Italy

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...

On Thursday, the bodies recovered from the Mediterranean's worst-ever migrant disaster were buried in Malta. There were only 24 coffins, although an estimated 800 people died. None of the...

As many as 900 migrants are feared to have died in the Mediterranean on Sunday. The death toll for migrants making this treacherous journey in 2015 now stands at...

Around 700 migrants are feared to be dead after a migrant boat capsized in the Mediterranean sea, in the the Strait of Sicily, between Italy and Libya, an Italian...

Some 16 European foreign ministers have called on the EU to push forward the process of labelling goods sourced from illegal Israeli settlements. The ministers signed a letter addressed...

An estimated 400 migrants, including children are believed to have drowned off the coast of Libya while trying to reach Italy last weekend, survivors who reached the Italian mainland...

Libyan General Khalifa Haftar asked Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi to "convince the international community to lift an embargo on weapons and to help us fight for a Libya...

Italy is to begin annual naval drills near the coast of Libya on Monday amidst fears of terrorist attacks by extremist militants in the region, various new agencies reported....

Italian MPs have backed a non-binding resolution to encourage the government to recognise Palestine as a state, Anadolu reported today. In a separate resolution, the parliamentarians called for the...

A cargo ship carrying around 700 illegal migrants docked in the Italian port of Gallipoli on Wednesday after being abandoned by its crew a day earlier. On Tuesday, Greek...