Italy

"Italy encourages the Lebanese political forces to reach an agreement on the presidential election and to elect a new president as soon as possible"; Italy's state television reported the...

On Thursday, May 29, with 25 meters of signatures, the resounding NO to Italian cooperation with Israeli water company Mekorot was taken to Rome City Hall. The 7114 signatures...

Italian police yesterday arrested the former Environment Minister Corrado Clini on charges of misappropriating environmental assistance funds to Iraq in cooperation with other parties as part of an ongoing...

Dozens of Palestinian families in the city of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank are waiting to see Pope Francis I during his historic visit to the region. Eight...

The head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis I, has said that he follows with pain the severe tensions in the Middle East and stressed the need to...

Expectations are high as Pope Francis begins his tour of the Holy Land. While he is known for his outspoken support for the poor and oppressed, the Vatican has...

An Italian navy vessel has intercepted a migrant boat with 435 people on board, including 264 children, mostly Syrian and Egyptian refugees, the authorities said on Saturday. The rescue...

Around 6,000 individuals from across the world have signed a petition, handed to the Pope, calling on him to discuss the violation of children's rights with Israeli officials during...

The Italian authorities have returned 63 illegal Syrian immigrants to Greece who tried to enter the country, Italian ANSA news agency reported Tuesday. The agency said "the immigrants arrived...

Italian Foreign Ministry called upon the Egyptian authorities to review the court's decision to sentence 529 anti-coup Egyptians to death on Monday. In a statement issued yesterday the ministry...

Nearly 600 migrants of Palestinian, Syrian and Eritrean origins were rescued by the Italian Navy and coastguard off the coast of Italy yesterday. The 596 people included 25 children...

Western countries expressed their concern over Libya and called on authorities in Tripoli to make a greater effort to launch real national dialogue, stressing that the progress made after...

Pope Francis has had to cancel his visit to Israel in May because Israel's foreign ministry workers are currently on strike and thus unable to make the necessary security...