TEL AVIV — Glenn R. Simpson, the co-founder of the controversial opposition research firm Fusion GPS, stated in testimony it “makes sense” to him that the FBI paid for a trip to Rome by the former British spy who was contracted by Simpson’s company to produce the largely discredited 35-page anti-Trump dossier.
Students at an Italian university discovered that their math professor had a past career as a gay porn star.
A topless feminist activist allegedly tried to steal a statue of the baby Jesus from a Vatican Nativity scene in St. Peter’s Square in Rome on Monday.
ROME (AP) — Italy organized a first airlift of refugees from Libyan detention centers to Rome after coming under international criticism for helping the Libyan coast guard block migrants from leaving by boat. The Interior Ministry said the refugees were
As Hollywood wallows in ever more sordid sex scandals, an international Catholic Film Festival in Rome has awarded a series of films for their uplifting themes, artistic prowess and positive contribution to culture.
In a new biography by Keith Koffler, Breitbart News Executive Chairman Stephen K. Bannon shares his reminiscences about Edward Gibbon’s The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, calling the tome one of his six most formative influences, and comparing America’s challenges to those to which our forebearers succumbed.
On Thursday, Pope Francis celebrated Mass at an American military cemetery outside Rome on the day that Catholics set aside to pray for all the faithful departed.
ROME, Italy — A wreath of flowers, presented by Lazio president Claudio Lotito to Rome’s synagogue to apologize after photos of Anne Frank in a Roma jersey were posted during a football game, was recovered from the Tiber river on Wednesday.
A couple was allegedly physically assaulted by a Malaysian national for kissing and walking hand-in-hand near a former Islamic centre in Rome’s Esquilino quarter.
During restoration works in the Roman church of Santa Maria in Cappella, workers have found several ancient pots that supposedly contain bone fragments from four early Christian martyrs and from four of the first popes, including St. Peter the Apostle.
ROME (AP) — Rome authorities are looking into whether buildings confiscated from the mafia can be used to house migrants, a move that comes after police were criticized for the violent clashes that erupted as they tried to evacuate a
Police in Rome removed a hundred migrants from a public square Thursday after they set up camp to protest the lack of housing for asylum seekers.
Ministers in Italy have accused the EU of turning its back on them as the migrant crisis threatens to unravel “the social and democratic fabric” of the country — and Libyan leaders are warning of terrorists amongst those making the journey.
Morrissey has canceled several concert dates in Italy after alleging that a police officer in Rome pulled a gun on him in a “deliberate act of terror.”
ROME (AP) — Exit polls early Monday indicated that center-right forces, including an anti-immigrant party, were headed to victory in several key mayoral runoffs, two weeks after a first round of voting saw most populist candidates eliminated in all big
The Mayor of Rome has called for a suspension of migration into Italy’s capital after what she called “a continued influx of foreign citizens” has left the city unable to provide further accommodation.
President Donald Trump is apparently receiving high marks for his foreign diplomacy. Rasmussen shows an upswing in the president’s approval ratings as he travels to various hot spots around the globe to advance his foreign policy goals.
The Trump White House celebrated the president’s successful foreign trip so far, as a senior administration official visited the press cabin of Air Force One to trumpet their success. “I think this trip was a big success because it was
Pope Francis has shown special support to the pro-life movement this week, first by underscoring the inviolability of human embryos and later, by sending his apostolic blessing to Italy’s annual March for Life.
Italian police are investigating a possible attack in Rome Friday morning after two small explosions were apparently detonated outside a post office.
An Italian TV reporter and her cameraman were assaulted during a live broadcast whilst covering the living conditions of African migrants hoping to break into northern Europe in search of higher welfare payments.
WASHINGTON – In an appeal for religious tolerance and unity against the scourge of radicalization, US President Donald Trump has chosen to travel to Riyadh, Jerusalem and Rome on his first presidential trip overseas, senior administration officials confirmed on Thursday.
President Trump met with Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni in the Oval Office last Thursday and cemented a crucial and long-lasting bilateral relationship, with a key European ally.
In a stunning blow to free enterprise, an Italian court has banned Uber from using its apps or advertising its services throughout Italy, following violent protests from the powerful taxi union.
A new study on the recent fact-checking trend to separate “fake news” from real reporting found that in the majority of cases, the fact-checkers are just as subject to bias as the news they evaluate.
The Italian intelligence agency has warned the country’s lawmakers that an attack from Islamic State is likely and Rome is the most probable target for the radical Islamist group.
ROME (AFP) – An Italian hospital’s decision to hire two medics to perform abortions has sparked a Catholic backlash in a country where most doctors refuse to terminate pregnancies, often for religious reasons. Abortion has been legal in Italy since 1978 under
Italian police spent Monday combing through surveillance video footage in an effort to apprehend the culprits behind the hundreds of anti-pope posters that were plastered around Rome over the weekend.
Having not yet recovered from the severe earthquakes of recent months, central Italy was struck by ten earthquakes in succession over a four-hour period Wednesday, all of them registering over 4.0 on the Richter Scale.
After a series of terror threats and acts of vandalism, Rome authorities are considering proposals to create a video-monitored buffer zone around its most iconic monument: the Colosseum.
