Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni said Thursday she didn’t believe President-elect Donald Trump actually intends to use military force to seize control of Greenland or the Panama Canal, saying she read his comments more as a warning to China and other global players to keep their hands off such strategically important interests.

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani is heading to Syria to encourage the transition in the country following the ouster of President Bashar Assad by Islamist insurgents.

ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, one of the European leaders closest to Donald Trump, said on Thursday she believed the U.S. president-elect would defend Western interests once he took office and would not abandon Ukraine.

Elon Musk said on Monday he was ready to provide Italy with secure communication services after Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni denied that the issue had come up during a weekend visit to the United States.

ROME (Reuters) - The United States has not submitted any formal request of extradition for an Iranian businessman Mohammad Abedini detained in Milan, Italy's justice minister said in an interview published on Thursday.

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was briefly wrongfooted by a surprise question about ants on Thursday when she faced a grilling by Italian and foreign reporters lasting more than two hours. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.

The fate of an Italian journalist detained in Tehran and an Iranian engineer imprisoned in Italy on a U.S. warrant have grown even more intertwined.

An Italian journalist arrested and jailed in Iran since December has been freed and returned to Rome on Wednesday, even as a diplomatic spat between the two countries lingers over an Iranian held in Milan.

The United States and Italy both booked tickets to the United Cup quarterfinals on Tuesday, with Coco Gauff setting a marker for her rivals ahead of next month's Australian Open.

First-year IndyCar team PREMA from Italy can now offer its up-and-coming drivers an opportunity to compete at the top level of open-wheel racing in the United States. Drivers Callum Ilott and rookie Robert Shwartzman have already used the simulators in the General Motors Technical Center in Concord,

With the Indianapolis 500 always attracting an international field of drivers, the NTT IndyCar Series has made a concerted effort in recent years to entice more global representation in its teams, and with PREMA Racing partnering with Chevrolet for the 2025 season it appears that may now be occurring.