Rome — One of the capital’s busiest transport hubs was brought to a standstill on Thursday afternoon after severe flooding forced the closure of Termini station on the city’s Metro Line A.
The disruption began at around 3:30pm on 16 April, when a reported fault in a water conduit sent large volumes of water cascading into the underground station. Eyewitnesses described dramatic scenes as water poured down escalators and leaked through ceilings, quickly spreading across platforms.
Rome — The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has issued an urgent appeal for international support to prevent a worsening food crisis in Haiti, warning that more than half the population is facing acute food insecurity and that recent, hard-won gains remain dangerously fragile.
Rome — Reza Pahlavi, the son of Iran’s last Shah, has said he could return to Tehran as a transitional leader during what he described as the “final phase” of a popular uprising against the current regime.
Speaking during a visit to Italy, Pahlavi met several Italian parliamentarians at the Chamber of Deputies and also held talks with Maurizio Gasparri, president of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee.
Rome — Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has condemned US President Donald Trump’s attack on Pope Leo XIV as “unacceptable”, joining politicians across the political spectrum in an unusually unified defence of the pontiff and triggering a rare public rupture between Rome and Washington.
Rome- Long hidden museum collections are being brought back into public view through a new cultural initiative linking Italy’s heritage sector with its tourism industry.
