ROME - An Egyptian man has testified to witnessing in prison the torture of Giulio Regeni, the Italian researcher who was allegedly detained, attacked and murdered by four Egyptian secret agents in 2016. 

 The unnamed man, who spoke during the ongoing trial of the secret agents, told of how he was arrested on the same day as Regeni, and heard the Italian being tortured with electric shock in a nearby cell.

 ROME - Carlos Tavares, CEO of automotive manufacturing company Stellantis, announced on Dec. 1 his retirement from the role amidst disagreements between himself and company stakeholders. 

 Tavares' resignation from the company, which manufactures brands such as Fiat and Citroen, was announced in a press statement given by Stellantis, and accompanied by a comment from John Elkann, who will temporarily lead the company until the appointment of its new CEO in mid-2025. 

 TBILISI – Hundreds of thousands of Russians, many of them opponents of Vladimir Putin, have flocked to Georgia since the Russian invasion of Ukraine to avoid being conscripted into the Russian army. But as the government of the pro-Russian Georgian Dream Party tightens its grip on the tense Caucasan country many of the young dissidents are moving away from the dazzlingly beautiful Georgian capital.

 ROME – Despite heavy sanctions in place on Iran, during the war in Eastern Europe Ukrainian intelligence has consistently reported the presence of Western-made technology in the Iranian drones being used against them.

 At the Euro-Gulf Information Centre on Nov. 28, a world-renowned expert in Iranian studies sought to inform the think tank attendees of how Iran are managing to gain access to Western material to construct and sell their dual-use equipment, as well as detail the threat their weaponry industry poses to international security.