ROME – President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Rome, landing at Fiumicino airport at 12.58 on Thursday. Welcoming the Kremlin Leader at the airport were Italian a

STROMBOLI, Sicily -- The volcano on the Sicilian island of Stromboli erupted Wednesday spewing out lava and rocks, sending terrified tourists and islanders out into the surrounding sea to escape th

ROME – It is said that Vladamir Putin does not eat any food that has not been carefully checked. Not just to verify quality but also to make sure it has not been poisoned.

ROME – UN Refugee Agency UNHCR is appealing to Eritrea not to close the Umkulu refugee camp after hundreds of refugees left the site in recent weeks, amidst reports that local authorities had asked

ROME – Finland has disclosed its aims for its six months of European power at the beginning its presidency of the European Union Council, which began on July 1.

AGRIGENTO, Sicily – Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini has vented his frustration as judges dropped all pending charges against the captain of migrant-rescue ship Sea Watch, allowing German skipp

ROME – Five different Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) attended Wednesday a conference to show their support for Sea Watch, the German migrant-rescue NGO at the centre of a legal dispute with

ROME - Social Democrats, who had been steadily disappearing following the crisis of 2008, have been making a small comeback in the last year.

ROME – Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini is considering a border wall to keep out immigrants on the model of America’s President Trump and Hungary’s Viktor Orban.

ROME – There is continued uncertainty amid political turmoil over the fate of 43 migrants and crew after the captain of Sea Watch 3, the migrant-rescue ship at sea for over two weeks after it was d

ROME – The UN’s International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) will look to stengthen its partnership with Mali and provide employment opportunities for rural youth, improve food security an

ROME – The captain of Sea Watch 3, the migrant-rescue ship at sea for two weeks after it was denied entry into Italy, has decided to defy authorities and land in Lampedusa anyway, reports Il Me

ROME – The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) rejected an appeal from the search-and-rescue NGO Sea Watch to force Italy to allow migrants to disembark, according to sources at the interior mini

ROME - Sharp critics against the Trump administration’s ‘Deal of the Century’, an economic plan expected to be officially unveiled during the US-led international economic conference in Bahrain on

ROME – A Sea Watch vessel carrying 43 migrants on board may soon be able to dock in Germany, after searching for a place to land for the past seven days.

Rome – Effective policies and investments are urgently needed if the world's poorest countries are to offer a future to hundreds of millions of marginalized young people living in rural areas, acco

MODENA – Amanda Knox last week blamed the media’s portrayal of her as a ‘dirty maneater’ for the way she was treated during her trial, in a tearful speech during her first return to the country sin

Rome – An Italian company has received one of the inaugural prizes handed out by Finland to groups or individuals deemed to be working towards equality in the world, a value esteemed by the Scandin

NEW YORK - The tragic death of 54-year-old human rights activist, Dr. Kamel Eddine Fekhar, shocked everyone.

ROME – Unfolding events gave a keen edge to “Debating Iran,” the most recent high-level talks at the Euro-Gulf Information Centre (EGIC).

ROME – Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini has criticised Sea Watch, saying “it has once again changed course: it is messing around in the sea and gambling on the lives of migrants, even though we

ROME - The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has expressed its concern about new provisions approved by the Italian government that will see individuals and NGOs helping to rescue migrants and

ROME - One year on from Italy’s decision to close its ports to humanitarian vessels and the first political stand-off over the fate of people rescued in the Central Mediterranean Sea, at least 1,15

ROME - A photo showing two women in a public transport with blood on their faces went viral after Melania Geymonat, 28, used her Facebook account to denounce the brutal attack that her and her girl