The Latest Breaking News from Rome

HIG Capital has entered Italy's self-storage sector with the acquisition of five facilities in Milan and Rome, expanding its European real estate footprint into a third country.

Pope Leo XIV completed the rite of passage for every new pope by travelling across Rome to the Qurinale Palace for a meeting with President Sergio Mattarella.

Hundreds of thousands of people protested across Italy on Friday during a large-scale strike over the treatment of the Gaza aid flotilla and far-right Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's cautious stance on the conflict.

By Friday, Israeli forces had intercepted all of the 43 ships carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza and arrested most of the 450 activists on board.

Years of criticism of an EU-backed migration pact between Italy and Libya are coming to a head as migrant rescuers say the Libyan coastguard has begun firing directly at them.

A demonstration likely to draw tens of thousands is also planned in Rome on 4 October.

PGA of America president Don Rea has taken the unusual step of posting on networking site LinkedIn to defend himself after criticism of how he handled himself at the Ryder Cup

Supporters of the Global Sumud Flotilla took to the streets in several major cities — including in Rome, Istanbul, Athens and Buenos Aires — following news that Israeli forces had intercepted an international flotilla carrying activists seeking to break Israel’s blockade of the Palestinian territory.

The leader of the Ryder Cup's organizing body made a surprising comparison between Ryder Cup fan behavior and another sport.