ROME – Dr Sarah Al Rakayan outlined Kuwait’s plans to combat an ever-changing food culture at a panel at FAO’s international conference on nutrition this week.

TURIN - “Too much too soon” was the verdict of the WWF after a ten day conference held in Genoa by ICCAT (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) concluded yesterday. 

LONDON – British student Serena Bowes, 21, may be tried in absentia after refusing to return to Florence to face allegations that she fabricated an accusation of rape on a college trip to Tuscany.

ROME – Italian authorities have appealed to place former US envoy Steve Pieczenik under investigation for alleged complicity in the 1978 kidnap and murder of former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro

ROME – Silence fell at the eleventh hour in the Commonwealth War Cemetery in Testaccio, as veterans and embassy representatives gathered to mark Remembrance Day.

SALERNO – The remains of Dewey L Gossett have been recovered in the mountains above Acerno where the US pilot crashed during the Second World War.

ROME- Stocks in Italian-French fashion brand Moncler edged down by 4 percent this week following an investigatory report into the live plucking of geese.

NEW YORK – In a series of events highlighting Palestinian culture the UN is to host a show debuting Italian-Palestinian designer Jamal Taslaq’s new collection.

NEW YORK - On Saturday, Nov 1, Algeria's rulers celebrate the 60th anniversary of the start of the War of Independence that ended 132 years of French colonial rule. 

MILAN – Shares in Montepaschi di Siena (MPS) and Carige plummeted on the Milan Stock Exchange Monday after failing the European Central Bank’s stress test.

BRUSSELS – Prime Minister Matteo Renzi visits Brussels, as President Napolitano tells the Senate that “after years of austerity it is right to change.”

ROME -The FAO is laying off 111 of its staff in Somalia and Kenya, raising concern about the agency's capacity to deal with a future famine, FAO sources say

ROME –The FAO will follow “precautional measures recommended by Italian authorities” against Ebola when thousands of delegates arrive for an international nutrition conference, the UN agency says.

ROME --A World Food Programme (WFP) staff member tested negative for Ebola at a Rome hospital Wednesday having felt unwell after returning from Guinea, WFP said.