The Municipality of Assisi and the Embassy of Palestine in Italy are preparing to organise an international conference for 28 Italian cities which have twinning agreements with the city...

The Moroccan-US joint military training, known as the African Lion Manoeuvres 2018, have been launched in Morocco under the orders of King Mohammed VI and will continue until April...

Italy has broken up a criminal ring that smuggled migrants and refugees from Tunisia to Sicily on speedboats less than a year after a similar racket was dismantled, magistrates...

Malaysia on Monday termed Israel’s deadly attack on defenseless Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip “totally uncalled for and unacceptable”. In a statement, the Foreign Ministry “called upon the international...

Tunisia has condemned Israel’s deadly attacks on defenseless Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip, the foreign ministry said Sunday. “Tunisia strongly condemns Israel’s brutal attacks on peaceful Palestinian people...

German, UK, Italy urge a restart of peace process

Italian police today arrested five Tunisians as part of what they said was a major operation against suspected supporters of Islamist terrorism in central and southern Italy. The swoop...

Since the weekend, a national manhunt for a Tunisian citizen has been underway in Italy after the Italian embassy in Tunis received an anonymous letter warning that Atef Mathlouthi...

Turkey continues to hold talks with the Franco-Italian Eurosam consortium and the United States to buy missile defence systems, Ankara’s foreign ministry spokesman said today. In January, Turkey awarded...

Amnesty International on Friday denounced Western arms sales to Saudi Arabia and its allies in a coalition battling the Houthis in Yemen, saying such traffic made a “mockery” of...

Lebanon plans to increase its military presence along its southern border with Israel, Prime Minister Saad Hariri said on Thursday at a meeting in Rome, where he is seeking...

UNRWA announced today that it had received new cash pledges to enable it to keep working for a few more months, but warned its long-term outlook remains in doubt....

Libya’s coastguard and an international charity ship picked up several hundred migrants on Saturday as smugglers trying to take advantage of calm seas launched a flurry of boats towards...

Turkish naval vessels have intercepted the route of a ship belonging to the Italian oil exploration company Eni, which was on its way to explore the recently discovered gas...

Summer 2015 saw the fixation of international media outlets upon “Europe’s Migrant Crisis”. It was the largest wave of mass-migration that Europe has faced since the end of the...

An estimated 90 migrants are feared to have drowned off the coast of Libya after a smuggler’s boat capsized early today, leaving three known survivors and ten bodies washed...

Italian authorities said on Saturday that they had rescued around 800 migrants in the Mediterranean Sea. The Italian coast guard also retrieved two dead bodies. The coast guard used...

Ancient mosaics like 'Gypsy Girl', 'Mars statue' and fountains from ancient Rome draw more attention to the museum

The eastern based government in Libya has condemned Italy’s decision to send more troops to Libya as a clear violation of Libya’s sovereignty. The Tobruk based House of Representatives...

Italy and Iran will sign a memorandum of understanding worth €5 billion ($6 billion) to support Italian investments in Tehran, state TV reported. Italian media reported an unnamed source...

The Italian coast guard recovered the bodies of eight people as it rescued a further 84 from a dinghy that ran into trouble off Libya’s coast, it said on...

Migrant arrivals to Italy by sea fell by a third in 2017 compared to a year earlier, Reuters reports the Interior Ministry as saying on Sunday, as Libyan authorities...

Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni said on Sunday he would propose to parliament transferring some of the country’s troops stationed in Iraq to Niger to fight people smuggling and...

The remains of an exiled Italian king have been repatriated back to northwest Italy from Egypt in a family mausoleum 70 years after his death. King Victor Emmanuel III’s...

European Union leaders appealed for unity in a last-ditch effort to break their deadlock on sharing out refugees by June, telling reluctant eastern states they could otherwise be outvoted...

Italy wants Libya’s coastguard to take responsibility within three years for intercepting migrants across about a tenth of the Mediterranean even as Libyan crews struggle to patrol their own...

The Arab League has come out in support of the action plan put forward by UN envoy Ghassan Salamé to solve the Libyan crisis by focusing on the amendments...

Libya’s UN-backed government agreed with Italy on Saturday to establish a joint operations room for tackling migrant smugglers and traffickers as part of efforts to curb migrant flows towards...

The United Nations Security Council will meet on Friday at the request of eight states on the 15-member body over US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as...

Egyptian businessman Naguib Sawiris has apologised to Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed Bin Salman about his previous remarks criticising the sudden arrest of hundreds of Saudi princes and businessmen, Almesryoon reported...

Politicians and religious leaders across the world are united in their condemnation of President Donald Trump’s provocative announcement that could see the US recognise Jerusalem as the capital of...

The United Nations migration agency is stepping up the rate at which it flies migrants home from Libya, aiming to evacuate up to 15,000 in the final month of...