Rohingya refugees near Bangladesh's border with Myanmar. Photo: Fred Dufour/AFP Pope Francis will meet Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar in Dhaka when he visits the Bangladeshi capital next week, a Vatican spokesman said on Wednesday.

The EMA's current headquarters in London. Photo: Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP Milan narrowly lost the bid to host the European Union's drug agency when it moves out of London after Brexit. EU foreign ministers picked Amsterdam as the new home

Carlo Tavecchio at his post-resignation press conference. Photo: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP A week after missing out on qualifying for the World Cup final for the first time since 1958, former superstars Italy find themselves in a power vacuum.

An empty taxi lane in Rome. Photo: Filippo Monteforte/AFP Taxi drivers across Italy are on strike all day on Tuesday, as unions protest against competition from Uber and other new rivals. The strike will last from 8am to 10pm, with a pro

Around 7,000 poor people attended the event at St. Peter's Basilica. Photo: Vincenzo Pinto/AFP Pope Francis called on Sunday to fight indifference to poverty on what has been dubbed the first "World Day for the Poor" by the Catholic Chu

The Vatican has opened a new investigation into possible sexual abuse committed before 2013 at a private school in Rome for children destined for the priesthood, the Holy See announced on Saturday. The probe will be centred on "a f

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Young people in Italy are worse off than their parents or even grandparents, an anti-poverty charity said on Friday.

"We don't carry out euthanasia as often as it is asked for," says Dutch GP Carin Littooji, advocating for assisted dying on a bench usually reserved for bishops in the Vatican. The World Medical Association (WMA) has gathered

Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri. Photo: Patricia De Melo Moreira/AFP Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri distanced himself from taking up the vacant post as Italy coach on Saturday, but left the door open to eventually accepting the job. &#

Silvio Berlusconi in front of a screen showing his ex-wife, Veronica Lazio. Photo: Tiziana Fabi/AFP. Veronica Lario, the second ex-wife of Silvio Berlusconi, has been ordered to repay the former Italian prime minister around €60 million after a c

San Cassiano has a gourmet secret. Photo: Giuseppe Milo/Flickr Italy has a new top-rated restaurant: St. Hubertus, nestled at the foot of the Dolomite mountains, which has just been awarded a maximum three Michelin stars. St. Hubertus, r

An early police shot of Salavtore 'Toto' Riina. Photo: public domain via Adri08/Wikimedia Commons. Former "boss of bosses" Toto Riina, one of the most feared godfathers in the history of the Sicilian mafia, died early on Friday after battling can

Salvator Mundi on display at Christie's New York, where the painting will be auctioned on November 15th. Photo: Tolga Akmen/AFP. Could Leonardo Da Vinci’s “male Mona Lisa” come to Italy, half a millennium after the Italian master completed it?

Gian Piero Ventura is blamed for Italy's World Cup flop. Photo: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP. Gian Piero Ventura defended "one of the best records in 40 years" on Wednesday, as he refused to resign as Italy coach despite failing to lead the four-time cham

The Vespa Elettrica will be available to order from 2018. Photo: Miguel Medina/AFP. More than 70 years after Italy’s iconic scooter was bo , the Vespa is getting its most radical update yet. Piaggio, the Pisa-based maker of Italy’s most

Italy's football fans are in mou ing after Monday night's match in Milan. Photo: Piero Cruciatti/AFP. Italians are still reeling from the Azzurri’s failure to make the 2018 World Cup, the first time in 60 years that Italy hasn’t qualified. &#1

Here end Italy's 2018 World Cup hopes. Photo: Tiziana Fabi/AFP. Italy is picking through the wreckage after the national team failed to qualify for the World Cup for the first time since 1958. Here are five things that led to the Azzurr

Italian schools can let children walk home alone without fear of legal repercussions, after the senate approved an amendment to a law that said they had to be picked up by an adult. Under-14s will require written permission from their p

Chef Antonino Cannavacciuolo smells a white truffle. Photo: Marco Bertorello/AFP. A lot of around 850 grammes of white truffles was sold for €75,000 ($87,500) in a top Italian auction on Sunday. The buyer, from Hong Kong, placed their wi

Venice's tourist hotspots have been accused of ripping off visitors. Photo: Miguel Medina/AFP. The mayor of Venice has criticized visitors who complain that the city is too expensive, accusing them of being cheap. “You’re welcome but yo