The festival’s ‘very Sicilian’ president has upset former rightwing allies by letting Russia take part and refusing to subordinate art to politics

The pontiff has clarified his criticism of the US president over the Iran conflict, but their bitter disagreement has divided Catholics and the US public alike

Losing a referendum is a setback, but leader’s high heels are firmly dug in

The rightwing League has cut the word ‘consent’ from new legislation that aimed to bring the country in line with much of Europe

Giorgia Meloni has toned down her hardline politics in government. This has created an opening for a more extreme figure to threaten her coalition

As the war of words over Greenland escalated, the role of Italy’s right-wing prime minister won praise – but also criticism

Conservatives had hoped the new pontiff would prove to be less liberal than Francis. Then the glacier-blessing and migrant-defending started...

Osama Al-Masri Njeem is suspected of war crimes at the brutal Mitiga prison – and his case shines an uneasy light on how Europe has outsourced cruelty