An 11-year-old Albanian boy whose mother took him to Syria five years ago when she joined the Islamic State group returned on Friday to Italy for a joyous reunion with his father and sisters. The...

Italian singer Fred Bongusto passed away today, Italian media report. He was 84. Bongusto was very popular in the 1960s and 1970s, with one of his more famous songs being “Una rotonda sul...

The woman who created Topo Gigio, the puppet who entertained millions of adults and youngsters alike, died in her home in Milan on Thursday, Italian media report. Maria Perego, 95, had created...

The Abruzzo region in central Italy has been hit by an earthquake which was also felt in Rome and Naples, Italian media report.    The earthquake measured 4.4 on the Richter scale and...

John Bercow, the former House of Commons speaker who oversaw Britain's bruising parliamentary battles over Brexit, says leaving the European Union would be a historic mistake for the U.K., but it's...

An 89-year-old Auschwitz survivor who is a senator-for-life in Italy has unwittingly provoked one of the country's most intense confrontations with anti-Semitism since the end of Italy's Fascist...

Robyn Crawford, a close female friend of Whitney Houston, has said the pair had a sexual relationship, international media report. Rumours have long surrounded Houston and Crawford, who made...

A Scottish tourist is believed to have been attacked and eaten by a shark after authorities on the island of Reunion found his severed hand inside the beast, the Scotsman reports. The unnamed...

The International Criminal Court's prosecutor called Wednesday for the immediate arrest of longtime Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi's son and two others accused of war crimes and crimes against...

Buckingham Palace says new outfits designed for Queen Elizabeth II will not use real fur. The palace said Wednesday the decision does not mean the queen will dispose of all the fur outfits she...