President Donald Trump says the leaders of Russia and Ukraine have agreed to his request for a three-day ceasefire and an exchange of prisoners.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has urged European allies to move beyond rhetoric and take concrete action against Iran, even as he sought to repair strained ties with Italy and the Vatican.

The Vatican says the “need to work tirelessly in favor of peace” was discussed in talks with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Punk group Pussy Riot and Ukraine's FEMEN feminist organization have swarmed the Russian pavilion at the Venice Biennale, protesting outside the venue and releasing colored smoke.

President Donald Trump is renewing his criticism of Pope Leo XIV.

Italian auto racing champion-turned-Paralympic gold medalist Alex Zanardi has died at 59.

Venice’s La Fenice opera house is cutting ties with incoming music director Beatrice Venezi.

France and the U.K. have welcomed the announcement by Iran and the U.S. that the Strait of Hormuz is open.

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni's relationship with U.S. President Donald Trump appears strained.

Two U.S. families have gone to Italy's highest court to challenge a law limiting citizenship claims to Italian descendants removed by more than two generations.

Hungarian election winner Péter Magyar says he would talk to Russian President Vladimir Putin but won't initiate contact.

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is the rare European leader seeking President Donald Trump's approval.

U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened Iran over his Monday deadline to reopen the crucial Strait of Hormuz so ship traffic can flow again.

Israeli police have blocked top Catholic leaders from entering Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre for a private Palm Sunday Mass.

Italian voters have rejected a judicial reform backed by conservative Premier Giorgia Meloni in a referendum, handing the right-wing government a major political setback.

Italy’s conservative premier, Giorgia Meloni, faces a pivotal political test in a two-day referendum on judicial reform.

Travelers are scrambling for ways out of the Middle East as the Iran war keeps much of the region’s airspace closed and flights grounded.

World leaders have been responding cautiously amid U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran, reports of its supreme leader's death and fears of a wider war.

The twin Olympic cauldrons in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo have been extinguished, signaling the end of the most spread-out Winter Games.

European Union leaders reached a broad agreement Thursday in a Belgian castle to restructure the 27-nation bloc’s economy as they face antagonism from Trump, strong-China and Russia.

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has condemned recent anti-Olympics protests in Milan.

Vice President JD Vance met with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Milan on Friday, part of his trip to the Olympics.

Italy has put in place a massive security operation for the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics ahead of Friday's opening ceremony.

The Angel Meloni is no more.

Switzerland is holding a national day of mourning for the 40 people who died in an Alpine bar fire during a New Year’s Eve celebration.

Brazil's President Lula da Silva hopes the Mercosur-EU free-trade deal will be signed in January, after it was delayed on Friday.

The European Commission says the European Union is delaying a massive free-trade deal with South American countries after fiery protests by farmers and last-minute opposition by France and Italy.

Italian food is known and loved around the world for its fresh ingredients and palate-pleasing tastes, but the U.N.’s cultural agency is giving foodies another reason to celebrate their pizza, pasta and tiramisu by listing Italian cooking as part of the world’s “intangible” cultural heritage.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has reaffirmed his refusal to cede territory, resisting U.S. pressure for compromise with Russia.

The gala crowd at Milan's Teatro alla Scala has cheered the season premiere of Dmitry Shostakovich's "Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk" with a 12-minute standing ovation.

Ornella Vanoni, a beloved Italian singer with a career spanning seven decades, has died at 91.

La Fenice, a renowned Venetian opera house, is embroiled in a dispute over the appointment of Beatrice Venezi as music director.

Firefighters have rescued a worker from beneath rubble inside a medieval tower in Italy's capital.

The Egyptian president says U.S. President Donald Trump’s Mideast peace proposal represents the “last chance” for peace in the region.

World leaders have expressed hope for peace after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a breakthrough deal between Israel and Hamas.

Hundreds of thousands of Italians and Spaniards marched in Rome, Barcelona and Madrid against Israel’s military campaign in Gaza in a massive show of growing international anger at the two-year war.

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

The Trump administration has told Congress it plans to sell nearly $6 billion in weapons to Israel.

Italian rapper Fedez has been accused of inciting racial hatred for publishing musical lyrics saying that top-ranked tennis player Jannik Sinner speaks with “Adolf Hitler’s accent.”.

Workers broke open the first tunnel connecting Austria to Italy under the Brenner Pass.

Pope Leo XIV has marveled at the “huge learning curve” he has taken on as pontiff and likened some aspects of the job to jumping “in on the deep end of the pool very quickly.”.

Dozens of angry European lawmakers bang their hands on their desks after being denied a moment of silence to honor Charlie Kirk.

Celebrities have begun paying tribute to Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani.

Hot mics have a knack for revealing unguarded moments in politics.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gushed with gratitude toward President Donald Trump during an Oval Office meeting.

U.S. President Donald Trump says he has called Russian President Vladimir Putin and begun to arrange a meeting between Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

President Donald Trump has started arranging a meeting between Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss ending Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

European leaders have praised President Donald Trump for agreeing to allow U.S. military support for a force they are mustering to police any future peace in Ukraine.

Thousands of people have marched in Messina, Sicily, to protest a government plan to build a bridge connecting the Italian mainland with Sicily.

Italy has cleared the way to build the world’s largest suspension bridge linking the Italian mainland with Sicily.

Pope Leo XIV urges young people to make radical choices for good during a major event in Rome.

The European Union's trade agreement with the Trump administration is receiving mixed reviews.

Milan's mayor says he will not step down in the face of a sweeping probe into the city’s massive urban development over the last two decades.

Countries prepared to provide troops for a future stabilization force in Ukraine have agreed to set up a headquarters in Paris to facilitate a rapid deployment after the war ends.

European leaders are urging private business and equity funds to not be afraid to invest in rebuilding Ukraine now even as Russia accelerates its war.

The horrific killing of a police bloodhound has outraged Italians and sparked a criminal investigation to find his killers.

For Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, the bilateral meetings scheduled on the sidelines of the Group of Seven summit in Canada were even more important than the summit itself.

The chemistry that once defined the political dynamic between Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron was nowhere to be seen when the U.S. president blasted his French counterpart on social media.

Residents of Iran’s capital were seen leaving the city and shops and the historic Grand Bazaar were closed Tuesday, the fifth day of the intensifying conflict started by Israel.

President Donald Trump has long bet that he can scare allies into submission.

Pope Leo XIV has called for humanitarian aid to reach the Gaza Strip and for an end to the “heartbreaking” toll on its people.

Koyo Kouoh, the curator of the 2026 Venice Art Biennale, has died at age 58, her home institution in South Africa said in an Instagram post.

George Simion, a nationalist and vocal supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump, has won Romania’s first-round presidential election after capitalizing on widespread anti-establishment sentiment.

President Donald Trump has dispatched Vice President JD Vance all over the world in the opening months of the administration.

The first major test of Donald Trump’s influence on the affairs of a longtime U.S. ally went badly.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni have witnessed the formal exchange of a dozen cooperation agreements including on defense.

Tributes to Pope Francis are pouring in from around the world.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance has met with the Vatican’s No. 2 official as they the sides spar over the U.S. crackdown on migrants.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance is in Rome for talks on tariffs with Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni.

Officials in southern Italy say that a cable car carrying tourists south of Naples has crashed after the cable snapped, killing at least four people and critically injuring one.

After saying earlier in the day that he was “in no rush” to finish trade deals, President Donald Trump said he thought he could wrap up tariff talks “over the next three or four weeks.”.

President Donald Trump says he's in “no rush” to reach any trade deals because he views tariffs as making the United States wealthy.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump’s special envoy, will travel to Paris this week for talks with European allies on U.S. efforts to negotiate a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine.

Vice President JD Vance and his family will travel to Italy and India this week and next to meet with leaders and visit cultural sites.

Pope Francis met privately with King Charles III and Queen Camilla at the Vatican during the royal couple’s four-day state visit to Italy and on the occasion of their 20th wedding anniversary.

President Donald Trump says he won’t back down on his sweeping tariffs on imports from most of the world unless countries even out their trade with the U.S. He's digging in on his plans to implement the taxes that have sent financial markets reeling, raised fears of a recession and upended the global trading system.

China hit back with a stiff import tax on US goods as countries and industries around the world weighed their responses to President Donald Trump’s latest tariffs hikes that are roiling global trade and world markets.

Tariff hikes announced by U.S. President Donald Trump have provoked dismay, threats of countermeasures and calls for further negotiations to make trade rules fairer.

For years, Marine Le Pen stood at the gates of power — poised, relentless and rising.

Senior military officers from countries across Europe and beyond are meeting outside London to flesh out plans for an international peacekeeping force for Ukraine as details of a partial ceasefire are worked out.

Pope Francis says in a letter to an Italian newspaper that his lengthy illness has made clearer to him the absurdity of war and the power of words to shape the truth and facts.

European Union leaders on Friday downplayed skepticism from U.S. President Donald Trump about solidarity among NATO members.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has rallied his European counterparts to shore up their borders and throw their full weight behind Ukraine as he announced outlines of a plan to end Russia’s war.

European leaders have pledged to stand by Ukraine in the wake of the contentious Oval Office meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Argentina’s President Javier Milei is urging conservatives to keep supporting measures to shrink the size of government.

The pope looms so large in everyday Italian life that there are lots of expressions that make light of even a dark event like his death.

The Vatican says that Pope Francis’ clinical condition is “improving slightly,” adding that he went about his work activities from the hospital where he is recovering from pneumonia.

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has visited Pope Francis in the hospital and says he’s “alert and responsive” and full of good humor despite his pneumonia.

Italy’s justice minister has strongly defended the government’s decision to free and repatriate a Libyan warlord wanted by the International Criminal Court.

An Italian navy ship has taken migrants to Italy from asylum processing centers in Albania following a court decision in Rome.

An Italian appeals court has refused to approve the speedy expulsion of 43 asylum seekers detained in Albania under a controversial migration deal to move the proceedings beyond European Union borders.

The International Criminal Court has found itself without a single trial ahead for the first time in years.

Italian bank Mediobanca has rejected a surprise takeover attempt by domestic rival Monte dei Paschi di Siena.

An Italian navy ship has arrived in Albania with 49 migrants intercepted in international waters for processing of their asylum applications at special Albanian centers.

The International Criminal Court has reminded Italy it is obliged to fully cooperate with its prosecutions.

President Donald Trump has given everyone at Davos something to talk about with his actions on the first day of his second term.

The crowded scene in the Capitol Rotunda on Inauguration Day featured four of the world’s five wealthiest men, five U.S. presidents, influential sporting figures and two foreign leaders with prime seats on the dais.

Donald Trump has been sworn in as the 47th president of the United States, taking charge as Republicans claim unified control of Washington and set out to reshape the country’s institutions.

An Italian journalist detained in Iran whose fate became intertwined with that of an Iranian engineer wanted by the United States says she assumed she would have been held much longer.

For the first time in U.S. history, a president-elect is welcoming foreign leaders for one of the most American political traditions — the peaceful transfer of power.