The Farnesina, Italy's foreign ministry, announced it is closely following the case of Shelly Kittleson, a Rome-based American journalist who was kidnapped in Baghdad on Tuesday.

(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 20 - An allegedly pro-Russian Italian journalist has been released after being detained in Turkey Thursday, the Italian foreign ministry confirmed Friday. Andrea Lucidi has reported frequently from Ukraine's Donbass region reflecting the positions of the occupying Russian forces, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has said. He had been held in Turkey without charge. (ANSA). Read article...

The Italian foreign ministry on Tuesday summoned the Iranian ambassador in Rome to protest the firing of a drone at the United Kingdom’s Akrotiri air force base in Cyprus. “I made it clear to the Iranian ambassador, after the attack which took place in Cyprus, that Europe has nothing to do with it, that it […]

(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 27 - The Italian foreign ministry, the Farnesina, on Friday urged Italians to leave Afghanistan amid heavy bombing by Pakistan after a resumption of hostilities between the two Asian nations. "In light of the ongoing hostilities between Afghanistan and Pakistan and the intense bombings that have affected the city of Kabul (February 26-27, 2026) and the central areas of the capital, in addition to the drone attacks targeting the city of Kandahar and the violent border clashe...