February 26, 2020 Trial opens for Americans accused of killing Italian police officer during drug deal gone wrong The two American students accused of killing an Italian police officer in Rome last summer in a case that has drawn comparisons to the murder probe of Amanda Knox have appeared in court Wednesday.
February 24, 2020 WHO says coronavirus ‘absolutely’ has potential for pandemic status as Italy, Iran brace for surge WHO has not found “uncontained global spread” of the virus, and has noted a steady decline in new cases in China, where more than 77,000 people have been sickened by COVID-19 and an additional 2,600 have died.
February 24, 2020 Global outbreak causes coronavirus pandemic fears after cases jump in Italy, South Korea and Iran Fears of a global pandemic continue to grow as coronavirus cases spike in several countries, including Italy, South Korea, and Iran.
February 23, 2020 Coronavirus infections surge in Italy, South Korea as virus kills at least 8 in Iran The number of novel coronavirus cases in Italy and South Korea leaped upward on Sunday, spurring authorities to take new steps in an effort to fight a soaring viral outbreak now blamed for at least eight deaths in Iran.
February 21, 2020 Italian tourist dies in Petra after getting struck by falling rock: reports An Italian tourist vacationing with his wife in the ancient city of Petra, Jordan was killed Thursday after being struck by a falling rock, reports say.
February 13, 2020 Italy's Salvini compares himself to Trump after Senate approves trial for holding hundreds of migrants hostage Italy’s right-wing opposition leader Matteo Salvini compared himself to President Trump Wednesday after the Italian Senate voted to allow prosecutors to put him on trial for allegedly holding 132 migrants hostage by forcing them to remain on a coast guard vessel, rather than enter an Italian port.
February 13, 2020 Michigan woman accused of burning husband's body so badly it wasn't ID-ed for decade arrested in Rome A Michigan woman wanted in the 2002 death of her husband, whose remains were so badly burned they weren’t identified for more than a decade, was arrested at a hotel in Rome after a multinational search, local police said.
February 13, 2020 Italian man, 101, told he needed his parents to confirm identity after Brexit app glitch A 101-year-old Italian man applying to stay in the United Kingdom following Brexit was asked by immigration authorities to have his parents confirm his identity after a computer system mistook him for a toddler, reports say.
February 12, 2020 Italian Senate to decide whether to lift far-right leader Salvini's immunity in migrant case The Italian Senate is deciding Wednesday whether to allow former Interior Minister Matteo Salvini to be prosecuted — as he demands to be — for allegedly holding migrants hostage for days aboard a coast guard ship instead of letting them immediately disembark in Sicily last summer.