TRIPOLI – A rubber dinghy in the Mediterranean, abandoned to the sea by Libyan authorities after a successful rescue intervention of migrants on board, caused SeaWatch to allege on Sunday that doze

ROME – Whatsapp messages which tell Iranians to gargle vinegar and rosewater to cure the coronavirus are just one of several troubling narratives which have put the spotlight on disinformation duri

ROME – Between Jan 22 and April 1 more than 150 cases of pro-Kremlin disinformation about COVID-19 were recorded in the 'EUvsDisinfo' database, with this 'infodemic' during the epidemic sparking a

 MELBOURNE – Cardinal George Pell has been released from jail after the High Court of Australia Tuesday quashed his child sex abuse convictions.

 VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis celebrated Palm Sunday by calling on Christians to respond to the tragedy of the coronavirus by rediscovering that "life is of no us

DAKAR – More than five million people face severe food insecurity in the Central Sahel region of Africa, as the humanitarian crisis in the region escalates with the coming of coronavirus, according

LONDON – Luca Di Nicola, an Italian citizen living in London, died on March 24, age 19, making him the youngest Italian to have died from coronavirus, with reports indicating that his death could h

ROME – With the world distracted by the coronavirus pandemic, the health crisis might seem the perfect chance for terrorist groups to strike, and this was the subject under discussion at an online

ROME – In a letter to the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) have made the case to close live animal markets, sometimes referred to

VERONA – Albania has become the latest country to send a team to support the Italian health crisis, with 30 doctors and nurses landing in Verona airport, bound for hospitals in Brescia and Bergamo,

VATICAN CITY — On the day that Pope Francis prayed in an empty St.

BRUSSELS – The European Parliament hosted an extraordinary plenary session to vote for measures to counterattack the COVID-19.

LAGOS – An Italian frigate named ‘Luigi Rizzo’ intervened on Thursday following an attack on a merchant vessel in the Gulf of Guinea by a small fast moving vessel with armed men on board, according

 ROME -- The total number of people who have died from Coronavirus in Italy hit 3405 Thursday, meaning more people have died officially from the epidemic than in

ROME — An employee of the FAO tested positive earlier this month with Coronavirus and was hospitalized, Director General Qu Dongyu disclosed Tuesday.

 ROME – Italians in Britain are at risk of contagion due to Premier Boris Johnson's “irresponsible inaction” and commitment to herd immunity, Italian Members of the European Parliament put to the E

ROME – Alitalia, the national Italian carrier, is collaborating with the Foreign Ministry’s Crisis Unit to organise thousands of flights to bring back Italians stranded in foreign countries, with t

ROME - There was an air of dread across Europe as the outbreak of COVID-19 sent Italy into national quarantine, with Spain and France a short sprint behind and the rest of the EU, Switzerland, Norw

GENEVA – To date there have been no reports of COVID-19 infections among refugees and asylum seekers, but the health of the 20 million refugees around the world remains of central concern, accordin

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis Wednesday urged the world to face up the Coronavirus emergency with “strength, responsibility and hope,” thanked doctors and nurses for their work in the battle against

ANKARA – The World Food Programme (WFP) and the European Union (EU), in collaboration with the Turkish government and the Turkish Red Crescent, have prevented 1.7 million refugees from hitting terr