The Italian regions of Puglia and Emilia-Romagna break off relations with Israel in protest over the Netanyahu government's killing of civilians in Gaza.

The mayor of Florence slammed the looming closure of the city's US consulate as part of a major overhaul of the state department by the Trump administration.

Rome police stopped a German tourist cruising down a street on a rented electric scooter with the marble base of a Roman column between his feet.

Pope Leo XIV, at the conclusion of his first general audience, renewed his appeal for humanitarian aid to reach Gaza, and called for an end to hostilities.

Political debate mounts in Italy ahead of five pivotal referendums, including a landmark vote on easing the nation's strict citizenship rules, on 8-9 June.

Italy's Lucio Corsi, with his song Volevo essere un duro, came in fifth place at the 2025 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest held in Basel on Saturday.

A Rome court has rejected an appeal by descendants of Italy's former royal family to reclaim crown jewels which have been kept in a bank vault since 1946.

Italy is to expand its travel rules to allow pet owners to take larger dogs with them on board flights, in the cabin, the Italian transport ministry said.

The papal conclave, the solemn and secretive process in which cardinals convene to choose a successor to Pope Francis, gets underway in the Vatican today.

Work got underway in the Vatican on Friday morning to mount a chimney over the Sistine Chapel ahead of the conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis.

This year marks the 400th anniversary of St Isidore's College, an Irish Franciscan landmark and Ireland's national church in Rome, founded by Luke Wadding.

Pope Francis, who died on Monday aged 88, is to be buried in the Rome Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore following his funeral at Saint Peter's on Saturday.