Italian Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, who was one of the country's most wanted men until his capture earlier this year, has died.
The 61-year-old was thought to be a boss of the notorious Cosa Nostra Mafia and spent 30 years on the run before he (...)
Red alerts for extreme heat are in place in most of Italy's main cities as a heatwave intensifies in Europe.
Temperatures are expected to peak on Wednesday, with 23 cities on high alert - from Trieste in the north-east to Messina in the (...)
The Italian coastguard is carrying out two large-scale operations to rescue around 1,200 migrants from overcrowded boats off the coast of Sicily.
About 800 people are traveling on one of the fishing boats, while around 400 are on another.
The (...)
A coded note hidden inside a chair leg helped lead to the arrest of Italy's most-wanted Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, a warrant shows.
Police found the note during a covert operation at his sister Rosalia's house — one month before his arrest in (...)
In a major upset, European champions Italy have failed in their bid to reach the World Cup... again.
They were beaten 1-0 by North Macedonia in a play-off semi-final to qualify for the tournament, which takes place in Qatar from 21 (...)
Hundreds of migrants landed on the Italian island of Lampedusa in the Mediterranean on Sunday after fleeing Libya and Tunisia.
At least 18 small ships bearing more than 600 people in total arrived on the small island south of Sicily.
In addition, (...)
A boat carrying hundreds of migrants arrived at an Italian island port on Monday evening.
Officials said there were 686 migrants aboard the boat which was escorted into port on the island of Lampedusa by the coast guard.
Work to transfer the (...)
Italian and US police have launched a coordinated crackdown on a Sicilian Mafia family that was seeking to rebuild its power base after years of exile in the United States, Italian investigators said on Wednesday.
More than 200 police, including (...)
An Italian court ruled on Friday that an Eritrean man extradited from Sudan in 2016 was the victim of mistaken identity and dismissed allegations that he was a ruthless, human-trafficking kingpin.
However, the judges said Medhanie Tesfamariam Berhe (...)
seeded Flavia Pennetta of Italy has secured a comfortable straight-sets win over Kathrin Woerle to advance to the second round of the Palermo Open.
The defending champion beat her German opponent 6-3, 6-1 Tuesday. Second-seeded Aravane Rezai of (...)
An Italian Navy patrol boat recovered
Friday the bodies of seven would-be immigrants in Libyan territorial
waters of the Mediterranean Sea, according to dpa.
The find, brought to 12 the number of people believed to have
drowned in a shipwreck (...)
At least 10 people were killed and 14 injured when their Tunisair charter flight crashed into the sea near Sicily on Saturday after reporting a technical fault, emergency services said.
The chief magistrate on the island off Italy's southern tip (...)
