Italy
- Barack Obama to discuss efforts to combat Isis with European leadersMigration, Nato, Ukraine and Libya also on agenda for Monday meeting between Obama, David Cameron, Angela Merkel, François Hollande and Matteo Renzi
- The emergency restoration – begun in 2013 – seems to have ground to a halt, with many of the lost city’s wonders hidden behind ugly fences. Call this a rescue?Pompeii: is this the best they can do with €105m?
- Pizza the action: police posing as delivery boys arrest mafia boss in ItalyRoberto Manganiello – on the run since 2013 and listed as one of Italy’s 100 most dangerous criminals – is detained while watching football game
- Bernie Sanders meets Pope Francis at the VaticanPontiff and US presidential hopeful discussed need for morality and justice in world economy, Sanders tells reporters
- Italian police recover jewels stolen in €3m heist organised by Russian womanMost of gold pieces returned to Rome museum after plan to smuggle them to St Petersburg falls through
- President defends Egypt's investigation of Giulio Regeni murderAbdel Fatah al-Sisi claims allegations that security forces were involved in Italian student’s killing are putting country at risk
- Story of cities #21: Olivetti tries to build the ideal 'human city' for its workersAdriano Olivetti turned a small, Italian typewriter company into a global phenomenon – but his true obsession was transforming its headquarters, Ivrea, into a model industrial metropolis. The city has still not recovered
- Ex-CIA agent loses extradition appeal in Portuguese courtJudges reject Sabrina de Sousa’s case against extradition to Italy over her role in ‘extraordinary rendition’ programme
- Italian ambassador recalled from Cairo after lack of progress in murder probeMaurizio Massari recalled over lack of progress in investigation into death of Italian student Giulio Regeni
- Regeni murder: Egypt rejects Italian request for phone recordsRefusal comes after Italy recalled its ambassador to Cairo over a ‘lack of cooperation’ from the Egyptian authorities over the killing
- Libya faces influx of migrants seeking new routes to EuropeA fatal breakout at a detention centre highlights a failing system as operations are under way to frustrate smuggler gangs
- Italy and Egypt begin talks over Giulio Regeni deathDiplomatic relations between countries have been tested by case of academic, whose body was found on a Cairo street
- France picks gay diplomat for Unesco role amid Vatican tensionsLaurent Stefanini selected for UN role after resistance against earlier attempts to appoint him as ambassador to Holy See
- Giulio Regeni murder: Italy warns Egypt to speed pace of investigationItaly foreign minister Paolo Gentiloni says Egyptian dossier failed to include key information about student’s telephone records and CCTV footage
- Cesare Maldini obituaryItalian footballer who managed the national side at the 1998 World Cup finals
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