Rome - Islamic State (IS) militants on Friday set fire to a hospital in Sirte, in the east of Libya, a day after shelling a district inhabited by the Ferjani clan who had rebelled against them. The shelling killed 38…
Athens - Greece's parliament approved a new rescue package early on Friday following all-night talks. The measure was approved with 222 votes for, 64 against and 11 abstentions at the culmination of a marathon session. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras had…
Rome - Germany has criticised the Greek bailout plan due to be voted on by the Athens parliament on Thursday and that the Eurogroup will examine on Friday in Brussels. Ahead of these two crucial events, Berlin is circulating…
Rho, Milan - Expo 2015 celebrated the National Day of Madagascar, a country with a unique natural heritage. It contains ten percent of the world's biodiversity and is home to five percent of plant and animal species. More than 91…
Rome - China has depreciated its currency, the yuan, for the second time in 24 hours. The central bank fixed Wednesday's exchange rate at 6.3306 to the dollar and said this was a "one-time" operation. It was in the framework…
Rome - Nearly 650 migrants landed in southern Italy on Wednesday. "The Phoenix", a merchant ship registered in Belize, rescued 232 from two boats in the Strait of Sicily and landed them at Pozzallo (Ragusa). The Swedish ship "Poseidon" landed…
Tripoli - Libya's Prime Minister Abdallah al-Thani has announced he will resign on Sunday. However, this was immediately denied by a government spokesperson who said the premier only said he would be willing to resign should the people ask him.…
Rome - The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) held the second hearing on Tuesday in the case of the two Italian marines, Salvatore Girone e Massimiliano Latorre, who are accused of having killed two fishermen in…
Maiduguri - At least 47 people have been killed and 52 injured in an explosion at a market in Sabon Gari, in Nigeria's Borno State, reported army sources.
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