Matteo Salvini

It was the hand swat seen round the world, drawing responses from folks on social media both defending and deploring Pope Francis reaction to an unexpected jerk on his arm on New Years Eve. After cheerfully greeting a long line of well-wishers on his way to t…

Zing. Italy’s Matteo Salvini Just Owned Grumpy Pope Francis

In August, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte offered his resignation following the collapse of his coalition government, but was later re-appointed as prime minister to lead a second coalition between the Five Star Movement and the Democratic Party, which…

(Bloomberg) -- Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte already exceeded the expectations of most of his political opponents by surviving the collapse of his first government last summer. But his second coalition is so fragile that a host of issues could still t…

Speaking in the context of the recently-passed Citizenship Amendment Act, which fast-tracks Indian citizenship for religious groups fleeing persecution in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh, Reddy said India must pick up the slack for other nations unwillin…

An Italian man who fatally shot two robbers and wounded a third after they broke into his jewellery shop threatening to murder his wife has been sentenced to 13 years in prison and ordered to compensate the families of the two robbers he killed. Guido Gianni…

Let's say you had nodded off for a long, if chilly, nap on the banks of the Moscow River 10 years ago.  How different a world would you wake up to now? Within the Kremlin walls, not very different at all, notes correspondent Mark Phillips: Vladimir Putin was…

Editor’s Note: This article is part of our “Democracy Undone” series, about the erosion of liberal democracy around the world. BUDAPEST—For Attila Babos and Ervin Gűth, simply doing their job has been getting harder and harder. Their news website, Szabad Pécs…

ROME (AP) Italy’s premier insists his squabbling coalition will last three more years, even after a minister recently quit in protest. Premier Giuseppe Conte also told reporters Saturday that his government will soon embark on an ambitious reform program. T…

ROME -- Italy's Education Minister Lorenzo Fioramonti said Thursday he has resigned in a letter sent to the Italian premier, after the government failed to increase funding for schools and universities in next year's budget. In a Facebook post, Fioramonti …