LONDON – Francesco Molinari capped an unforgettable year in December by becoming the first golfer in 18 years to be named World Sport Star at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Awards.

ROME --A strong earthquake tremor measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale shook an area on the border between the regions of Abruzzo and Lazio Tuesday, sending residents rushing into the streets, seismo

ROME - A giant Australian steer named Knickers recently became an internet star because of his huge bulk, but Italian famers insist their own Chianina oxen are the largest cattle breed in the world

ROME - Virginia Raggi was “ready to restore Rome to the splendour it deserves” in May 2016 upon her municipal election victory.

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 CATANIA -- An earthquake measuring magnitude 4.8 rippled through the area north of Catania on the slopes of Mount Etna in Sicily early on Wednesday, causing some damage to buildings and a few inju

ROME - Baby Alessandro Maria Montresor, who has been in desperate need of a bone marrow transplant for some time now, was reportedly operated on at the Vatican’s Bambino Gesù hospital earlier today

ROME - Award-winning author and journalist Andrea Pinketts has died aged 57 after a long battle with a tumour.

ROME - Frustrated coach drivers, enraged by Raggi’s proposal to ban tourist coaches from the city centre, decided to fight back Thursday by parking their buses for eight hours in Piazza Venezia.

ROME – Italy has finalised a budget agreement with the European Commission after months of negotiation, avoiding economic sanctions.

GENOA – World-renowned architect Renzo Piano has taken on the design and construction of the new Genoa bridge, replacing the structure that collapsed in August killing 43 people, Genoa officials re

ROME - An 18 year-old girl set herself on fire in a square in Vado Ligure, a town near Savona, Il Fatto Quotidiano reports. Paramedics and firefighters were called to the scene imminently.

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has decried the political rhetoric that accuses migrants of “all ills” in a message, released on Tuesday, that has been written for th

ROME - Denis Cavatassi, who was condemned to death in Thailand for having allegedly hired a killer to murder his business partner Luciano Butti, has been acquitted of all charges laid against him.

ROME - A thirty-year old man has been arrested in Bari for wanting to stage an attack at St Peter’s Basilica on Christmas Day.

ROME - High-tech company Leonardo has announced that the Armament Inspectorate of Polish Ministry of National Defense has chosen to acquire four more M-346 Advanced Jet Trainers.

HANOI - World-renowned violinist and UN Messenger of Peace, Midori, will travel to rural Vietnam to meet and perform for villagers in a poverty-stricken community.

ROME – For fear he may be plotting an escape plan, Brazilian police have released several identikit photos of fugitive terrorist Cesare Battisti in a bid to catch him once and for all.

ROME – Defence Minister Elisabetta Trenta has lauded the “exemplary” conduct of a Carabiniere officer, who drew his gun in defence of a lone German fan while being attacked by a mob of Lazio suppor

SONDRIO – A night-time collision between two vehicles on the Stelvio highway has left six people dead, local police report on Monday.

ROME - Italian radio journalist Antonio Megalizzi, who was critically injured in the Strasbourg attack on Tuesday night, has died in hospital.

ROME - Brazilian Supreme Court judge Luis Fux has ordered the arrest of fugitive terrorist Cesare Battisti, paving the way to his extradition.

ROME - To the dismay of tourists and residents alike, Barberini metro station has become an 'exit-only' stop, and Spagna remains closed.

ROME - Members of the League breathed a sigh of relief Wednesday, as it was announced that the Scuola Normale in Pisa would not be opening a second branch in Naples.