The Libyan coast guard has rescued 20 migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean in a rubber dingy, following an SOS sent via the Alarm Phone emergency number.

ROME - International Crisis Group representative Claudia Gazzini warned that the deeply unsettling possibility of a repeat of Libya’s 2011 civil war could be on t

DOHA - Kuwait and Oman are now being considered as potential co-hosts for Qatar’s 2022 football World Cup as part of FIFA’s continued efforts to expand the compet

MILAN - Italy’s deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini will meet with leaders of far right-wing political parties from across Europe, amongst which Germany's Altern

CETINJE - A painting by Italian maestro Giuseppe Tedeschi entitled “It was night and it was day”, which was published in the catalogue for the new Metaformismo ©️

BRUSSELS – A report this week presented jointly by the European Union, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) finds that that aroun

ROME — Cameroon has withdrawn its candidate to be the next FAO Director General following pressure from France and China, narrowing the contest to candidates from Georgia and India as well as the F

VALLETTA – Maltese armed forces boarded the Turkish ship hijacked Wednesday by migrants, returning control to the captain and escorting the vessel to the port of the Maltese capital, Italian media

LAMPEDUSA - Scores of so-called ghost migrant ships have landed in Lampedusa and not been recorded by the Interior Ministry since the start of 2019, Il Fatto Quot

ROME - Kenya has repeatedly ignored requests by the Italian government to assist in the search for Silvia Romano, kidnapped last year, as tensions between the two

ROME - Steve Bannon strongly admonished the current political narrative upheld by the media and called on the institution to step up and self-regulate in a press

 VALLETTA, Malta – A bold plan by Maltese company AX Group to build a tunnel under Malta’s ancient fortress capital is expected to relieve the chronic traffic congestion plaguing the island by prov

ALGIERS - For the past four weeks, thousands of Algerians have been pouring onto streets across the country, their discontent scrawled loud and clear on improvised banners, inscribed with such mess

ROME - The Italian Serie A is set to explore the possibility of playing a handful of competitive matches in China as the two countries this week draw closer toget

ROME - President Xi Jinping Friday hailed Italy and China's deep friendship as he met his Italian counterpart Sergio Mattarella to discuss Italo-Chinese relations

BEIRA – The United Nations World Food Programme has stepped up its food distributions in and around Beira following the devastation caused by Cyclone Idai, the worst natural disaster to have struck

ROME - The National Museum of the 21^st Century Arts (MAXXI) in Rome Wednesday inaugurated its ‘Design China’

LAMPEDUSA - The 49 migrants aboard the NGO Mediterranea Saving Humans rescue ship Mare Ionio have disembarked at the port of Lampedusa after docking there on the orders of the Guardia Finanza polic

 VALLETTA, Malta -- Spearheaded by the venerable Times of Malta, the English-language press remains effectively the last bastion of democracy in this troubled Mediterranean island following the gra

ROME - Delegates from the White House and the Kremlin were meeting Tuesday in the Eternal City to discuss the current crisis in Venezuela and mediate the situatio

 VALLETA, Malta -- Supporters of Daphne Caruana Galizia last week-end staged protests for a 17th month demanding Malta hold a public inquiry into the murky murder of the investigative journalist.