A judge in a court in Milan, Northern Italy has convicted 23 Americans, 22 of them CIA agents, of kidnapping a Muslim cleric in a street in the city in 2003.

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that crucifixes should not be displayed in Italian public schools, a decision that has incurred the wrath of the Vatican and politicians alike.

A 51-year-old Mafia boss, previously convicted of murder and on the run since 1995, has been arrested by Italian police during a dawn raid on a chicken and rabbit farm in Somma Vesuviana, a town near Naples in Southern Italy.

Santo Gambino would rather spend time in jail than serve house arrest sentence at home with his "nagging" wife. Gambino violated his house arrest sentence in an effort to be locked up again. The judge had something different in mind.

Police in Italy are investigating a Facebook group called 'Let's Kill Berlusconi', 'Uccidiamo Berlusconi' is its name in Italian, as there are fears that it is inciting hatred against the Italian Prime Minister and may even lead to an attempt on his life.

International Bazaar Inc. a Dayton, Ohio firm is voluntarily recalling a single lot of "Kroger Hazelnut Spread", packed in Italy by Nutkao S.r.L.

Iraqi officials refused entry to 30 asylum seekers, deported by the U.K government, who are now being held in a detention center near London Gatwick airport, having flown back to the U.K. via Italy.

The world's most famous piece of cloth, the Shroud of Turin, alleged to have wrapped the body of Jesus after his crucification, has been proclaimed a medieval fake by an Italian scientist.

Flooding rains across Messina, a small city in north-eastern Sicily, has left at least 18 dead and 40 to be hospitalized.

A court in Vietnam has jailed six people, including two directors of social welfare centers, for their part in a scam which resulted in Vietnamese children being sold to adoptive parents in France, Italy and the U.S.

Addressing supporters in Milan, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi again made reference to U.S. President Barack Obama being "tanned."

Every major metropolitan city across the globe has their own major street intersection, whether it's New York's Times Square, Lombard Street in San Francisco and the darling streets in France and Italy. Now Toronto can be held in the same regards.

Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's Prime Minister, and business tycoon, is planning to launch a lawsuit against the country's media and other nations.

Female mobsters in Naples, Italy are assuming more leadership roles. Widows, wives and other female relatives of imprisoned mob bosses are taking over the family business.

It took 65 years for justice to be served, but the families of 10 Italians murdered in World War II see the responsible party found guilty.

Two robberies were carried out in the same week of some of the world's elite in Italy. More than $15 million was stolen in their hotel rooms.

Daniel Jarque, captain of football club Espanyol, has died of a heart attack after a training session at the clubs pre-season camp in Coverciano, Italy.

In a Rome, a skeleton aging roughly about 4,500 years old is discovered of the shores on a beach in the southern part of the city.

After years of fistful and controversial debates, the government of Italy has legalized the use of the abortion drug RU-486.

Pope Benedict XVI fell while on holiday in Aosta, Italy. The 82-year-old head of the Catholic church had surgery on his fractured wrist early Friday morning.