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

 ROME -- Silvia Romano, the 23 year-old volunteer abducted by gunmen in Kenya last November, is alive and is in Kenya, says Noah Mwivanda, Kenyan Coast Regional P

ROME - Baby Alessandro Maria Montresor, who has been in desperate need of a bone marrow transplant for some time now, was reportedly operated on at the Vatican’s Bambino Gesù hospital earlier today

ROME - Frustrated coach drivers, enraged by Raggi’s proposal to ban tourist coaches from the city centre, decided to fight back Thursday by parking their buses for eight hours in Piazza Venezia.

ROME – Italy has finalised a budget agreement with the European Commission after months of negotiation, avoiding economic sanctions.

NEW YORK - During a service that was held under tight security and attended by 1,200 people, the Catholic Church beatified the seven French Trappist monks and the 12 clerics who were assassinated d