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 BRINDISI -- The United Nations, in its quest to sound profound while tightening the belt, has rolled out a masterpiece of bureaucratic theatre -- the UN80 Initia

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 ROME - Italy is offering to send troops to Ukraine for demining operations, Palazzo Chigi, the prime minister's office, has been quoted as saying, in what may be a departure from Italy's staunch o

Rome — Italy’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday summoned Russia’s ambassador to Rome, Alexey Paramonov, following offensive remarks made on Russian state television about Italian Prime Minister Giorgi

 ROME – European Gulf Information Centre President Mitchell Belfer celebrated his birthday in the think tank’s headquarters in the Eternal City, climaxing a convivial coda to a lively conference on

Rome — The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has issued an urgent appeal for international support to prevent a worsening food crisis in Haiti, warning that more than half the population is

Rome — Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has condemned US President Donald Trump’s attack on Pope Leo XIV as “unacceptable”, joining politicians across the political spectrum in an unusually un

Rome— The case of Daniel Echenagucia has emerged as a stark symbol of more than 20 Italian citizens still detained in Venezuela, as Rome cautiously resumes diplomatic dialogue with Caracas after ye

 ROME --  Fun-loving FAO Evaluation Division Director Clemencia Cosentino enjoyed four separate trips to regional offices of the UN agency around the world recent

 ROME -- The following is the text of an Italian Insider interview with the Iranian Ambassador to Italy, as translated from Persian to Italian by the Iranian Embassy in Rome.

 ROME – Iran urged Italy Saturday to encourage the United States to respect the principles of international law and desist from ”bellicose behaviour” and said Tehran is “ready to play a positive ro

 ROME -- Corruption involving misuse of millions of dollars of donor funds, abuse of authority, racism and favouritism are becoming everyday practices in the trou

Rome — Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has embarked on a surprise diplomatic mission to the Gulf, becomes first Western leader to visit Saudi Arabia, Qatar and UAE since outbreak of regional conflict

  PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti --The end of the “personal kingdom” of the WFP Haiti country director Wanja Kaaria and her sidekick Helen Kamau is in sight after Wanja wa