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Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj, head of the U.N.-backed Government of National Accord (GNA), warned on Tuesday that 800,000 more migrants could be driven into Europe unless the assault on Tripoli by warlord Khalifa Haftar ends soon.

Statistics by the Italian police have shown that around one-fifth of the total arrests made last year in Italy were of foreigners.

Establishment news website Politico has ranked Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini and Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage as the top two MEPs who mattered in 2014 to 2019.

The founder and president of a major Italian NGO operating in Africa has been arrested after allegedly sexually abusing a young boy in Togo.

The crosses on graves in an Italian cemetery in Pieve di Cento were covered with black cloth so as not to offend those who may come from another religion.

Turkey “will never be in Europe”, Matteo Salvini has vowed, launching plans for an EU which “recognises [national] identity and culture” rather than one shaped around the demands of business and finance.

MILAN (AP) — France’s interior minister says some aid groups operating in the Mediterranean Sea sometimes act like accomplices to human traffickers.

European Parliament president Antonio Tajani has expressed anxiety over a new migrant crisis in Libya, due to the prospect of the current government being toppled by a powerful general.

Italy’s Catholic bishops have continued bashing the populist government’s immigration program, despite its demonstrated success in diminishing migrant deaths at sea.

Police have arrested two Nigerian migrant women in the Italian city of Genoa after a newborn boy died as a result of an attempted home circumcision. The mother and grandmother of the newborn attempted to circumcise him inside an apartment

The head of migrant transport NGO “Mediterranea Saving Humans” Luca Casarini has been interrogated by Italian officials who are investigating his organisation for abetting illegal migration.

A Moroccan migrant has admitted to murdering Italian man Stefano Leo, claiming that he wanted to kill someone “young, white and Italian.”

Germany’s Foreign Minister has branded Brexit a ‘big shitshow’ in an anti-populist, pro-EU speech ahead of the European elections.

The Italian Senate passed the new legitimate defence bill this week, liberalising the previous self-defence code and allowing citizens more options to protect their homes from burglars and other intruders.

Italy’s populist Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini has called for the “chemical castration” of three men who allegedly filmed themselves raping a 19-year-old American tourist in Catania.

VERONA — Organizers of the massive World Congress on the Family, which begins Friday in Verona, Italy, are optimistic that people’s perceptions on the family are changing all over the world, with renewed appreciation for the importance of traditional marriage and the centrality of the family for civilization.

Busloads of leftist agitators are descending on the northern Italian city of Verona to protest the year’s largest international pro-family event, scheduled to take place March 29-31.

A tanker hijacked by migrants it picked up in the Mediterranean has docked in the tiny island nation of Malta following a special forces operation. 

Italian police have connected a parish priest to a forgery operation that saw over a thousand Brazilians illegally buy Italian citizenship papers in a business worth five million euros.

Following the suspension of his Fidesz party from the European People’s Party group, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has set his sights on an alliance with Italian populist Interior minister Matteo Salvini. Prime Minister Orban spoke of the Italian populist coalition government

Italian far-left terrorist Cesare Battisti has confessed to the four murders he was convicted of before he fled the country 37 years ago to escape justice. Batistti admitted to the killings during an interrogation with public prosecutor Alberto Nobili at

MILAN (AP) – Italy’s centre-right, led by Matteo Salvini’s League, has wrested control of the small southern region of Basilicata from the centre-left Democratic Party that ran the regional government for nearly a quarter of a century.

ROME (AP) – Italy signed a memorandum of understanding with China on Saturday supporting Beijing’s “Belt and Road” initiative, which aims to weave a network of ports, bridges and power plants linking China with Africa, Europe and beyond.

Senegalese-background Ousseynou Sy, who attempted to light 51 Italian schoolchildren on fire this week, says he felt no remorse and would do the act again a hundred times over.

The European Union has decided to get a little tougher with China, although its members are divided on exactly what that means. The international organization apparently wishes to curtail Chinese political influence without unduly interfering with anyone’s ability to take Chinese money.

A 47-year-old man from Senegal was arrested in Italy after setting a bus of school children on fire, claiming he was seeking revenge for migrants who have died at sea. A total of 51 children were aboard the bus when

Italy’s Lega (League) party has doubled in popularity since its election victory a year ago, according to a nationwide poll Monday.

Italian populist Interior Minister Matteo Salvini’s upcoming attendance at a pro-family congress has provoked criticism from members of the Five Star Movement and potential conflict in their ruling coalition. The Lega leader announced he would be attending the World Congress of

French populist leader Marine Le Pen squared off against former Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi, slamming the him on Brexit and his term as PM.

Sea-Eye, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) which ferried migrants to Europe, has claimed that despite a three-week search off the coast of Libya, they were unable to find a single migrant to “rescue” before returning to port in Mallorca.

A German tourist visiting Italy may have severe brain damage after falling off a cliff in an alleged attempt to avoid being raped by an illegal migrant from North Africa.

Pressure is mounting against Italian Prime Minister Guiseppe Conte to refrain from signing aboard China’s Belt and Road infrastructure project next week when Chinese President Xi Jinping visits Italy. Beyond the political ramifications of Italy aligning itself with China, and perhaps finding itself on the business end of Chinese debt colonialism, analysts warn Conte has not fully considered the financial aspects of the arrangement.

European Parliament President Antonio Tajani apologized Thursday for remarks interpreted as praise for Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and insisted he is “a committed anti-fascist.”

A 37-year-old Nigerian migrant was arrested in the Italian city of Parma after allegedly sexually abusing an eight-year-old girl in the bathroom of his shop.

Total births in the European Union’s 28 member states in 2017 has fallen from the year before, while first-time mothers are now almost 30.

A group of men and women religious from the southern Italian regions of Sicily and Calabria have condemned measures adopted by interior minister Matteo Salvini to curb illegal immigration into the country.