Middle East, Ukraine wars in focus as G7 defence ministers meet in Italy | Politics News

Middle East, Ukraine wars in focus as G7 defence ministers meet in Italy | Politics News

Italian defence minister warns global security framework is increasingly precarious due to competing world visions. The Group of Seven (G7) defence ministers are meeting in Italy against a backdrop of brewing tensions in the Middle East and the drawn-out conflict between Russia and Ukraine. The one-day gathering on Saturday marks…

Attacks on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon ‘unacceptable’, says Italy’s Meloni | Israel attacks Lebanon News

Attacks on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon ‘unacceptable’, says Italy’s Meloni | Israel attacks Lebanon News

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has called for the strengthening of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, known as UNIFIL, during a visit to Beirut. The premier decried attacks against UNIFIL, whose forces have been targeted by Israeli troops in recent weeks. “Only by strengthening UNIFIL while maintaining its…

European police to reopen cold cases to identify 46 women’s remains | Crime News

European police to reopen cold cases to identify 46 women’s remains | Crime News

Campaign that began in 2023 in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands expanded to include France, Italy and Spain. Interpol and police in six European countries are reopening investigations into the cases of 46 women who were murdered or died under suspicious circumstances in an effort to identify their remains, the…

Elon Musk’s mom Maye says she looked at Italian PM Giorgia Meloni with ‘admiration’ amid affair speculation
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Elon Musk’s mom Maye says she looked at Italian PM Giorgia Meloni with ‘admiration’ amid affair speculation

Mother (Musk) knows best! Billionaire Elon Musk’s mother weighed in on the rumors spiraling online that her son may secretly be in a romantic relationship with Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni, saying that it was hard for her not to gawk at the European leader with “admiration.” “I was sitting…

Lazio fans detained with weapons before Europa League match in Germany | Football News

Lazio fans detained with weapons before Europa League match in Germany | Football News

About 60 fans were held overnight and banned from the stadium as the Italian club played Dynamo Kyiv in Hamburg, German police said. Several supporters of Italian football club Lazio have been banned from attending their UEFA Europa League match against Dynamo Kyiv in Hamburg after German police seized weapons…

Bastianini wins Emilia-Romagna MotoGP, Martin extends championship lead | Motorsports

Bastianini wins Emilia-Romagna MotoGP, Martin extends championship lead | Motorsports

Jorge Martin extended his lead in the championship standings thanks Francesco Bagnaia crashing out. Italian Enea Bastianini won his home Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix after a final lap showdown with Pramac Racing’s Jorge Martin to give Ducati a 100th MotoGP victory while reigning champion Francesco Bagnaia crashed out while in third…

Refugee chronicles: The long and lonely road from Sudan to northern France | Refugees

Refugee chronicles: The long and lonely road from Sudan to northern France | Refugees

Tea, towels and survival blankets On that same cold, grey morning when I met Hashim and Yusuf, 12 wet, freezing Vietnamese people were walking down a coastal road south of Calais. Their boat had capsized. On their way back from this misadventure, they met a team from the French association…

World Nomad Games put the spotlight on the sport of the Great Steppe | Arts and Culture News

World Nomad Games put the spotlight on the sport of the Great Steppe | Arts and Culture News

Astana, Kazakhstan – Clouds of dust rise from the sandy ground of a playing field as a dozen horses converge, their riders standing in their stirrups as they direct their mounts towards an odd target: the headless and disembowelled carcass of a goat laying in the dust. From what appears…

UK PM Starmer seeks immigration lessons from Italy’s Meloni | Migration News

UK PM Starmer seeks immigration lessons from Italy’s Meloni | Migration News

Keir Starmer’s meeting with the far-right premier in Rome branded ‘disturbing’. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has met with his Italian counterpart, Giorgia Meloni, in Rome to discuss ways of tackling irregular immigration. Before the meeting on Monday, the United Kingdom’s premier said he wanted to “understand” the “dramatic reduction”…