Italy

Refugee arrivals in Europe in 2016 have already exceeded 100,000, International Organization for Migration (IOM) said in a statement Tuesday. "Greece alone had received some 102,547 arrivals since the...

The Algerian League for the Defence of Human Rights warned on Tuesday of the repercussions of Western military intervention in Libya on neighbouring Algeria, which will witness a large...

Italy is ready to “support the Lebanese political parties’ efforts to reach an agreement on the presidential file,” the country’s foreign minister said yesterday. In a statement, Paolo Gentiloni...

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has warned that the investigation into the death of an Italian student under torture in Egypt might affect friendly relations between the two countries,...

Over 4,600 academics from more than 90 countries have signed a letter demanding the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi investigate the murder of Giulio Regeni, a Cambridge PhD student...

Italy demanded on Monday that Egypt catch and punish those responsible for the death of student Giulio Regeni, whose tortured body was found in a roadside ditch in Cairo...

Italy’s Foreign Ministry has summoned the Egyptian ambassador to Rome to express concern regarding the discovery of the body of an Italian student who went missing in Cairo on...

Italian Defence Minister Roberta Pinotti warned about close international military action in Libya, the Anadolu Agency reported today. Pinotti said: “Efforts to resolve the Libyan crisis must be coordinated...

Italy has agreed to treat 15 Libyan cadets wounded in an attack on a truck in the northwestern coastal city of Zliten on 7 January, Anadolu reported. Italian news...

The Islamic-Christian Commission in Support of Jerusalem and the Holy Sites yesterday hailed the Vatican’s decision to recognise the State of Palestine. In a press release, the commission’s Secretary-General...

Italy's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi announced on Monday that his country supports the Libyan national unity government headed by Fayiz al-Sarraj, stating that his government is also ready to...

Fatah Central Committee member Nabil Shaath has said that after over twenty years of “fruitless” Palestinian-Israeli negotiations, now is the time to end the American monopoly over sponsorship of...

Palestinian Authority (PA) Planning and Financial Minister Shukri Bishara yesterday singed a deal with the Italian General Consul in Jerusalem, David Cecilia, to support the reconstruction of the Gaza...

The Italian Defence Ministry on Sunday denied Libyan claims that three of its military ships have violated Libyan territorial waters during the past twenty-four hours. “The news released this...

Italy has pledged €2.18 million towards UNRWA’s food aid programme in the Gaza Strip. The announcement was made by the Directorate General for Development Cooperation in a statement on...

Sixty per cent of Egyptian illegal immigrants to Italy are children and minors, the EU Ambassador to Egypt James Moran revealed yesterday. Moran said that 500,000 migrants have arrived...

In an interview with Anadolu new agency, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Nils Muiznieks, said that the EU delayed its response to the refugee crisis. The...

The European Commission has put an urgent and comprehensive action plan in place aimed at redistributing refugees who are already in Italy, Greece and Hungary, fairly among EU Member...

Palestinian refugees who have fled the violence in Syria and are now in neighbouring Lebanon hold the international community and UNRWA responsible for failing to make adequate provision for...

On April 26, 2011, a meeting that can only be described as sinister took place between the then Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, and French President, Nicolas Sarkozy. The...

Italian exports to Iran are expected to increase by nearly €3 billion ($3.3 billion) in the next four years, Italy's Foreign Trade Commission said. In a statement released yesterday,...

"I don't actually read that many comic books," laughs Takoua Ben Mohamed. "And I have never set foot in a comic book fair." Don't mistake what she says for...

Italian cyber security firm Hacking Team, which sells intrusion and surveillance tools to governments and law enforcement agencies, effectively helping them to "spy" on certain targets, has itself become...

Italy's Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, has said that his country is going to provide more support to Tunisia, which announced a state of emergency...

The Italian Coast Guard said on Monday that they have organised the rescue of 4,400 illegal immigrants from 29 boats off the Libyan coast over the last two days....

Italian activist, Samantha Comizzoli, who has been detained by the Israeli army since Friday, threatened to start a hunger strike in protest against Israel's decision to deport her. In...

"A sailing boat is not your town square, where if you have an argument you can just get up and leave," explains Maria Vittoria Pericu. "On a boat you...

The defence ministers of the 5+5 Mediterranean countries met in Tunisia yesterday to discuss the escalations in the region. This year the meeting coincides with the visit of NATO's...

At least 150 participants raised the Palestinian, Turkish and Swedish flags in Malmo's marina in Sweden in support of lifting the siege on Gaza. The participants included Palestinians as...

A meeting of EU foreign and defence ministers agreed on Monday to launch a naval mission to combat illegal migration in the Mediterranean Sea, Anadolu has reported. The mission...

Italy will donate €1 million to support six hospitals in East Jerusalem and help them overcome their financial burdens, it has been announced. The donation was revealed by Italy's...

Residents of the Italian capital, Rome were surprised Saturday to see posters that were pinned during the night to the facades of shops owned by Jewish merchants calling for...