ROME – A prominent member of the Casamonica mafia clan has been arrested on charges of drug trafficking, police sources report.

ROME – A 24-year-old man with previous convictions for sexual violence has been arrested for attacking a woman in the Eternal City’s Ostiense station.

ROME - The Ministry of Defence has announced that Italian troops are to be withdrawn from Afghanistan. Some 900 soldiers have been in the area for 17 years as part of a NATO-led mission.

ROME – The Sant’Egidio Community has expressed its sorrow for the Catholic Church in the Philippines after an attack on a church during Sunday Mass that killed 20 people and left many more injured.

ROME – The anti-establishment Five Star Movement (M5S) and the far-right League party locked horns over their opposing positions on Venezuela’s political crisis, La Stampa reported.

ROME – An 88th minute winner from Cristiano Ronaldo completed an impressive Juventus comeback at the Stadio Olimpico, increasing their advantage at the top of the Serie A to 11 points.

ROME – The complex relations between Russia and Iran within the framework of the turbulent and rapidly changing environment of the Middle East were presented by Gumer Isaev, from the St.

ROME - An Italian judge on Friday adjourned to May 7 the libel case brought against Italian Insider's chief editor John Phillips by FAO executives, after Phillips himself faced questions from his d

ROME - The American Academy in Rome (AAR) announced that scholar and curator Elizabeth Rodini has been selected as the next Andrew Heiskell Arts Director, a posit

ROME - Torchlight processions will be held in over 100 squares across Italy to demonstrate the country’s determination to uncover the truth about Giulio Regeni’s disappearance which happened this t

ROME – Interior Minister Matteo Salvini is just a step away from facing trial after a court determined in a surprise ruling that he should be tried for kidnapping.

ROME - Bambino Gesù hospital has successfully completed a hematopoietic stem cell transplant on baby Alessandro Maria Montresorwho was born with a rare genetic disease.

ROME - The Ambassador of the Republic of South Africa, S.E. Prof. Shirish Soni explained some of the mutual benefits of increased cooperation between Italy and South Africa.

ROME – Numerous migrants escaped authorities and fled across the Eternal City during their removal from the CARA, Italy's second-largest asylum seeker reception facility, located north of the city

BERLIN – The Italian government's "hard line" on accepting migrants into Italian ports has provoked Germany to temporarily abandon Mission Sofia, the operation that Europe launched in June 2015 wit

ROME - Italy has pledged to finance the feasibility study of the planned railway line that will link the Ethiopian Capital, Addis Ababa with the Eritrean port of Massawa, Prime Minister Giuseppe Co

ROME - A day of remembrance to show solidarity against the numerous neo-fascist threats made to journalists and reporters and to commemorate the tragedy of the Holocaust, an initiative together wit

ROME – Interior Minister Matteo Salvini stood by fellow Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio’s comments about French policy in Africa on Tuesday, after the Italian ambassador was summoned to the for

ROME – Speculation about whether AS Roma’s ‘Tor di Valle’ stadium project may receive additional support from Kuwaiti investors has steadily increased as the Kuwaiti ambassador to Italy and San Mar

ROME - After stopping trains Monday morning between the stations of Ottaviano and Battistini in both directions in mid-morning the situation worsened and the block extended to Termini.

ROME – A quickfire double against Lazio ensured Napoli kept the pressure on Juventus at the top of the table this weekend, while an inspired comeback from Torino wasn’t enough to prevent another wi

ROME - William Trevor’s 14th book of short stories again shows his ability to create believable characters and to surprise but also convince his readers.