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Italy Delays Citizenship Rights Bill Under Migrant Pressure
Italy's government has delayed a parliamentary vote on a citizenship rights bill as tensions rise over the number of...
Italy Threatens To BAN Migrant Vessels Amid ‘unsustainable’ Influx
Italy has threatened to close its ports to aid groups rescuing migrants off Libya's coast as it struggles to cope with...
Italy Arrests Nigerian Torturer Dubbed ‘Rambo’
A Nigerian human trafficker known as "Rambo" has been arrested in Italy on charges of torturing and killing migrants...
Fresh Med Shipwreck Horror On World Refugee Day
Nearly 2,000 people are believed to have drowned trying to cross the Mediterranean this year, the UN's refugee agency...
Nearly 130 Migrants Feared Dead In Mediterranean After Shipwreck
At least 126 migrants were feared dead after their boat sank off the coast of Libya while trying to make the perilous...
Migrants Dice With Death On Flimsy Boats and In the Desert
Maria gave smugglers all her family savings and crossed three countries and the searing Libyan desert, but when she...
Trump’s Tweets Entertain and Confound
President Donald Trump's cryptic tweet of a non-existent word -- "covfefe" -- sparked a flood of humor and ridicule on...
‘We Locked Ourselves In’
It is not an experience he's keen to repeat but Carmelo Cuzzolino is resigned to the inevitable as stretched resources...
UN Chief Guterres Says Climate Deal Is Essential
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said it is "absolutely essential" that the world unite to combat the threat...
New Trump Attack On Germany Widens Transatlantic Rift
The transatlantic diplomatic rift widened on Tuesday as US President Donald Trump responded to criticism from...
France’s Macron Set For ‘tough’ Talks With Putin Near Paris
French President Emmanuel Macron will shortly hold talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin near Paris, amid...
Nigeria’s Buhari Absent On Second Anniversary As President
Nigeria's ailing president was glaringly absent on Monday as his deputy marked their two years in power, with no word...
Macron Hosts Putin In Latest Diplomatic Test
French President Emmanuel Macron hosts Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Monday in their first meeting since he...
Europe Can’t Rely On US and UK
Europe can no longer "completely depend" on the US and UK following the election of President Trump and Brexit, German...
Trump Keeps World Waiting On Paris Deal
Donald Trump has said he will decide whether to pull out of a key climate change deal in the next week, having...
Trump, Feted and Chided Abroad, Returns To Uncertainty At Home
Trump, feted and chided abroad, returns to uncertainty at home Swinging over the green Ionian sea Saturday, his first...
Trump Isolated Over Paris Climate Change Deal
Leaders of the G7 group of rich nations have failed to agree a statement on climate change. Six world leaders...
Africa, So Close Yet So Far From G7 Summit
It's a powerful symbol: Seven of the world's richest countries gathered in Sicily, a Mediterranean island on whose...
Trump’s ‘home Run’ Tour Leaves Allies Bewildered
Donald Trump's first trip overseas was supposed to be about building bridges and clarifying his administration's...