C onflicting SIGNALS are reaching the new American administration from Rome. And some carry a whiff of incense. While Italy’s ...

He hails a fantastic woman sweeping all before her in Europe. She praises a strong and shrewd defender of the West. Donald ...

Indeed, in theory, Meloni has much to benefit by being in Trump's good books. NATO member Italy has a big trade surplus with ...

The pope’s comments provided the latest indication of a potential rekindling of frictions between the Vatican and the next ...

Italy’s Giorgia Meloni has emerged as the US president’s favourite EU interlocutor, with hopes growing she could talk him out ...

ROME -- Pope Francis said Donald Trump’s plans to impose mass deportations of immigrants would be a “disgrace,” as he weighed in on the incoming U.S. president’s pledges nearly a decade after calling ...

But with Trump preparing to rip up federal regulation and rethink the parameters of government action, the EU’s moves look altogether more tentative. “The engagement is not to deregulate, but to ...

Rooted in history that stretches back to Ancient Greece, Rome, and the English monarchy, the presidential pardon was ...

Pope Francis sent “cordial greetings” and “assurance of my prayers” to Donald J. Trump on Jan. 20, the day of his ...

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Elon Musk’s hand gesture at Trump’s inauguration has been likened to the Nazi salute, also known as the Heil Hitler salute.

An appeals court in Rome is expected to decide shortly on a request by Italy's government to suspend a 1 billion euro ($1 ...