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Italy Pledges Continued Leadership in Science Diplomacy at TWAS Anniversary
Italy has reaffirmed its position as the leading financial supporter of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) while positioning science diplomacy as a cornerstone of its foreign policy strategy, particularly toward developing nations. The...

‘Block Everything’: Millions shut down Italy in general strike for Gaza and Global Sumud Flotilla
Two million people took the streets in Italy this Friday, Oct 3 in a general strike to protest the genocide in Gaza and Israel’s illegal capture of the Global Sumud Flotilla. The striking workers were joined by hundreds of thousands more in...
Chinese FM to visit Italy, travel to Switzerland to hold meetings
BEIJING, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit Italy and hold the 12th Joint Meeting of the China-Italy Government Committee and then travel to Switzerland and hold the 4th round of China-Switzerland Foreign Ministers'...

China’s foreign minister Wang Yi to visit Italy and Switzerland this week amid deepening European ties
SHANGHAI, Oct 5 — China’s foreign minister Wang Yi will visit Italy and Switzerland from Tuesday until October 12, China’s foreign ministry said today. The visit follows Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s trip to Beijing in late July, her...

ICAO Assembly News in Brief
The ICAO Assembly has given the organisation a clear mandate to pursue its long-term strategy for transforming air transport, with Member States adopting resolutions in support of eliminating fatalities, reducing carbon emissions to net-zero, and...

Mass march in Rome after Italian general strike for Palestine
International Fabio, a member of the Si Cobas union, spoke to Socialist Worker By Jude Mckechnie Downloading PDF. Please wait... Saturday 04 October 2025 Issue A mass march turned Rome into a sea of solidarity with Palestine on Saturday. It marked...

Rep. DeLuca introduces bill in Illinois House mandating Italian American history curriculum
HB4143 10/02/2025 Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. Requires every public elementary school and high school to include in its curriculum a unit of instruction studying the events of Italian American history. Contains...

Italian Activist Describes Flight to Türkiye as "End of a Nightmare" After Release from Israeli Detention
In a powerful recounting of recent events, Tommaso Bortolazzi, an Italian activist and captain of the Maria Cristina, one of the vessels in the Global Sumud Flotilla, described his journey to Türkiye after being freed from detention in Israel as...

‘Let’s Stop Zionism’: 2 Million Italians Strike Over Gaza Flotilla Detention
More than two million people rallied across Italy on Friday in over 100 cities during a one-day general strike protesting Israel’s detention of activists from the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s perceived...

Millions of demonstrators strike, march across Spain, Italy, Portugal to protest war in Gaza
BARCELONA, Spain — Thousands of people are marching in Barcelona as Spain, Italy and Portugal gear up for mass demonstrations to protest Israel’s war in Gaza. Protests in Spain’s second-largest city as well as in Madrid were called for weeks ago,...

Italy strike over Gaza war halts schools and ports
On Monday, tens of thousands of workers and students throughout Italy went on a nationwide general strike in support of Palestinians in Gaza and disrupted transportation, schools, and ports throughout Italy. The 24-hour strike that was arranged by...

The Media Line: ‘Let’s Stop Zionism’: 2 Million Italians Strike Over Gaza Flotilla Detention
‘Let’s Stop Zionism’: 2 Million Italians Strike Over Gaza Flotilla Detention By The Media Line Staff More than two million people rallied across Italy on Friday in over 100 cities during a one-day general strike protesting Israel’s detention of...

Italian FM: Palestinian President to Visit Rome on Nov.7
Sat 04 Oct 2025 | 07:44 PM Italian Foreign Minister (FM) Antonio Tajani announced on Thursday that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will arrive in Rome on November 7th. Speaking before the Chamber of Deputies, according to the Italian news...

Police arrest 355 at Palestine Action protest in London
Crowds have been gathering in Tel Aviv for a rally calling for the release of the Israeli hostages and an end to the war in Gaza.Protesters carried signs displaying pictures of those seized by Hamas during the October 7 attacks. Chants of “Bring...

Carney government silent as Newfoundland activists headed for Gaza face likely interception by Israel
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‘Free Palestine’ Chants Echo In Rome as Protests Continue Across Italy
Home Europe ‘Free Palestine’ Chants Echo In Rome as Protests Continue Across Italy The protest, in bright sunshine, was peaceful, with students, children and the elderly attending. It also featured at least one banner hailing Hamas' October 7...
World Reuters Big crowds, clashes with police on fourth day of Italian pro-Palestinian protests
By Gavin Jones and Alvise Armellini ROME (Reuters) -Hundreds of thousands of people marched through central Rome on Saturday for the fourth straight day of protests in Italy since Israel intercepted an international flotilla trying to deliver aid...
News AFP 'We were treated like animals', deported Gaza flotilla activists say
International activists who arrived in Istanbul after being deported from Israel following the military's interception of their Gaza-bound flotilla said Saturday they had been subjected to violence and "treated like animals". The Global Sumud...

Expect to reach Gaza Monday, plan to report from there, offer aid: Shahidul Alam
Saturday morning, for Shahidul Alam, started with a regular briefing. His crew, on board the "Conscience" calculated that they were about 370 nautical miles from Gaza. "By now [evening], we're closer, though we don't yet have the exact figures."...

Italy tour turns tragic for Nagpur family: Hotelier & wife killed in road accident, 2 daughters & son injured
A Nagpur hotelier and his wife were tragically killed in a road accident in Italy on the final day of their holiday, with their three children sustaining injuries, one of whom remains in a critical condition. The devastating incident occurred on 2...