VATICAN CITY – Tensions between the Holy See and Israel have risen after Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin called on Israel to stop the “carnage” in Gaza, leading to the Israeli Ambassado

 ROME -- The father of a murdered Italian ambassador spoke out against the WFP "blackmailing" Italy after a preliminary court upheld diplomatic immunity for two World Food Programme employees alleg

 ROME - A delegation from the UK Parliamentary Defence Committee is in Rome this week to strengthen ties with Italy in the defence sector, the UK Ministry of Defence have said.

 ROME – FAO Director General Qu Dongyu is poised to appoint Lebanese dandy Serge Nakouzi as head of the agency’s troubled human resources division after the transfer of former HR director Geert de

 ROME -- Giorgia Meloni met with the Japanese Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, on Monday in Tokyo to discuss security and trade.

 ROME – Prince Victor Emanuel of Savoy, the scandal-tainted son of the last king of Italy Umberto II, died Saturday in Geneva at age 86, the Royal House of Savoy said.

 ROME – The Minister of Defence, Guido Crosetto, has confirmed the year-long deployment of an Italian warship “Federico Martinengo” next Sunday off the coast of Djibouti.

 ROME - New street art depicting detained Ilaria Salis has appeared near the Hungarian Embassy in Rome, as outrage continues over the Italian’s treatment by Hungarian authorities.

 ROME – The Italian Foreign Ministry has summoned the Hungarian ambassador for strong questioning after footage emerged of Italian citizen, Ilaria Salis, being dragged into a Budapest court by chai

 ROME -- The Italy-Africa Summit, which was being held by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s Government Monday and Tuesday in the Italian Senate building, is

 NAPLES – After allegedly physically abusing his wife for more than 20 years, a drunken 56-year-old Neapolitan was finally arrested after his two sons locked him out on the balcony to stop him from

 ROME - The Italian Chamber of Deputies has voted in favour of a controversial agreement which would see migrants arriving in Italy be deported to Albania.

 ANZIO – British, American and Italian soldiers and veteran’s families paid tribute to the English veteran and campaigner for expatriate rights Harry Shindler dur

 VIENNA – The International Atomic Energy Agency has held a “joint nuclear management school” with China under which 40 young nuclear professionals from 23 countr

  ROME – The embattled World Food Programme Executive Director Cindy McCain has come under fire from senior WFP executives who claim she has not been seen at the

  ROME – Saudi Arabia can be expected to take “bold moves” that could lead to the establishment of a two state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, exper

 VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis lashed out at gluttony Wednesday and called for eating habits to be “moderate and socially responsible,” saying that Western societie

 VIENNA – The ambitious IAEA chief Rafael Grossi’s laudable Marie Sklodowska Curie Fellowship programme aimed at boosting women’s opportunities in nuclear technol

 VIENNA – International Atomic Energy Agency supremo Rafael Grossi has raised accountants’ eyebrows at the purportedly cash-strapped organization by splashing out some 1 million euros on a fleet of

 VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis in his traditional Christmas Day Urbi et Orbi (to the city and the world) address called for the Palestinian question to be resolved and the release by Hamas terrorists

 Under a recent conciliation agreement at Milan University, all foreign-language lecturers, or Lettori, have received salary arrears in full, and those still in s

 ROME – Journalists from the Foreign Press Association in Italy bade farewell to the palazzo in 'Humility Street,' a stone’s throw from the Trevi Fountain, where

 ROME – The popularity of World Food Programme Executive Cindy McCain among staff has plummeted as staff accuse the maverick Republican party supporter and person

 VIENNA – Consultants at the International Atomic Energy Agency are incandescent over what they say is the hiring of a Chinese national by the German Director of

 ROME -- Renowned Tunisian-Egyptian actress Hend Sabry has resigned from her role as a goodwill ambassador the World Food Programme amid growing protests by staffers and the Arab world over WFP Exe