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,
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19 Feb 2026
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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.
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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.
19 Feb 2026
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.
19 Feb 2026
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
19 Feb 2026
Camilla Tucci
ROME-- Bernini’s elephant statue in Piazza Minerva has been damaged, says local authorities. The tusk from the elephant sculpture which supports the Obelisk right near the Pantheon has been detached from the rest of the sculpture. This same tusk was damaged in 2016 and was restored a few days later.
18 Feb 2026
Camilla Tucci
ROME– Dutch figure skater Jutta Leerdam broke the Olympic record in the speed skating 1000m and won her first gold medal on February 9, but it wasn’t just her reco
18 Feb 2026
Camilla Tucci
ROME-- Twenty-four years after the Jovine school collapse that left 27 students and a teacher dead in San Giuliano di Puglia in the Molise region, the community's
17 Feb 2026
Camilla Tucci
NAPLES-- A huge fire erupted Tuesday in Naples on Via Chiaia destroying the historic Teatro Sannazaro dome, according to local fire officials.
17 Feb 2026