Italy is to grant an Egyptian boy citizenship after he saved the lives of 51 children, freeing them from a burning school bus that had been hijacked by its...

Morocco has announced that it has filed a complaint against Italian MP Souad Sbai for accusing its embassy in Rome of assassinating Moroccan model Imane Fadil. Sbai claimed that...

Thirteen independent trade unions in Algeria have refused to support the efforts of newly-appointed Prime Minister Noureddine Badawi to form a government he hopes will help pacify protesters who...

The United States aims to cut Iran’s crude exports by about 20 percent to below 1 million barrels per day (bpd) from May by requiring importing countries to reduce...

Italy’s deputy prime minister, Matteo Salvini, urged Milan’s La Scala opera house on Monday to reject an offer from Saudi Arabia to pump funds into the theatre, says Reuters....

Italy and Estonia are blocking the inclusion of the UAE in an EU blacklist of countries which are deemed tax havens, documents seen by Reuters show. Foreign ministers are...

Lebanon renewed its rejection of the violation of its rights and sovereignty through the planned gas pipeline project between the Israeli occupation, Cyprus and Greece. The Lebanese Minister of...

Pope Francis said on Tuesday he had found “good will” to start peace processes to end the conflict in Yemen, during private meetings with leaders of the United Arab...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday he would eject a foreign force set up to help safeguard Palestinians in a flashpoint city in the occupied West Bank,...

France has no interest in restoring calm to war-torn Libya, Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said on Monday. “In Libya, France has no interest in stabilising the situation,...

The Italian government donated 1.5 million Euros ($1.7 million) to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) which would allow the agency to provide medical...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Monday that migrants and asylum seekers end up in “nightmarish detention,” and accused the EU and Italy of contributing to the cycle of...

Western newspapers have talked about the fierce political and security rivalry between France and Italy over Libya, amid a hindered political process due to the contradicted US project, which...

It is believed that this includes about 100 migrants, who were classified by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Sunday as being in a crisis off the coast...

A boat carrying 20 migrants sank off Libya’s coast, leaving three dead, an Italian news agency said Friday. Citing Italian navy sources, ANSA reported that an inflatable boat sank...

A crisis surrounding three Italian security guards thought to be undercover Israeli forces operating in the Gaza Strip has ended. In a statement issued yesterday, the spokesman of the...

Staff at Israel’s Foreign Ministry have been forced to suspend all work-related trips due to a budget deficit estimated to have reached NIS 350 million ($100 million). All Israeli...

A German official has confirmed that his country has no intention of granting new arms export licenses to Saudi Arabia following the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The...

Italy has recorded an 80 per cent drop off immigrants reaching its costs compared to 2017. The number of clandestine immigrants arriving in Europe in 2018 fell by 92...

Pope Francis urged European leaders on Sunday to stop bickering over the fate of 49 migrants stuck aboard two humanitarian rescue ships on the Mediterranean and to give them...

All countries that were granted waivers from the United States to continue buying a certain amount of Iranian oil imports are complying with US sanctions, a senior Iranian energy official said, noting...

Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini on Thursday condemned as “disgusting” restrictions imposed on women hoping to see the final of the Italian Supercoppa, which is being staged this month...

The Vatican’s Pope Francis in scheduled to hold a Catholic Mass at Abu Dhabi’s Zayed Sports City Stadium on 5 February, local media reported. The National newspaper said the...

The UN Refugee Agency on Monday called on Member States to “urgently offer safe ports” to two vessels carrying 49 migrants rescued from the Mediterranean, reports Anadolu Agency. “UNHCR...

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said yesterday that his country is planning to stop arms sales to Saudi Arabia. Answering a question during a traditional end-of-year press conference held in the Italian capital...

The border control industry is thriving, both in the United States and Europe. In both cases, Israel is serving the task of the successful role model and the technology...

Turkey received $8.1 billion in net international direct investment from January to September 2018, the Industry and Technology Ministry announced on Friday, as reported on Anadolu Agency.  The sum of...

The Egyptian government yesterday denied reports that it had withdrawn its ambassador to Italy. “The Egyptian ambassador to Italy is continuing to carry out his job duties,” the country’s...

It is no secret that the right wing has appropriated and manipulated the definition of “peace” in today’s poisonous political climate. Peace is now synonymous with power, and little...

Italian prosecutors have initiated a formal investigation into five Egyptian security men believed to be involved in the disappearance and murder of Italian PhD researcher, Giulio Regeni in Cairo...

Egyptian politicians and oppositionists in the United States underestimated the effectiveness of attempts by the regime of the coup leader, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, to influence the position of the...

Italy’s foreign minister summoned Egypt’s ambassador on Friday and urged Cairo to respect its commitment to move quickly and bring to justice those responsible for the murder of Giulio...