CAIRO – Patrick Zaky, 27, an exchange student studying gender and human rights at the University of Bologna, was arrested Friday at Cairo airport and has been beaten and given electric shocks, acco

ROME – Proposed American duties on EU exports prompted a successful appeal from wine industry supply chain leaders in Italy, after asking for a diplomatic solution in December 2019, according to th

ROME – Italian nationals stranded in Wuhan due to the coronavirus lockdown have been returned to Italy, although one national had to remain due to signs of fever, reports Italian health officials.

TRIPOLI – Turkey has claimed that its warship, the frigate ‘Gaziantep', saved 30 migrants from drowning on Wednesday, but new information seems to suggest that the ‘Gaziantep’ was actually ferrying

ROME – Italy are to continue to send asylum seekers to Libyan detention centers where they have been subject to torture and rape, reveals a press release from Amnesty international.

ROME – Iraq’s security forces have killed more than 600 protesters and wounded over 10,000 more, which raised questions concerning the likelihood of a Sunnistan or Shiitestan breakaway at ‘The Iraq

 BRUSSELS – The friendship and closeness of Europe and Italy with the British people has not been changed by the historic vote of the European Parliament in favour of the Brexit withdrawal agreemen

ROME – EU drilling rights have been flouted by Turkish drillship MV Yavuz, which was spotted on Jan 22 approximately 110 kilometers south of Cyprus, satellite imaging reveals.

TRIPOLI – Given foreign interference and more violent clashes between Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA) and Fayez Sarraj’s Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA), the GNA “will be for

UDINE - On the occasion that marked the anniversary of Giulio Regeni’s murder, Chamber of Deputies Speaker Roberto Fico said 2020 had to be the year of truth, according to Corriere Della Sera.

WUHAN – An estimated 50 Italian nationals are being held in Wuhan due to concerns that they may have contracted the virus, reports La Repubblica. 

MILAN – Italian officials are looking for two Libyan ex-soldiers who vanished on Jan 13 after a stabbing in the Hotel Rafael, Il Giornale reports.  

ROME – A flight from Wuhan to Rome landed in Fiumicino on Thursday morning after taking-off from Wuhan just before Chinese authorities cancelled all future departures, reports Corriere Della Se

BOLOGNA – League leader Matteo Salvini has sparked a diplomatic firestorm after questioning Tunisian immigrants over the intercom at their home.

DOHA – Economic relations between Italy and Qatar are to be bolstered following Italian president Sergio Mattarella's meeting with the His Highness Emir Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani of Qatar.

ROME – The Italian secret service have been tasked with opening an investigation into Tik Tok, the Chinese app booming in popularity, according to security sources. Copasir, the body of the Italian

PARIS – The Italian government has agreed to provide warplanes and ships to a French-led coalition as the conflict between the United States and Iran continues, diplomatic sources revealed on Mon 2

 ROME – Libya’s oil production has come to a standstill as General Khalifa Haftar shuts down oilfields to increase pressure on the UN-backed Government of National Accord, diplomatic sources said.

BRUSSELS –  On Tuesday the Council of the European Union met and agreed to revive Operation Sophia, which aims to prevent the Libyan arms trade and maintain the ceasefire officially in effect since

CAMPANIA – Italian Air Force da

ROME – Italy succumbs to a “crescendo of pressure”, reports La Republicca.