Italy

CASAMICCIOLA TERME (ITALY): At least seven people, including a newborn and two children, were killed on the southern Italian holiday island of Ischiaafter a landslide caused by torrential rain devastated a small town here, an official…

ROME: Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is taking one of Italy's best-known investigative journalists to court for alleged defamation, he said Tuesday, in the second such trial since she took power last month. Emiliano Fittipaldi, who works…

ROME: Italylet minors and sick people off a German-flagged rescue vessel Sunday but refused to let 35 male adult migrants off, to the rejected survivors' despair. Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi earlier said those who do not…

ROME: Italy's first woman prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, wants to be called "mister", a government circular showed on Friday. The right-wing Meloni, who took office last weekend after victory at a Sept. 25 election, had already angered…

ROME: Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Tuesday he was back in touch with Russian President Vladimir Putin and had recently exchanged "sweet letters" with him, according to an audio released by an Italian news…

ROME: Italy's competition watchdog imposed fines totalling 200 million euros ($225 million) on US tech giants Amazon and Apple on Tuesday for restrictions which penalised sellers of Apple and Beats products. It ordered Apple to pay 134.5…

ROME: A summit of the world's 20 richest economies must agree to accelerate the phasing out of coal and invest more in renewable energy, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi told fellow G20 leaders on Sunday. "The decisions we take today…

TUNIS: At least two migrants died and 21 disappeared after their boat capsized Sunday off the Tunisian coast in the Mediterranean Sea, Tunisian officials said. Seven others were rescued. According to the spokesman at the court in…

ROME: Italy braced for nationwide protests, blockades and potential disruption Friday as tough new coronavirus restrictions for workers came into effect. All workers must show a so-called Green Pass, offering proof of vaccination, recent…

ROME: Italian authorities on Wednesday (local time) said that the island of Sicily may have set an all-time heat record for Europe, with a temperature of 48.8 degrees celsius (119.8 degrees fahrenheit). The record in Italy was confirmed…