Nick Squires

Italian authorities are investigating allegations that young women, including at least one from Britain, were molested by gangs of men carrying Palestinian and other flags on New Year's Eve.

Small, often isolated communities such as Morterone, Italy's smallest village, are most affected by a falling birth rate - PIER MARCO TACCA/GETTY IMAGES

Hundreds of Italian towns and villages had no new babies in 2023 amid an exodus of young people and an ageing population

A larger, more venomous, longer-fanged species of one of the world's deadliest spiders has been discovered by scientists in Australia.

Migrants are fleeing Russia and Belarus in search of a better life in the European Union at an accelerated rate, according to the bloc's border protection agency.

Elon Musk was instrumental in securing the release of a young Italian journalist who was jailed in Iran on trumped up charges, it was reported on Thursday.

A private spa complex belonging to a member of the ancient Roman super elite complete with enormous plunge pool and hot baths has been discovered by archaeologists in Pompeii

A British expatriate has confessed to killing his partner at their home in an Italian hilltop town, claiming that he lost his temper in reaction to her “obsessive jealousy”.

Michael Whitbread claims Michele Faierson subjected him to ‘daily verbal and physical oppression’, but apologises in court for killing her

The Pope has condemned Donald Trump's plans to embark on the mass rounding-up and deportation of illegal immigrants as “a disgrace”.