Israeli officials are increasingly concerned that the International Criminal Court (ICC) is planning to seek arrest warrants for their military and political leaders on suspicion of war crimes.
Reports suggest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could (...)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel will launch an invasion of the southern Gaza city of Rafah regardless of truce talks with Hamas.
It comes amid ongoing attempts to try to reach an agreement for a ceasefire and hostage releases.
But (...)
EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell has warned the Middle East is on the edge of a regional war.
He made the comments on the Italian resort island of Capri where G7 foreign ministers are meeting to discuss the conflicts in Gaza and (...)
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni says surrogacy is "inhuman" and is backing steeper penalties against the practice, including fines of up to $1 million and multiple-year prison sentences.
The act of surrogacy — with or without payment — is (...)
A 22-year-old French woman whose blood-drained body was found in an abandoned church in northern Italy's Aosta Valley over the weekend had been looking for a haunted house believed to contain ghosts, according to police.
She told family members (...)
The hydroelectric power plant on Lake Suviana seen in a video shared by the Italian fire and rescue service
Four people have died and several are missing following an explosion at a hydroelectric power plant in northern Italy.
The blast occurred (...)
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is seeking damages of $108,200 (€100,000) in a civil trial after pornographic deepfake videos of her were uploaded online.
Meloni has been called to testify in a Sardinian court on July 2 in the civil case she (...)
European liberals have put forward not one but three names to lead their campaign for the elections to the European Parliament.
Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, a German politician who chairs the Bundestag's defense committee, will be joined by two (...)
Enough aid for 25,000 people has reached Gaza City for the first time in weeks, the UN World Food Program (WFP) announced on Tuesday, in a call for daily aid missions and better access.
"WFP delivered enough food for 25,000 people to Gaza City early (...)
Donald Trump and Joe Biden have both held campaign rallies in the US state of Georgia, as their general election showdown comes into greater focus.
The former president, 77, slammed Thursday's State of the Union speech as an "angry, dark and (...)
Russia has said it does not recognize arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for two top Russian commanders over alleged war crimes in Ukraine.
The court named Sergei Kobylash and Viktor Sokolov on Tuesday.
"We are not (...)
An elderly Italian couple and their son, who were kidnapped by extremists in Mali in May 2022, have been released, Italy's government has said.
The three were in good health, and due to return to Rome, it added.
The family were Jehovah's Witnesses (...)
Farmers in Spain have joined their European counterparts in staging protests across the country.
Like farmers elsewhere, they demand more flexibility from the European Union, tighter controls on the produce of non-EU countries and more help from (...)
"The Witness", a Russian propaganda film about the conflict in Ukraine, is touring Italy despite widespread condemnation from members of the public and officials.
A Kremlin's propaganda film about the Ukraine war which completely flopped at the box (...)
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is being urged to ban neo-fascist groups after hundreds of men were seen giving fascist salutes during a rally in Rome on Sunday night.
They were taking part in an annual commemoration for three far-right (...)
A shot that lightly wounded a man at a New Year's Eve party has prompted an angry political response after it emerged it was fired from a gun owned by an Italian far-right MP.
Emanuele Pozzolo, a member of Prime Minister Georgia Meloni's Brothers of (...)
RIYADH — In a defining moment for Saudi Arabia, Riyadh was chosen to host the prestigious Expo 2030, an event set to take place from October 2030 to March 2031.
This selection, made through a secret ballot during the 173rd General Assembly of the (...)
Venice is to ban loudspeakers and tourist groups of more than 25 people, in a bid to ease the impact of mass tourism on the Italian city.
The new rules will come into effect from June, the city said in a statement.
The use of loudspeakers have been (...)
Italy has sentenced a Pakistani couple to life in prison for killing their 18-year-old daughter because she refused an arranged marriage.
Saman Abbas's body was found beneath a farmhouse in northern Italy in November 2022, 18 months after she (...)
Pope Francis has allowed priests to bless same-sex couples, a significant advance for LGBT people in the Roman Catholic Church.
The leader of the Roman Catholic Church said priests should be permitted to bless same-sex and "irregular" couples, under (...)
A multi-million-pound investment in a luxury property in London that went wrong, a once powerful Vatican cardinal secretly recording a conversation with the pope and a female security consultant accused of spending church funds on fashion (...)
In one corner: Pope Francis, who insists on a merciful Catholic Church open to everyone, a "field hospital" ready to bind up the wounds of a suffering humanity. In the other corner: a small but vocal minority that has set itself against the Pontiff (...)
In a recent four-page letter, ex-UN official Craig Mokhiber criticized the international community for failing to stop a "genocide unfolding before our eyes" in Gaza.
The US human rights lawyer accused the US, UK and much of Europe of being "wholly (...)
Italy will pull out of China's flagship Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the government has confirmed.
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's administration notified Beijing that it would cease participating in the BRI ahead of a deadline at the year's (...)
The world will come to Saudi Arabia, and we will genuinely have the chance to shape its future.
No, I'm not talking about football, which seems strange considering it's the topic that's captured the heart of the nation in recent months.
I genuinely (...)