Nick Squires

Credit: TGCOM24 Italy has come up with a new weapon in its war against an invasive species of crab – an army of voracious octopuses.

Giorgia Meloni's allies have denied claims that she told Kemi Badenoch not to make an electoral pact with Reform UK.

A drug trafficker who was dubbed “the wizard of escapes” after using knotted bed sheets and a human triangle to escape from four prisons across Europe has been caught in Spain.

The “Butcher of Bosnia” Ratko Mladić has died in prison aged 83.

Muslim migrant workers in a town near Venice are threatening to go on strike after the city's mayor blocked their plans to build a large mosque.

The disgraced son of Norway's new queen will be allowed to leave house arrest despite a recent rape conviction so that he can attend the funeral of the late King Harald V

Rome: The disgraced son of Norway's new queen will be allowed to leave house arrest despite a recent rape conviction so that he can attend the funeral of the late King Harald V.

Marius Borg Høiby was found guilty of rape in June and is serving his sentence under house arrest with an ankle tag while awaiting a new trial.

A tiny volcanic island in southern Italy is to host Europe's smallest school, catering for just one pupil.

A British expatriate and his Australian wife will be reunited with their three young children, 10 months after they were removed by Italian authorities amid concerns over their off-grid lifestyle.