Italy

Israeli lawmakers asked Israeli Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein to open an investigation into the secret visit of the Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman to Vienna, Haaretz reported on Monday....

Tunisian President Al-Moncef Al-Marzouqi called on Italian authorities to convert part of Tunisia's debt to Italy into investment projects, a presidential statement said yesterday. Al-Marzouqi met with Italian President...

The United Nations expressed dismay at Israel's decision to confiscate land in the West Bank while Italy considered such a move an obstacle in the way of peace, the...

The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement in Italy has condemned the anti-Semitic posters which have been placed around Rome by the neo-fascist group Militia. A statement released by the...

Italy's Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini has said she does not rule out the possibility of her country joining an international military intervention in Iraq. Al-Alam Online news website quoted...

Thousands of protesters demonstrated in the Italian capital Rome yesterday to denounce the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip which entered its third week and led to the killing...

Employees of six Italian humanitarian aid organisations that operate in the Gaza Strip have issued an open letter urging the media to give more attention to developments in Gaza...

Nearly 30 family members of Tunisians missing in Syria, Iraq and Italy protested on Saturday evening in front of the municipal theatre in the capital Tunis, Anadolu news agency...

Concerned citizens in a number of European cities have staged peaceful protests against Israel's aggression in the Gaza Strip, which so far has resulted in the killing of several...

  Twelve European Union countries warned their citizens yesterday against engagement in business deals or investing in the illegal Israeli settlements or with bodies connected to them in the...

The transfer of Syria's chemical weapons from a Danish cargo ship to a US naval ship has been completed in Italy's southern port of Gioia Tauro, Anadolu news agency...

The bodies of 30 illegal immigrants were found by the Italian Navy this morning, on a boat carrying about 600 migrants, including pregnant women. Local media reported that elements...

The Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini yesterday called for the "formation of a national unity government in Iraq and the participation of all Iraqi parties in a...

Italy has urged all sides of the Syrian conflict to ensure safe and prompt passage of humanitarian aid without any obstacles. The Italian minister of foreign affairs Federica Mogerena...

The countries participating in the Rome Conference to support the Lebanese army affirmed their readiness to provide it with special technical support. The Conference, which was held in the...

"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...