The Latest Breaking News from Italy

Civil rights group claims outposts are used to monitor Chinese population abroad and force dissidents to return

Terry Kennedy and Kay Yoxall have been to Tokyo, New Zealand, Hawaii, Turkey and Italy, but said a Caribbean cruise was their best trip

The collection includes a portrait of Saint Sebastian considered one of the finest works by Andrea Mantegna

The Ukraine international has been linked with a host of Premier League clubs this year, including Nottingham Forest, and is now said to be keen on playing in England

Padded envelopes filled with bloodied pig's eyes have been sent to embassies in Hungary, Spain the Netherlands, Poland, Croatia and Italy as Ukraine blames Russia

Italy's Catholic Church is reintroducing handshakes for the "sign of peace" during Mass as part of a wider relaxation of anti-COVID-19 measures.

The Morocco international has been in fine goalscoring form domestically in Italy so far this season ahead of being named in the national team's World Cup squad

Of the 30 penalty shootouts in a World Cup, only twice has the World Cup final itself come down to it (1994 and 2006).

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Italy's newly elected far-right Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni appear to be finding unlikely common ground on issues relating to Africa and migration. Meloni's is the latest in a list of strong partnerships that Erdogan has been working to build with European far-right leaders.

The only time the Three Lions faced African opposition in a finals knockout match was 32 years ago – and they nearly blew it

The discoveries shed light on what the Italian Culture Ministry calls a "unique multicultural and multilingual haven of peace" between Etruscans and Romans at a time when they were mostly at war.