MILAN - The University of the People of Milan has donated 50,000 euros in grants to African students, legally resident in the EU without adequate financial funding.

  ROME - Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi met with the parents of Giulio Regeni at Palazzo Chigi as he expressed his commitment to "hold further meetings" to fight for truth and justice for Rege

  VATICAN CITY - Monsignor Michael Landau, the new President of Caritas, has called on authorities to ensure the access of humanitarian assistance, without any obstacle, to Ukrainian civilians suff

  CUETA - According to many analysts, the sudden influx of about 8,000 migrants in the past 48 hours in the small Spanish enclave of Ceuta, was a message from Mor

  BANGUI – Nearly half of the population – 47 percent – suffers from high and surging acute food insecurity in the Centr

  ROME - With the violence in Gaza escalating at an alarming rate, much of the international community are stepping up efforts to fight for a ceasefire.

  ROME - For many Palestinians who have struggled for decades for the right to self-determination, the end of the tunnel is endlessly delayed.

  JERUSALEM – WFP has started providing emergency assistance for more than 51,000 people in north Gaza in response to rising humanitarian needs among families affected by the recent escalation of c

  ROME - At 9:30 a.m. on Monday morning 40 refugees arrived in Fiumicino from the Greek island of Lesbos.

  ROME - The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will provide much needed funding to assist 23,900 vulnerable rural people (4,780 households) in the Republic of South Sudan.

  ROME - Rafael Nadal has won his 10th Rome Masters, and 88th ATP title, after beating the world No. 1 Novak Djokovic 7-5 1-6 6-3 on Sunday. 

  LIVORNO - Port workers and authorities in the Tuscan port of Livorno have refused to set sail on the ship Asiatic Island after it was discovered that it held a cargo of arms and explosiv

  VATICAN CITY - Speaking after his weekly Angelus address from the window of his study in the Apostolic Palace, Pope Francis on Sunday spoke to the faithful gathered in St Peter's Square condemnin

 TBILISI – Georgia is celebrating the 700^th anniversary of the birth of Dante Alighieri with a constellation

  ROME - In light of the numerous reported cases of Italian and European citizens being detained and deported by the UK’s border force, Benedetto Della Vedova, Undersecretary of State for Foreign A

  VATICAN CITY - The Catholic Church in Germany is in crisis.

  PALERMO - “All Lives Matter.

  ANTANANARIVO - With each day that passes, more lives are at stake as hunger tightens its grip in southern Madagascar.

  ROME - A 77.4 million dollar project signed by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Gove

  MILAN - A plate of 13 fossilised fish dating back to the Cretaceous period (145.5 - 65.5 milion years ago) in Lebanon has been returned to the Consul General of Lebanon in Milan, Dr.

  ROME - With the war between Azerbaijan and Armenia over, there is a need to transform the “after” into an opportunity.

  GENEVA - Three days of informal discussions under the auspices of the UN were held on April 27-29 in Geneva with the participation of diplomats of the three guarantor countries -

  LAMPEDUSA - “At least five people, among them one child, drowned when their boat capsized, while survivors were brought to shore by fishermen,” said Safa Msehli, a spokesperson for the UN’s Inter

  MISURATA - An Italian fisherman has been rescued by a Navy vessel after he was shot in the arm by the Libyan coast guard, fishing 75 miles off the coast of the Libyan city of Misrata.