Dozens of firefighters have been battling around the clock to extinguish a major wildfire raging on Mount Vesuvius in the southern Campania region of Italy.

Francis Ford Coppola, the acclaimed Italian-American director best known for The Godfather, was hospitalised in Rome on Tuesday for scheduled heart surgery.

A Tradition Rooted in Ancient Time Italian summer holidays, especially August vacations, trace back to agricultural rhythms. Grain harvest happens in June and replanting in autumn, making mid-summer ...

Around one million young people from all over the world gathered in the outskirts of Rome this weekend for a prayer vigil as part of the Jubilee of Youth.

Italy's Campi Flegrei, a highly seismic zone near Naples, was shaken on Friday by a 4-magnitude earthquake. There were no immediate reports of injuries.

Italian senators on Wednesday passed new legislation aimed at combatting femicide and gender-based violence, giving the bill their unanimous approval.

Air travellers in Italy face disruption to flights on Saturday 26 July due to nationwide strike action by airport ground staff and Volotea cabin crews.

An American tourist was hospitalised with serious spinal injuries after taking a 30-metre dive off the Fjord of Furore, a landmark on Italy's Amalfi Coast.

Visitors to the Trevi Fountain could soon be charged €2 to see the iconic Rome landmark as the city council's plan to introduce an entry fee steps up a gear.

Italy's premier Giorgia Meloni has condemned an Israeli strike that hit the only Catholic church in Gaza, killing two people and injuring several others.

Palermo public prosecutors file an appeal to the court of cassation against the acquittal of Italian deputy premier Matteo Salvini in the Open Arms case.