Imperial soldiers cannot be judged. In Italy it’s almost impossible. In the last 15 months, the Italian Judiciary have asked to proceed against 113 American soldiers for various crimes, but the Italian minister of justice denied authorization in 91 cases. It works like this: when the US Army wants to judge a soldier in the USA who committed a crime in Italy, they have to ask the relevant Italian... 

Pope Francis has proclaimed the internet a “gift from God,” lauding its ability to connect disparate groups and foster communication across religious, economic, and political divides. The comments were part of his message for World Communications Day. “A culture of encounter demands that we be ready not only to give, but also to receive,” read the pontiff’s statement. He outlined ways in... 

The Italian Navy has rescued nearly 440 illegal immigrants, over the past two days in the south of Sicily. On January 12, a boat carrying about 200 men, women, and children was identified and rescued, while a boat carrying another 236 passengers was rescued the day before. A statement by the Navy said the passengers of both boats, mostly from Africa, were taken to a port near Syracuse in Sicily. This... 

An Italian man reads job offers outside a recruitment agency in the city of Milan. Southern Italy has lost 600,000 jobs over the past six years and the area has lost some 43.7 billion euros of its gross domestic product (GDP) during the economic crisis, a report shows. The data was released on Friday by the country’s industrial employers’ association Confindustria. The association also said that... 

Speculation has been raised that Pope Francis has been venturing out of the Vatican at night, disguised as a priest and meeting with the homeless in Rome. In a recent interview with Archbishop Konrad Krajewski, who has headed up the centuries-old position of seeking out the poor handing out alms for the Catholic Church, Krajewski seemed to imply that Pope Francis has been joining him on his nightly... 

An Italian right-wing politician has been fined for organizing a protest against the wearing of Islamic veils for women. On Monday, Daniela Santanche, a leading member of the conservative Forza Italia party of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, was handed a 100-euro fine and a four-day jail sentence for not warning police about the action. The punishment was subsequently converted into a 1,100-euro... 

Pope Francis has taken aim at capitalism as “a new tyranny” and is urging world leaders to step up their efforts against poverty and inequality, saying “thou shall not kill” the economy. Francis calls on rich people to share their wealth. The existing financial system that fuels the unequal distribution of wealth and violence must be changed, the Pope warned. “How can... 

Italy’s economy has entered its third year of recession after its gross domestic product (GDP) continued to contract in the third quarter of this year, official data shows. The national statistics office, Istat, reported on Thursday that Italy’s GDP shrank by 0.1 percent in the July-to-September period, marking the ninth quarterly contraction in a row. Furthermore, the figures showed that on an... 

Newly-released figures show that Italy’s economy is expected to shrink more than expected in 2013, continuing the country’s longest recession since the World War II. A report by Italy’s National Institute for Statistics (Istat) said on Monday that the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) will contract by 1.8 percent compared to a previous estimate of 1.7 percent contraction. Istat... 

Italian telephone and computer communications have been under surveillance by the US National Security Agency (NSA), Italy’s parliamentary intelligence committee has confirmed. A delegation of Italian lawmakers from the parliament’s COPASIR intelligence service monitoring committee, which went to Washington on an official visit to inquire about US overseas surveillance programs, found that millions... 

A potentially catastrophic asteroid has been discovered by astronomers, who say there’s a slim chance that the 410-meter-wide minor planet will crash into Earth in 2032, creating a blast 50 times greater than the biggest nuclear bomb. The asteroid, described as 2013 TV135, was found in the Camelopardalis (Giraffe) constellation by the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in southern Ukraine, the Minor... 

Violence broke out between police and demonstrators in Rome on Saturday as tens of thousands took to the streets to protest Italy’s new budget. “We are laying siege to the city!” chanted the crowd, as a small minority pelted the police and government buildings with water bottles and eggs. A group of protesters turned over garbage bins and set some of them on fire in front of the Economy Ministry. Police... 

Demonstrators dressed to represent prisoners, hold chains and a mock cannonball during a protest against the reforms by the Italian government in downtown Rome, October 18, 2013. Thousands of Italian civil servants and transport workers have gone on strike in the capital Rome and other cities to protest against austerity measures enforced by the government. Friday strike, which disrupted urban transportation,... 

Two hundred United States Marines are being mobilized from a base in Spain to an Italian site neighboring Libya where an Army raid over the weekend resulted in the capture of suspected Al-Qaeda terrorist, Abu Anas al-Libi. CNN reported early Tuesday that a US military official confirmed the repositioning of 200 heavily armed Marines to the naval base at Sigonella, Italy, a Sicilian fort south of Catania... 

Italian researcher Matteo Ianneo who previously discovered dozens of other interesting things on Mars, has now found something new and interesting again. This time he found a castle on Mars which can be seen as confirmation on Google Earth, planet Mars, at the following coordinates: Latitude 84°13’27.72″N Longitude 22°32’19.53″W. In a short interview, we asked Mr. Matteo...