Tag: Italy
Italy tells Israel to respect rights of Italians on Gaza flotilla after attack
ROME (AP) — Italy has told Israel to respect the rights of Italians taking part in an activist…
Israeli attacks on Gaza are ‘beyond the principle of proportionality,’ Italy’s Meloni says
MILAN (AP) — Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni condemned Israeli attacks on Gaza as disproportionate on Wednesday, saying…
Three young sisters drown, dozens rescued from boat carrying migrants to Italy
MILAN (Reuters) -Three young sisters drowned when the rubber boat carrying them and dozens of other migrants got…
An Italian funeral for a Palestinian woman evacuated from Gaza becomes a call to ‘make noise’
PONTASSERCHIO, Italy (AP) — Funeral services were held Wednesday for a young Palestinian woman who died in Italy…
At least 26 migrants dead in two shipwrecks off Italy
At least 26 migrants died Wednesday when two boats sank off the coast of Italy's Lampedusa island, with…
Child dies in Italy as European heatwave sets records and sparks wildfires
A young boy died of heatstroke in Italy while wildfires threatened a UNESCO site in Spain and French…
Italy’s Mount Vesuvius, a popular tourist destination, closes over wildfire
Italian firefighters and the army on Sunday tackled a wildfire on the flanks of Mount Vesuvius, with all…
Italy grounds migrant rescue charity plane for first time under new rules
ROME (Reuters) -Italy has grounded a reconnaissance plane used by a German migrant rescue charity, in the first…
Italy greenlights plan to build world’s longest suspension bridge
Italy has given final approval to a long-delayed plan to construct the world’s longest suspension bridge, connecting the…
Italy to give final go-ahead for landmark Sicily bridge project
By Angelo AmanteROME (Reuters) -Italy's government was set on Wednesday to give the final approval to the multi-billion-euro…
Italy’s fast fashion hub becomes Chinese mafia battlefield
When Zhang Dayong lay in a pool of blood on a sidewalk in Rome after being shot six…
European plans to send asylum seekers to offshore centers in disarray after top court ruling
European countries hoping to mirror Italy’s controversial practice of sending some asylum seekers rescued at sea to overseas…