Italy has been condemned by the European court of human rights for its role in the 2003 abduction of a radical Egyptian imam by the CIA, in a legal decision that serves as a stark reminder of the role US allies played in the illegal Bush-era counter-terrorism programme.
Italian president Sergio Mattarella has effectively pardoned a former CIA agent convicted of involvement in the kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric as part of a controversial US programme that kidnapped suspects for interrogation.
Italy’s No. 1 fugitive, convicted Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, was arrested on Monday at a private clinic in Palermo, Sicily, after 30 years on the run, Italian paramilitary police said. Messina Denaro was captured at the clinic where he was receiving treatment for an undisclosed medical condition, said Carabinieri Gen. Pasquale Angelosanto, who heads…
DetailsROME – Italy’s second most sought-after fugitive, a convicted ‘ndrangheta crime syndicate boss feared as a “merciless killer,” was captured Sunday as he slept in his bed in a hideout in the rugged Calabrian mountains, police and prosecutors said.
THIS stunning sports journalist has blasted hackers who posted nude pictures of her online which they nicked from her iCloud.
The president of the Italian Football Federation said he has “nothing against” Jews and gays, but that he prefers to keep such people at a distance.
ROME – Elio Toaff, the long-time chief rabbi of Rome who helped guide the recovery of the city’s Jewish community in the wake of World War II and who was key in ushering in a period of closer ties with Roman Catholics, died Sunday in Rome 11 days short of his 100th birthday.
Italian police said Thursday that 15 African Muslim migrants have been arrested after witnesses said the refugees threw 12 Christians into the Mediterranean following a brawl.
In 2012, Israel agreed to buy 30 training jets from the Italian air force. The last plane was delivered a year ago.
MEXICO CITY – An Italian who faces more than five years behind bars in his homeland for drug trafficking was apprehended in the Caribbean resort city of Playa del Carmen, the Mexican Attorney General’s Office said on Friday.
