POMPEII – Italian archaeologists have uncovered an inscription in Pompeii that suggests the recorded date of Mount Vesuvius’ eruption is months too early.

VATICAN CITY – As world leaders gather in Rome at the FAO headquarters for World Food Day, the Vatican has released a letter from Pope Francis to Director General of the UN organisation, José Grazi

ROME – Italian tennis player Marco Cecchinato has reached a career-high ranking of 19, the ATP confirmed on Monday.

ROME – Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has launched an attack against French authorities an incident at the French-Italian border in Claviere.

ROME - Italy is under severe pressure from the European Union for its 2019 fiscal policies.

ROME - A regulation forcing migrant children to bring packed lunches into school and eat separately from their classmates has been lifted.

ROME – The life and works of the poet Vjaceslav Ivanov are to be celebrated on Tuesday in an event coordinated by the ‘Pontificio Istituto Orientale’.

ROME – Italy put in a dominant display in their Nations League fixture against Poland on Sunday night, yet required a stoppage-time goal to break the deadlock.

ROME – In a statement made on Thursday, German magazine ‘Der Spiegel’ said it has “no reason” to doubt the authenticity of documents published in its report of Cristiano Ronaldo’s alleged rape.

TURIN – The trial of activists and anti-high velocity train sympathisers who clashed with police during protests in Susa Valley over the building of the high-speed rail link between Lyon and Turin,

ROME – ‘Constellation 2’, the second exhibition showcasing stories of German people in Rome, will launch on Nov. 10 and run until January 2019.

ROME - Five Star Movement ministers met yesterday to discuss 1 billion euro cuts to departmental budgets.

ROME – Applause rang round Sampdoria’s stadium in the 43rd minute of Italy’s friendly against Ukraine last night, in tribute to the 43 people who had lost their lives in the Genoa tragedy in August

CAGLIARI – Devastating torrential rain in Sardinia has claimed a victim: a 45-year-old woman from Assemini, missing overnight after being swept away by floodwaters has been found dead, police offic

CAGLIARI – A bridge connecting Cagliari to Capoterra in the south of the island of Sardinia has collapsed following torrential rain, emergency services said on Wednesday.

ROME – A spokesperson for the Las Vegas Police Department confirmed on Wednesday that they would like to question Juventus star Cristiano Ronaldo in connection with the allegation of rape levelled

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis compared abortion to “hiring a hitman to solve a problem,” when addressing his weekly audience at St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday.

ROME - Italian and French civil military teams are working against the clock to contain a fuel spill.