ROME – As thousands scramble to flee Kabul after the Taliban took control of the Afghanistan capital, Italian church organisations are urging the EU to establish a ‘humanitarian corridor’ to safel

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 REGGIO CALABRIA – The deadly wildfires that continue to rage across southern Italy have claimed two more lives, taking the death toll to four in the last seven d

 ROME -- Pressure mounted on Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi Thursday to sack League party undersecretary for the economy, Claudio Durigon, after the right-wi

 NAPLES – Neapolitans have long been known as a crafty lot.

 ROME -- The Chinese Embassy in Rome has lambasted the Forza Italia senator Maurizio Gasparri after he lashed out at Beijing in a tweet saying "China is the shame

 ROME -- Police have arrested the woman allegedly heading one of  Naples most-feared Camorra crime clans, Maria Licciardi, as she was waiting for a flight to Spai

 REGGIO CALABRIA – Forest fires raging across the southern Italian region of Calabria have claimed their first victims.

 YANGON, Myanmar – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Friday warned that its lifesaving operations in Myanmar are being held back by a major funding shortfall, with over 70 per cent of i

 HERAT – As the United States ramps up its airstrikes against advancing Taliban militants, some 40 local interpreters fearing for their lives have reiterated calls for Italian authorities to get th

 PESARO -- The Mayor of Pesaro, Matteo Ricci, has compared to Fascist squadristi thugs a crowd of some 500 no-vax demonstrators who staged a noisy protest outside

 ROME – Unscrupulous fraudsters have been selling fake Green Passes online as Italy prepares to make obligatory from Aug.

ROME – As many as 15,000 immigrants are poised to cross the Mediterranean from Tunisia to Italy in response to the mushrooming political instability in the north

  MARINA GRANDE - One person was killed and at least four were seriously injured after a minibus veered off the road and crashed through a guard rail, falling nearly six metres, on the island of Ca

  PAVIA - A local councillor for the municipality of Voghera, in the province of Pavia, has been put under house arrest for allegedly shooting and killing a 39-year-old man on Tuesday night.

  ROME - A report published by the Department of Public Security has revealed that the intimidation of journalists in Italy has increased consistently since 2018 and that in terms of threats, assau

  ROME - The Regional Assessor for Health for Lazio, Alessio D’Amato, has pointed the finger of blame at Gabriele Gravina, the President of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC), for the huge rise

  TREVISO - Several local priest in the Prosecco hills of Veneto have penned an open letter to the faithful of the ‘pastoral unit’ (a small group of parishes) of the Abbey of Follina, protesting vi

  PALERMO - An operation by Palermo's District Antimafia Directorate (DDA), in collaboration with the police and Carabinieri, has brought the arrest of 16 men, for crimes of mafia association and e

  GENEVA – The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has launched an Emergency Appeal to provide life-saving assistance to people in distress in the Central Medite

  NAPLES - Several luxury villas have been put up for sale in the upmarket Posillipo neighbourhood of Naples, with two properties in particular drawing the attention of the market; those previously

  PROCIDA - The Procida Film Festival 2021, organised by the cultural association Meridiano 14 in collaboration with the Region of Campania and the municipality of Procida, has reached its 11th edi