Interior Minister Angelino Alfano said Italy would continue to take a hard-line approach against terrorism. Photo: Andreas SolaroA 29-year-old man was deported on Monday on charges of being an aspiring fighter for the Isis extremist group. Farook Aftab, a warehouse worker from Pakistan, allegedly pl...

The kitchens at the Fullonica di Stephanus. Photo: Archaeological Superintendency of PompeiiThe ancient Roman kitchens of a Pompeii launderette have once again been kitted out with pots and pans as part of a new project that is trying to give visitors a sense of what day-to-day life in the city was ...

Pope Francis has created a special commission to study the possibility of women becoming deacons. Photo: AFPPope Francis on Tuesday appointed a special commission to study the possibility of women becoming deacons in a potentially historic opening on a vexed issue for the Catholic Church. The 13-mem...

More than 3,000 migrants have died at sea while trying to reach either Greece or Italy since the start of this year. Photo: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFPSome 1,800 migrants were rescued from waters off Libya on Monday, lifting the total picked up to 8,300 over five days, according to the Italian coastguard wh...

The unidentified woman died in a hospital in Vienna after being admitted on her way home from Krakow, where Pope Francis celebrated mass on Sunday with over 1.5 million pilgrims. Photo: Janek Skarzyns AFP · 2 Aug 2016, 08:13 Published: 02 Aug 2016 08:13 GMT+02:00 An Italian woman died on Monday from...

The US airstrikes were carried out on the Isis-stronghold of Sirte. Photo: Mahmud Turkia/AFPUS warplanes on Monday carried out air strikes on positions of the Islamic State jihadist group in its Libyan stronghold of Sirte for the first time, the country's unity gove ment announced. "The first Americ...

What's it like to live in Jordan? The Local spoke with American Wendy Guyot, who moved to Amman last year, to find out. ”My favourite time of day in Amman, no matter what season, is sunset,” Wendy Guyot tells The Local. The Portland-native been living in Jordan since autumn last year, so she's witne...

Jordan has always captured the attention of adventurers. The ancient kingdom has been inhabited since before the Bronze Age, and helped shape the stories of Roman emperors, Lawrence of Arabia, and Moses just to name a few. But it's a favourite of mode thrill-seekers and history nerds as well. “Jorda...

Donald Trump and Silvio Berlusconi have much in common: Photos: Ethan Miller/AFP (L) and Tiziana Fabi/AFP (R)Many people didn't take Silvio Berlusconi seriously - but he was elected Italy's prime minister three times. Could the same be about to happen in the US? One of the great things about living ...

Salar de Uyuni is the world's largest salt flats area, and Bolivia's top tourist attraction. Photo: PROErik Duinkerken AFP · 1 Aug 2016, 08:02 Published: 01 Aug 2016 08:02 GMT+02:00 Five tourists from Belgium, Italy and Peru were killed in a car crash at Bolivia's famous salt flats, the Salar de Uyu...

More than 89,000 people, most from sub-Saharan Africa, have arrived in Italy by sea since the start of the year. Photo: Giovanni Isolino/AFPThe Italian coastguard said the bodies of five migrants were recovered from the Mediterranean on Sunday, while more than 6,500 people had been rescued off Libya...

Italy's gove ment, led by Matteo Renzi, has not been able to intervene directly with public money due to huge public debt. Photo: Tiziana Fabi/AFPBrexit has triggered a financial chain reaction that has also exposed the problems of the Italian banking system. The UK’s decision to leave the EU made i...

The final festivities were attended by "between 2.5 and 3 million people.* Photo: AFPPope Francis celebrated mass Sunday with over 2.5 million pilgrims in a vast sun-drenched field, wrapping up an emotionally charged trip to Poland which took him to Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz. High-spirited t...

Francis entered the camp on foot, walking slowly in his white robe beneath the notorious gate at Auschwitz bearing the cynical words "Arbeit Macht Frei" (Work will set you free). Photo: AFPPope Francis paid a sombre visit to the Nazi death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau on Friday, becoming the third con...

Italy became the last major country in Europe to recognize same-sex civil unions in May. Photo: Andreas Solaro/AFP AFP · 29 Jul 2016, 14:43 Published: 29 Jul 2016 14:43 GMT+02:00 Italy's long-awaited, much-disputed law allowing gay civil unions took effect Friday after it was published in an officia...

The ancient headquarters of Monte dei Paschi di Siena. Photo:Carlo Hermann/AFPShares in Monte Paschi di Siena (BMPS) soared on the Milan stock exchange Friday, boosted by a possible new lifeline tabled by a veteran Italian banker and Swiss giant UBS. The stock of BMPS, the world's oldest bank which ...

Italy's Interiror Minister, Angelino Alfano. Photo: Alberto Pizzoli/AFPItaly's Interior Minister Angelino Alfano on Thursday told Parliament that 35 Islamists had been expelled from the country so far in 2016. "Since January 1st, 2015, we have expelled 106 people, carried out checks on 106,000 terro...

Energy giant Enel revised its 2016 profit estimates upwards on Thursday. Photo: Filippo Monteforte/AFPItalian energy giant Enel on Thursday revised upwards its profit forecast for 2016 after first-half net profit remained stable despite a sharp fall in revenue. Group net profit from January to June ...

The Golden Lion is the top price at Venice's annual film festival. Photo: Alberto Pizzoli/AFPA battalion of Hollywood heavyweights will lead a US invasion of next month's Venice film festival, the organizers announced on Thursday. Six big-name American films led by Mel Gibson's "Hacksaw Ridge" about...

Cars are not allowed to enter Venice. Photo: Screengrab/La Nuova VeneziaA pair of tourists created havoc in Venice earlier this week as they tried to drive their rented car along the Grand Canal. After taking their blue Fiat Panda over a pedestrian bridge and 200 metres up the Grand Canal, the haple...