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Italy break jinx to end Spain’s long European reign

PARIS: Italy broke a 22-year hoodoo to end Spain's bid for a record third successive… Read More

Passenger films ‘near death experience’ as plane catches fire

ROME: Flames erupted in an Italy-bound plane risking lives of 241 people on board. In… Read More

Women power leaves Italy’s Renzi reeling

ROME: Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi was left reeling Monday after stinging local election reverses… Read More

Euro 2016: Eder fires Italy into last 16

TOULOUSE: Brazil-born striker Eder overcame an otherwise patchy performance to hit a cracking late winner… Read More

Walk on water at Italian lake ‘Floating Piers’ installation

ROME: Ever fancied walking on water? Well now you can, thanks to Bulgarian-born artist Christo's… Read More

Euro 2016: Italians ready for Ibrahimovic and Sweden

MONTPELLIER: He terrorised opposition defences in Serie A for seven seasons but Zlatan Ibrahimovic will face… Read More

Italy’s Osteria Francescana named world’s best restaurant

NEW YORK: Osteria Francescana ascended to the top of the annual ranking of world's best… Read More

Italy sink Belgium 2-0 in Euro 2016 encounter

LYON: A superbly-executed strategy by coach Antonio Conte helped Italy to a deserved 2-0 win… Read More

Eritrean extradited to Italy denies being human trafficker

ROME: An Eritrean man extradited to Italy from Sudan this week and accused of being… Read More

Top human smuggler arrested in Sudan, extradited to Italy

ROME: An Eritrean suspected of controlling a migrant trafficking network responsible for shipping thousands of… Read More

Italian marine arrives home after four years in custody in India

ROME: An Italian marine who Indian prosecutors accuse of murdering two fishermen during an anti-piracy… Read More

700 migrants feared dead in Mediterranean this week: UNHCR

ROME: Up to 700 migrants are feared to have drowned in deadly shipwrecks off the coast… Read More

World’s longest rail tunnel sees light at end of decades’ wait

GENEVA: When Swiss engineer Carl Eduard Gruner came up with the idea to build the world's… Read More

Italy says migrant boat capsized, several feared dead

ROME: A migrant boat capsized in the Mediterranean on Thursday and while about 100 passengers… Read More

5 dead as migrant boat flips off Libya coast: Italian Navy

ROME: A large wooden fishing boat overcrowded with migrants capsized off the coast of Libya,… Read More

Pakistani jailed in Italy over terror threats

ROME: A Milan court on Wednesday sentenced a Pakistani and a Tunisian to six years in… Read More

Christopher Columbus letter dated 1493 returns to Italy

ROME: A stolen letter dating from 1493 in which Christopher Columbus describes his trip to the… Read More

Italy set to double baby bonus to fight birth rate ‘apocalypse’

ROME: Italy's health minister is proposing doubling a 'baby bonus' incentive for couples to have… Read More

Chinese consortium offers to buy AC Milan soccer club

ROME: An unknown Chinese consortium has offered to buy AC Milan soccer club owned by… Read More

Italy says happy 70th birthday to iconic scooter

MILAN: Design classic and symbol of the "dolce vita", the Vespa turns 70 this weekend… Read More