ROME --The FAO DIrector General QU DOngyu is "missing in action" amid the global hunger crisis exacerbated by Russia’s war in Ukraine, Politico magazine says quo

 ROME – Senior managers at the World Food Programme sought to hold an event on fighting racism at the UN agency that would not discomfort the Executive Director,

 ROME- Italy’s centre right government is sending back to Slovenia hundreds of asylum seekers and migrants trying to enter the country in freezing temperatures al

 ATHENS - A car bomb targeting Susanna Schlein, advisor to the Italian embassy to Greece and sister of Elly Schlein, candidate for PD secretary, was claimed by the Greek anarchist group “Carlo Giul

 ROME – Allegations of blatant appointment rigging by a top manager in WFP’s strife-torn GIS section underline that “In the new WFP gender and race take precedenc

 ROME – As David Beasley’s tenure as head of WFP draws to a close, diplomats reflect that while the former Republican governor has been a good fundraiser, helping

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 VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis met with the Irish Ambassador to the Holy See, Frances Collins, on Monday morning, the Vatican said in a press release.

  Christopher Matthews, who has died at age 79, was a Russian-born, bohemian godson of Graham Greene with a larger than

ROME – The UN Agencies cricket team won the Queen’s Championship Cup, beating the Commonwealth Club in the 2022 final, organisers said. 

 ROME – Prosecutors have requested the indictment of two World Food Programme employees accused of manslaughter for their alleged role in the death of the Italian Ambassador and his Carabiniere gua

 ROME – A Commonwealth Remembrance Day service was held in the Rome War Cemetery in Testaccio.

ROME – Police reported that a Naples policewoman was raped directly outside of the police station on Thursday, and subsequent investigation led to the arrest of a Bangladeshi migrant as the arreste

 ROME – Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's center-right government was sworn in at the Quirinal Palace Saturday with Italy's first woman prime minister pledging "to serve with pride."

 ROME – As FAO Director General Qu Dongyu prepares for probable re-election to a second term, diplomats from member states have been trying to make sense of a ram

 According to the Polish envoy, Pro-Russian tendencies of partners will not sway FDI leader Giorgia Meloni

  ROME – Iran has responded to requests by Italy for the release of an arrest Italian travel blogger, Alessia Piperno, who apparently was caught up inadvertently

 ROME -- The World Food Programme has denied that there was a conflict of interest in the Boston Consulting Group's pro bono partnership with the UN agency involv

 ROME – The Brothers of Italy leader Giorgia Meloni was poised Monday to become Italy’s first female prime minister after her centre right coalition won over 44 p

 ROME – Azione party leader, Carlo Calenda and former Prime Minister and leader of Italia Viva reached a deal on Thursday to form an alliance between their two centrist parties.