ZAURA – Around 65 people have drowned as they made their way to Europe from North Africa, according to sources from UNHCR, the UN’s refugee agency.

LAMPEDUSA - Italian authorities have impounded the Mare Jonio, a ship belonging to NGO Mediterranea Saving Humans which Thursday rescued 30 migrants off the coast of Libya, police authorities have

OXFORD - Roberto D’Agostino, founder and editor of popular Italian sensationalist publication Dagospia, was invited to speak at Oxford University by the student’s Italian Society in May.

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has issued a landmark new law which will require Catholic priests and nuns to report all incidents of sexual abuse and subsequent cover-ups to church authorities.

NAPLES - King Felipe VI of Spain was mistakenly serenaded by the Fascist anthem rather than the current Spanish national anthem a

ROME – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a US$240 million contribution from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to support the food needs o

ROME - One million plants and animals will soon disappear from the face of the earth as the health of ecosystems continues to deteriorate faster than ever.

PARIS - An Italian Secret Service employee was found dead Monday morning in the French capital with a wound on his chin, police sources have said.

ROME – A witness overheard a member of the Egyptian secret service admit that they had taken, beaten and killed Giulo Regeni, the Cambridge PhD student tortured to death in 2017, according to the

MILAN – Investigators considering whether Silvio Berlusconi bribed witnesses in his notorious sex trial have found proof of hush money which went indirectly to Ruby 'Rubacuori', or Ruby Heartsteale

ROME - The United Nations Refugee Agency has unveiled Rothko in Lampedusa, a new cultural project that aims to promote the artistic talent of refugees and shed light on the current migrati

TERNI - Italy’s first recycling project aimed at reusing waste products from the production of stainless steel is set to be operational as of 2021.

FLORENCE - An Italian NGO coordinator has died on Fogo, an island that forms part of Cape Verde, local police authorities have said.

NOTTINGHAM - All six members of a gang that murdered Mariam Moustafa in the United Kingdom last year have now confessed to their crimes, judicial sources have said.

ISTANBUL- The London-based international marketing and lobbying firm The Luxury Network Turkey, hosted leading professionals in the field of fashion, jewellery, gastronomy, art, construction, touri

PANAMA CITY - The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) today warned that prolonged droughts and heavy rain have destroyed more than half of the

ŚWIDNIK - Leading aerospace, defence and security firm Leonardo Friday announced that it had signed a new deal with the Polish Navy worth an estimated 380 million euros.

BEIJING - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has arrived in China on a State visit set to last three days in which Italy will take part in a forum on the future of the Belt and Road initiative.

TRIPOLI - The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), Wednesday evacuated about 325 refugees from the Qaser Ben Gasheer detention center south of Tripoli, following the deterioration of securi

ROME - Italy’s freedom of press is ranked 43rd in the world and the worst in western Europe, according to the latest study released by Reporters Without Borders (RSF).

GOMA - As the Democratic Republic of Congo grapples with the second largest ever Ebola outbreak, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that the resources needed to support its work are not k

ROME - Israel was able to launch its surprise attack against Egypt and Syria at the beginning of the Six Day War thanks to information provided to Mossad by an intelligence network made up of forme

VALLETTA – Fugitive Antonio Ricci, who last year escaped a crackdown on an illegal gaming racket linked with ‘Ndrangheta – the Calabrian mafia – has been arrested in Malta, police authorities said

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis expressed his “sadness and pain” Sunday at the terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka that killed circa 300 Christians at churches across the