Italy
Italian truck drivers' fuel, cost-of-living protest puts country's pasta production at risk
The protest, which began last week with the blocking of roads, motorways, and ports in Sicily and southern Italy, is causing wider disruption, including supermarket shortages and gas station lines.
As France erupts, Europe's far right gains from fuel-price anger ahead of elections
Italian police detain nearly 300 people as stores looted, vandalized in weekend Milan protests
Paris's cost of living protests spiral into France's worst violence, riots in decades
Meloni decries violent demonstrations as Italian police clash with protesters in Milan, Bologna
The clashes echoed the violence in neighboring France, where tens of thousands of people took to the streets on Saturday in some of the country's most violent protests in years.
Italy investigating Katz, other senior officials over alleged torture of Gaza flotilla activists
Investigators opened the probe after complaints from 50 Italian citizens who were detained by Israeli authorities following two Global Sumud Flotilla missions.
Italian intelligence suggest link between Palestinian terrorists, Sicilian mafia
The investigation draws on intelligence reports, judicial records, and historical documents describing networks extending from Lebanon and Syria to Sicily and Rome.
Jewish teachers cancel Italy trip over ‘antisemitic pressure’
American organizers, the Paradigm Project, said they canceled the trip, citing safety concerns amid the scrutiny of the Jewish school educators’ personal profiles by pro-Palestinian activists.
Pope Leo had lobe of lung removed as doctors found cancer, Vatican says
The Vatican confirmed that Pope Leo has lung cancer following surgery to remove part of his right lung. Doctors said more information is needed to determine the cancer's stage and prognosis.
Pope Leo announces upcoming surgery for small growth on lung
Leo told pilgrims in St. Peter's Square for his weekly Sunday prayer that the growth was "well-contained" and caught at an early stage.
Italy deports two foreign nationals suspected of attacking Milan Chabad emissary
Walker Meghnagi, head of Milan's Jewish community, welcomed the deportations, calling the move "wonderful news."
At least 75 pro-Palestinian protests planned worldwide on Oct. 7 anniversary, many deemed high risk
The Ministry for Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism released data on the pro-Palestinian demonstrations and anti-Israel events, with a number of them being classified as high-risk events.
Italy's antisemitism definition vote draws staunch criticism despite no criminal provisions
Italy's Senate passed the bill adopting the IHRA definition into Italian law by a vote of 105–24, with 21 abstentions, on March 4, 2026. The bill is now in general debate in the Chamber of Deputies.
Italian prisoner accused of Hamas financing appears in video sermon praising Gaza fighters
Palestiniana activist Riyad Albustanji gave a sermon from his high-security cell in Sardinia's Bancali prison in Sassari with terminology that Italy's Il Giornale says resembled terror groups'.
