with an uptake in those making the dangerous Mediterranean crossing, mostly from Libya, despite the coronavirus crisis, reports a

ROME – The Venezuelan President, Nicolás Maduro, has become embroiled in a brewing Italian corruption scandal, with allegations that he sent 3.5 million euros to finance the Italian political party

ROME – ‘AstraZeneca’, a science-led biopharmaceutical company based in the UK, has reached an agreement with Europe’s ‘Inclusive Vaccines Alliance’ (IVA) to supply up to 400 million doses of the Un

VATICAN CITY – For the Angelus from St Peter’s Square, Pope Francis urged the international community to strive to restore peace in Libya, and said that he hoped a path would be forged towards peac

BENGHAZI – A Greek frigate called the ‘Spetsai’, under Italian command, tried to intercept a merchant ship bound for Libya, but a military vessel sent from Ankara intervened as tensions spiked in t

SÃO PAULO – While Europe slowly recovers from the most devastating pandemic of the century, for Brazil recovery is still but a distant concept.

ROME – The Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Luigi Di Maio, has said that assessments are being made on the agreed sale of two frigates, the ‘Spartaco Schergat’ and the ‘Emilio Bianchi’, to be s

“If Hong Kong's role in connecting China to the rest of the world no longer exists, it will be the end of Hong Kong,” said Dalù, a journalist whose brave defiance of the CCP (Chinese Communist Part