Italian judges on Friday again denied the government’s request to hold asylum seekers in Albania while their cases are being processed, dealing another major setback to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s anti-immigration policy. It was the third ruling against the policy since Ms. Meloni’s right-wing government began carrying out the plan in October, which has become … Read more
A popular ski resort in Italy’s Roccaraso was swarmed by tourists last Sunday after a TikToker shared a video from the destination and tour companies advertised cheap day-long trips. The otherwise calm and breathtaking mountain retreat received an additional 10,000 visitors hoping for a “white weekend”. All they found were snow-scarce slopes, parking lots packed … Read more
A soldier who went missing in action during an aquatic mission in World War II has been accounted for, military officials said Tuesday. U.S. Army Pfc. Robert L. Bryant, 23, was assigned to Company B, in the 4th Ranger Battalion, as part of a group known as Darby’s Rangers, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said. … Read more
Rome: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has been placed under investigation over a government decision to release a Libyan police officer wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC). Here is the background to the case and a look at what might happen next. Who is the Libyan at the center of the scandal? Osama Elmasry … Read more
For two summers during high school, instead of joining her classmates at the beach, Noura Ghazoui had an internship at the town hall of her hometown, Borghetto Santo Spirito, on the Ligurian coast. But when she tried to apply for a job there at age 19, she found herself ineligiblebecause, like hundreds of thousands of … Read more
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy announced on Tuesday that she was being investigated by Italian prosecutors for her alleged role in aiding and abetting the release last week of a Libyan official wanted for war crimes. The case focused on the arrest and quick release by Italy of Osama Elmasry Njeem, the director of … Read more
When in Morocco, one might visit the El Badi Palace, walk the grounds of the Koutoubia Mosque or enjoy a meal of dates and chebakia at … McDonald’s? For some, dining at McDonald’s has become part of the fun of traveling abroad. With distinctive locations — a “ski-through” restaurant in Sweden, a decommissioned Douglas DC-3 … Read more
Three young African brothers drowned making the perilous central Mediterranean crossing with their parents, a German humanitarian group said Monday, after rescuing 17 people in a chaotic scene that saw survivors drifting away. Two toddler brothers died when the smugglers’ boat sank, while survivors reported that a third child had drowned earlier in their journey … Read more
Italy’s much-debated program of sending asylum seekers to Albania restarted on Sunday, the Italian Interior Ministry said, months after judges blocked the first transfers there. An Italian Navy vessel was carrying 49 people to centers Italy built in Albania, the ministry said. A ministry spokeswoman added that those being transferred had been intercepted at sea … Read more
When Italian police officers swooped into a Holiday Inn in Turin in northern Italy and arrested a guest — the director of several Libyan prisons known for their inhumane conditions — they were acting on a warrant from the International Criminal Court. The warrant against the man, Osama Elmasry Njeem, said he was suspected of … Read more