ROME – The Jesuit priest Father Paolo Dall’Oglio, kidnapped by ISIS in 2013 in Syria, "may still be alive," senior Kurdish officials reported to the British daily The Times.

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis heralded Wednesday his historic trip to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as a "new page" in the story of Christianity and Islam.

ROME – The European Union has warned Italy that it risks losing or having to repay euros 1.2 billion of European funding if it renounces the Turin-Lyon high-speed rail link known as TAV.

ABU DHABI – On the last morning of his historic visit to the United Arab Emirates, Pope Francis addressed over 100,000 Catholics from around the world in the Zayed Sports City stadium.

ROME - More than 4,000 people from all over the world have written to urge Italy to keep its embassy in Syria closed after Italian Foreign Minister Enzo Moavero Milanesi said that the government wa

CARACAS - Juan Guaidó, president of the Venezuelan National Assembly and self-proclaimed head of government appealed to Italy to support Venezuelans seeking change in their country.

CATANIA – The 47 migrants aboard Sea Watch 3, the stranded rescue boat off the coast of Sicily, finally disembarked the vessel, ending a standoff that lasted 12 days, as Italy continually refused t

SYRACUSE – The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has compelled Italy to provide assistance to migrants on board the NGO-operated vessel Sea Watch 3 which remains stranded off the coast of Sicil

ROME - The Ministry of Defence has announced that Italian troops are to be withdrawn from Afghanistan. Some 900 soldiers have been in the area for 17 years as part of a NATO-led mission.

ROME – The Sant’Egidio Community has expressed its sorrow for the Catholic Church in the Philippines after an attack on a church during Sunday Mass that killed 20 people and left many more injured.

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has returned to Italy after the World Youth Day (WYD) Thursday in Panama where he addressed 700,000 people, urging the need to put a stop to using social media to “fomen

ROME – The anti-establishment Five Star Movement (M5S) and the far-right League party locked horns over their opposing positions on Venezuela’s political crisis, La Stampa reported.

ROME – The Italian energy company Eni has agreed a deal to purchase a 20 percent share of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) for around dlrs 3.3 bln, confirming its competitiveness in the M

SIRACUSA – Port Authorities have banned any unauthorised vessel from “navigating, anchoring, or stopping” in the Bay of Santa Panagia, a half-mile from where Sea Watch 3, a ship owned by the NGO Se

HELSINKI - The 33rd edition of the International Tourism Fair, MATKA, the leading one in Scandinavia, took place recentl

ROME – The complex relations between Russia and Iran within the framework of the turbulent and rapidly changing environment of the Middle East were presented by Gumer Isaev, from the St.

ROME - The American Academy in Rome (AAR) announced that scholar and curator Elizabeth Rodini has been selected as the next Andrew Heiskell Arts Director, a posit

STRASBOURG – The European Court of Justice has ruled that Italy violated Amanda Knox’s right to defence when she was questioned in 2007 about the murder of Meredith Kercher, ordering the state to p

NEW YORK - Politics in Algeria has always been opaque, with the winner of every presidential election appointed by “le pouvoir”, or “the power” – a shadowy group of kingmakers made up of army offic

ROME - The Ambassador of the Republic of South Africa, S.E. Prof. Shirish Soni explained some of the mutual benefits of increased cooperation between Italy and South Africa.

BERLIN – The Italian government's "hard line" on accepting migrants into Italian ports has provoked Germany to temporarily abandon Mission Sofia, the operation that Europe launched in June 2015 wit

ROME - Italy has pledged to finance the feasibility study of the planned railway line that will link the Ethiopian Capital, Addis Ababa with the Eritrean port of Massawa, Prime Minister Giuseppe Co

MADRID – Juventus striker Cristiano Ronaldo appeared in court on Tuesday to finalise a plea deal with a Spanish court over tax evasion charges.

ROME – Interior Minister Matteo Salvini stood by fellow Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio’s comments about French policy in Africa on Tuesday, after the Italian ambassador was summoned to the for

ROME – Speculation about whether AS Roma’s ‘Tor di Valle’ stadium project may receive additional support from Kuwaiti investors has steadily increased as the Kuwaiti ambassador to Italy and San Mar