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Italy's government discusses the case of an Italian citizen detained in Venezuela without charges

Jan. 17, 2025 09:14 AM EST

ROME (AP) — The Italian government met on Friday to discuss the case of an Italian national arrested in Venezuela two months ago and held without formal charges, the premier’s office said in a statement. Foreign minister Antonio Tajani and the Italian Embassy in Caracas have been...

Middle East latest: Israeli strikes in Gaza kill 17, medics say, as Hamas accepts a ceasefire draft

Jan. 14, 2025 21:27 PM EST

Israeli airstrikes on homes in the Gaza Strip killed at least 17 Palestinians, health officials said Tuesday. Earlier strikes in Gaza killed at least 18 people, including two women and four children, according to local health officials, who said one woman was pregnant and the baby died as well. ...

Middle East latest: Israel launches new strikes on Yemen’s Houthi rebels

Jan. 10, 2025 17:33 PM EST

Israel’s military says it carried out new airstrikes in Yemen against what it said were Houthi rebel targets. Its statement Friday said fighter jets struck “on the western coast and inland Yemen,” a day after the Houthis launched three drones at Israel. The U.S. military bombed Yemen earlier...

Italy’s foreign minister heads to Syria to encourage post-Assad transition

Jan. 10, 2025 02:14 AM EST

ROME (AP) — Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said he will travel to Syria on Friday to encourage the country's transition following the ouster of President Bashar Assad by Islamist insurgents, and said Europe should review its sanctions on Damascus now that the political situation has...

Iran confirms arresting Italian journalist Cecilia Sala

Dec. 30, 2024 11:30 AM EST

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Tehran confirmed Monday that an Italian journalist has been arrested on charges of violating the laws of the Islamic Republic of Iran, state media reported. The country’s Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, which oversees media activity,...

Italian journalist Cecilia Sala detained by police while reporting in Iran

Dec. 27, 2024 15:05 PM EST

ROME (AP) — An Italian journalist who was reporting in Tehran has been detained by the Iranian police, Italy’s foreign ministry said in a statement Friday. Cecilia Sala was reporting in the Iranian capital when she was detained on Dec. 19, the ministry said, adding that it was...