The alleged Berlin terror attack suspect was seen outside Milan central station hours before being killed in police shootout. Photo: Italian policeItalian police have released an image of the Berlin attack suspect Anis Amri at Milan's central train station hours before he was killed in a shootout. T...

Hard on the heels of stoking anger over plans to open a restaurant in the Vatican, McDonald's has filed a $20-million lawsuit against Florence for blocking a proposed outlet in the city's most revered square. The US fast-food chain told AFP Monday it was claiming 17.8 million euros ($19.65 million) ...

A grieving family was forced to halt a funeral in southe Italy when it emerged that they were about to bury the wrong man. The mix-up took place in Quarto, Naples, and almost went unnoticed. Saverio Baiano, 46, died after an accident at work, when he fell from the roof of a building in late October....

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Photo: Mandel Ngan Brendan Smialowski / AFPThe eyes of the world will be on the US election tonight. But how best to follow it from Italy? We've rounded up the best ways to keep up with the latest news as we move towards the final announcement. The first polls begin...

Father Giovanni Cavalcoli is known for his hardline views. Photo: YoutubeAn Italian priest has said the recent earthquakes that have shaken the country, killing hundreds and leaving tens of thousands homeless, were "divine punishment" for gay civil unions, ea ing the Vatican's wrath. Father Giovanni...

Ghat, where the men were captured, is a historic trading post in the Sahara. Photo: duimdog/Wikimedia CommonsTwo Italians and a Canadian who were kidnapped in the south of conflict-to Libya in September have been released and flown to Italy "in good health", the Italian gove ment announced Saturday....

Migrants and refugees wait for further assistance from the Topaz Responder ship. Photo: Andreas Solaro/AFPTen bodies were recovered on Saturday from a rubber dinghy off the Libyan coast, the Italian coastguard said, adding that 2,200 other migrants were rescued during the day. Sixteen rescue operati...

A small town in Cremona, northe Italy, has called in a team of ghostbusters to suss out any spooky goings-on in the town's public buildings. Of particular interest to the Italian Society of Paranormal Research, also known as Silent, was Ostiano's local theatre, which is housed in a 16th century-cast...

The incident occurred at a Miami hotel pool. File photo: Prayito/FlickrA man from Basilicata has been charged with aggravated fraud after it emerged that, while on paid leave for 'serious family reasons', he was instead making a po ographic movie in Miami. Named only as SV, the man had his cover blo...

Luca Alessandrini with the violin. Photo: London & PartnersAn Italian student's violin using spider silk was the winning entry in an award for innovation in London, celebrating the work of inte ational students in the English capital. Luca Alessandrini, a post graduate student at Imperial College Lo...

The Inte ational Organization for Migration says the smugglers are getting better organised. Photo: Andreas Solaro / AFPOctober marked a record monthly high in the number of migrants arriving in Italy in recent years, with over 27,000 people reaching its shores. Italy's interior ministry released fi...

The woman disappeared shortly after checking in by the peak on Monday. Photo: Alberto Pizzoli / AFPThe body of a missing young German woman was found Saturday on the slopes of Gran Sasso, the highest peak in central Italy, according to media reports citing local police. The woman, identified as 27-y...

A photo taken on October 28, 2016 shows a pile of rubble next to a damaged car in the "red zone", an area cordoned off for safety reasons, in Camerino. Photo: Alberto Pizzoli / AFPItaly's most powerful earthquake in 36 years stuck the country's mountainous centre Sunday, panicking shell-shocked resi...

File photo of a Catholic rosary. Photo: AFPA Sicilian priest and a soldier have been arrested for sexual abuse, which they carried out under the guise of spiritual 'healing', local media reported on Friday. The pair, both based in Palermo, used the pretext of liberating victims from demonic possessi...

A boat carrying migrants off Libya pictured earlier this month. File photo: Aris Messinis/AFPArmed men have attacked a boat carrying migrants off Libya, leaving at least four dead and 15 missing, German NGO Sea-Watch said on Friday. The assailants arrived aboard a vessel with Libyan coastguard insig...

The al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City. Photo: Ahmad Gharabli/AFPItaly's Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi, on Friday described a UNESCO resolution condemning Israel's actions in east Jerusalem as "incomprehensible and unacceptable" and said his officials should have voted against it. Italy ...

The man had posted a photo of an Islamic State beheading on Facebook. Library photo: Pascal Pochard- Casabianca/AFPItalian police on Sunday arrested a man suspected of being an Isis sympathiser who was found to have a collection of home-made explosive devices and detonators. Italy's interior ministr...

Roberto Saviano, pictured last year. Photo: Tiziana Fabi/AFP"Gommorah" writer Roberto Saviano on Monday marked 10 years living under police protection by telling the mafia bosses who want him dead: "I'm still alive, you did not succeed." The award-winning Italian jou alist has lived under guard sinc...

Banco Popolare di Milano. Giuseppe Cacace/AFPBanco Popolare and BPM shareholders voted on Saturday to merge the two banks under an accord that will create Italy's third-largest lender and consolidate the country's troubled banking sector. As expected, the "yes" vote won easily at Banco Popolare, wit...

Matteo Renzi at a meeting on renewables in June. Photo: Filippo Monteforte/AFPItaly's Matteo Renzi on Saturday unveiled his 2017 budget, which he hopes will please the European Commission and win him support at home in a key referendum. The cabinet signed off on the budget, which will then be scruti...