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 ROME - The Italian government's ambitious attempt to classify investments in the Strait of Messina bridge as part of military spending under NATO’s new 5% GDP target, is facing strong opposition f

 UDINE - A firm stance comes from Alberto Felice De Toni, mayor of Udine, the city that will host, for the second time, a football match between Italy and Israel valid for the 2026 World Cup qualif

 ROME - Jan Ziolkowski was not born with a ball between his feet, but instead with a tatami mat beneath him.

Rome--Around 5,000 people gathered on the Lido of Venice on Saturday in a large pro-Palestinian demonstration, calling for an end to what they describe as a “genocide” of Palestinians by Israel and

JERUSALEM – Safe, unfettered humanitarian access to reach the most vulnerable families is the top priority right now, World Food Programme Executive Director Cindy McCain said after visiting the Ga

 ROME – The official stance of the Italian government is that while Italy is more than ready to help demine Ukranian soil, Italian soldiers will not be sent to join the fighting, writes Il Messagge

 VATICAN CITY - Pope Leo XIV issued his strongest appeal yet Wednesday for peace in the Middle East and an end to Israeli ethnic cleansing in Gaza as well as a release of Israeli hostages held by H

 ROME - Dozens of ships are ready to set sail in an attempt to break the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip, according to reporters at Il Fatto Quotidiano.

 VATICAN CITY - The vatican has released the theme of Pope Leo XIV’s Message for the World Day of Peace 2026.

 ROME - Luca Cecca, 34 year-old waiter in a Roman restaurant, has been listed as "Missing in action”, having been in Ukraine since August 2024.

 SIRACUSA, Sicily – Sunday afternoon, at 15:03 local time, the MV Ocean Viking, search and rescue vessel chartered by SOS MEDITERRANEE in partnership with the IFRC, was deliberately targeted in a s

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 ROME - Italy is offering to send troops to Ukraine for demining operations, Palazzo Chigi, the prime minister's office, has been quoted as saying, in what may be a departure from Italy's staunch o

 TRAPANI, Sicily - The Ocean Viking, the humanitarian ship of the NGO SOS Méditerranée, rescued a rubber boat in international waters north of Libya, Saturday night, writes Il Fatto Quotidiano.

 ROME/GENEVA/NEW YORK – More than half a million people in Gaza are trapped in famine, marked by widespread starvation, destitution and preventable deaths, according to a new Integ

 RIMINI - A man of Ukrainian origin has been arrested in Italy on charges of involvment in the underwater explosions that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines between Russia and Germany in 2022 as

 ROME - After the authorship of the mutual aid proposal for Kiev in the wake of Article 5 of the Atlantic Treaty was registered in the living room of the White House, Giorgia Meloni definitively co

 LAMPEDUSA - In a rather bizarre case, three Palestinians attempted to undertake a risky journey across the Mediterranean on a jet ski, reports Bernt Koschuh.

  ROME -- Italian consultants at the World Food Programme who have been at the UN agency for as long as 10, 15 or 20 years and promised a post but never given one, are being chopped by not having t

 WASHINGTON - “Today is an important day.

 CHENGDU, China - Mattia Debertolis, an Italian athlete who had been hospitalised in Chengdu, China, after falling ill during the opening race of the World Games, has died at the age of 29.

GENOA - Protesters blocked the gates of the port of Genoa after discovering the presence of numerous American military vehicles and explosives going to Israel on board the ship Bahri Yanbu, on Frid

 ROME – Speaking in an interview with La Stampa, later reported by Il Fatto Quotidiano, Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said “I think that the occupation of Gaza and certain serious acts in the Wes