Italy’s Interior Ministry hacked in bid to trace Beijing dissidents

Loren Le Quesne
 ROME – Chinese hackers have stolen the personal data of 5,000 Digos officers, Italy’s specialist anti-terrorist and intelligence police, in an apparent bid to track Beijing dissidents living in Italy and identify the agents protecting them, according to Il Fatto Quotidiano and Repubblica. 
 
 Digos are responsible for monitoring dissident communities and extremist groups. The Interior Ministry confirmed Thursday that the breach, which took place between 2024 and 2025, was of “Chinese origin.” 
 
Business, Rome, World, Italy
21 Feb 2026
Read More

WFP warns of catastrophic shortfalls in Somalia with millions at risk of deepening hunger crisis

INSIDER NEWSDESK
 MOGADISHU – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is sounding the alarm that its life‑saving emergency food and nutrition assistance in Somalia is at imminent risk of grinding to a halt without new immediate funding commitments. The organization’s resources are expected to be depleted within weeks without urgent replenishment.
U.N., World
21 Feb 2026
Read More

Flags of contention: Russia and Belarus return to the Paralympics

Loren Le Quesne
 ROME - The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has confirmed that six Russian and four Belarusian athletes will compete under their national flags and anthems at the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Paralympics, that opens on March 6. A decision that has drawn swift condemnation from the Italian government and prompted Ukraine to announce a partial boycott. 
 
World, Italy, Sport
20 Feb 2026
Read More

Man trapped for nine hours in Milan bank vault

Camilla Tucci

 

Italy
20 Feb 2026
Read More

Alleged Kazakh hacker arrested in Italy offers cybersecurity skills to avoid US extradition

Loren Le Quesne
ROME – A Kazakh national arrested in Italy on suspicion of leading cyberattacks against American hospitals has asked Italy to refuse a US extradition request, judicial sources said. Roman Khlynovskiy, 42, faces charges in Tennessee in connection with alleged ransomware attacks on more than 100 healthcare facilities. His lawyer has appealed to Justice Minister Carlo Nordio, Il Fatto Quotidiano reported, arguing that Italy could benefit from the Khlynovskiy’s cybersecurity knowledge, 
 
Italy
19 Feb 2026
Read More

'The Dictator's golf club:' Why international law cannot stop the powerful

Gianfranco Nitti

 HELSINKI - Professor Emeritus Martti Koskenniemi (b. 1953) has been Professor of International Law at the University of Helsinki, Finland, since 1994 and founder and director of the Erik Castrén Institute of International Law and Human Rights since 1997. He is one of the world’s leading international law scholars, having contributed widely to the field for the past 30 years. His main areas of research interest include the history of international law, state succession, human rights and the fragmentation of international law.

Embassy Row, World
19 Feb 2026
Read More

Child abuse investigations into Epstein-linked diplomat spanned work at two UN offices

INSIDER NEWSDESK
 ROME - Former French diplomat, Fabrice Aidan, was the target of an investigation by French police for the “attempted corruption of a minor” while working at UNESCO in 2020, accoring to an investigation by Radio France. 
 
 The allegations are separate to those made in media reports last week, which claimed Aidan was quietly removed from a secondment at the UN’s New York headquarters in 2013 amid an FBI investigation into him accessing child sexual abuse websites. 
 
U.N.
19 Feb 2026
Read More

Pope Leo refuses Trump's offer to join Board of Peace

Camilla Tucci

ROME– Pope Leo has rejected President Donald Trump's invitation to join The Board of Peace (BoP) due to concerns the organization seeks to undermine the United Nations. 

Italy
19 Feb 2026
Read More

Italy's countless Olympic medals lead to economic strains for CONI

Camilla Tucci

ROME -- Italy has had an incredible performance thus far in the 2026 Cortina Olympic games making it the country's most successful winter games in history with mor

Italy
19 Feb 2026
Read More

Pages