PSG beat Tottenham on penalties to claim UEFA Super Cup Tottenham let slip a two-goal lead as late PSG strikes sent European football’s season opener to penalties in Italy. Al Jazeera · Aug 13, 2025
Felix Baumgartner death: Witnesses heard loud boom before crash Felix Baumgartner’s fatal paragliding crash was preceded by large boom as it spun to the ground, according to witnesses. Al Jazeera · Jul 18, 2025
Germany debates siestas as Europe grapples with soaring heat Germans should follow southern Europeans, who have more experience with extremely hot weather, officials say. Al Jazeera · Jul 19, 2023
Pope pauses St Peter's Square audience to take phone call Pope Francis on Wednesday interrupted his weekly audience with the faithful to take a phone call, keeping people in St Peter's Square waiting for more than a minute. Reuters · May 17, 2023
Cameron Norrie’s clay classes continue with easy Italian Open win over Müller Cameron Norrie reached the third round of the Italian Open after easing past Alexandre Müller 6-2, 6-3 The Guardian - UK · May 12, 2023
Soccer-Italy's Naples explodes in joy as city finally regains Serie A crown The southern Italian city of Naples exploded into what was shaping up to be a long night of celebrations on Thursday as local team Napoli secured their first Serie A soccer title in more than three decades, sweeping away years of disappointment. Reuters · May 4, 2023
Italy airlifts 96 people to safety out of conflict-torn Sudan Two Italian military planes on Monday evacuated 96 people out of Sudan, as Western, Arab and Asian nations rushed to get their citizens out of the African country amid an eruption of violence. Reuters · Apr 24, 2023
Pope Francis admitted to hospital with respiratory infection The pope has a respiratory infection that will require several days of appropriate treatment at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital. Al Jazeera · Mar 29, 2023
Beaten and divided, Italy's centre-left seeks new leader Italy's centre-left Democratic Party (PD) will chose a new leader this weekend who it hopes can pull the group out of a tail spin and provide a credible challenge to the nationalist prime minister, Giorgia Meloni. Reuters · Feb 24, 2023
Pope Francis ushers in Lent at Ash Wednesday service Pope Francis led Roman Catholics into the season of Lent at a traditional Ash Wednesday Mass, urging the faithful to use the time to put aside materialism and self-centeredness and help others. Reuters · Feb 22, 2023
Turkish port of Iskenderun damaged, ships diverting -Maersk The southern Turkish port of Iskenderun has suffered severe structural damage due to an earthquake with all operations halted until further notice, container shipping firm AP Moller Maersk said on Tuesday. Reuters · Feb 7, 2023
Italy's Meloni says caution needed on relaxing EU rules on state aid Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Monday that the European Union should be cautious when it comes to relaxing its rules on state aid for businesses. Reuters · Jan 30, 2023
Tens of thousands view body of former Pope Benedict A steady stream of tens of thousands of people filed into St. Peter's Basilica on Monday to pay their respects to former Pope Benedict XVI, whose body was laying in state without any papal paraphernalia ahead of his funeral this week. Reuters · Jan 2, 2023
Meloni says ex-PM and political foe Draghi a tough act to follow Giorgia Meloni admitted on Thursday that her predecessor and supposed political foe Mario Draghi was a tough act to follow as prime minister, and suggested she was happy to seek advice from her high-profile predecessor. Reuters · Dec 29, 2022
Reuters · Nov 27, 2022 Landslide kills at least seven on Italy's Ischia island At least seven people, including a newborn baby and two children, were killed on the southern Italian holiday island of Ischia after a landslide caused by torrential rain devastated a small town, an official said on Sunday.
Reuters · Nov 22, 2022 First nationwide map of Italy's fascist monuments goes online More than 1,400 monuments, street signs and plaques honouring fascism have been put online in the first nationwide attempt to document the symbols of Benito Mussolini's regime that still dot the urban landscape of Italy.
Reuters · Oct 26, 2022 Mussolini's ghost clings to Rome, 100 years after power grab One hundred years after Benito Mussolini grabbed power in Rome, his photograph still hangs in the prime minister's official residence, striking evidence that Italy has yet to shake off its fascist legacy.
Al Jazeera · Oct 22, 2022 Far-right Giorgia Meloni sworn in as Italy’s first female prime minister Ceremony took place amid tensions within Meloni’s coalition after partner Berlusconi boasted about Putin ties.
Reuters · Oct 22, 2022 Right-wing Meloni sworn in as Italy's first woman prime minister Giorgia Meloni was sworn in as Italy's first woman prime minister on Saturday alongside her cabinet team, giving the country its most right-wing government since World War Two.
Reuters · Oct 21, 2022 Meloni takes charge as PM as Italy swings to the right Giorgia Meloni was on Friday named as Italy's first woman prime minister and chose her cabinet team, setting her seal on the country's most right-wing government since World War Two.
Al Jazeera · Sep 26, 2022 From EU to immigration: What Italy’s next government might do Italy’s next government is expected to take a tough line on immigration, and call for EU reform, but will back Ukraine.
Reuters · Sep 22, 2022 Old woes and new: business turmoil awaits Italy's election winner Inflation, looming recession and impossibly high energy bills are among the daunting economic problems awaiting whoever wins Italy's election on Sunday, and they are casting a particularly long shadow over the industrial city of Terni.
Al Jazeera · Sep 19, 2022 Who is running, how does voting work in Italy’s election? Italy is set to vote in an election that will likely see its most far-right government in power since World War II.
Reuters · Sep 7, 2022 As conflict rages, Ukraine war documentary is rushed to Venice front line While Venice was rolling out its red carpet for the opening of its Film Festival a week ago, director Evgeny Afineevsky was racing to finish his sobering documentary about Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Reuters · Aug 29, 2022 Meloni, former far-right activist, heads for Italian PM's office In her teens, Giorgia Meloni used to sneak out at the dead of night and help plaster her Rome neighbourhood with far-right posters, playing a game of cat and mouse with leftist foes that could easily turn violent.