Carabinieri police put a number of people under house arrest and Sicilian Health Chief Ruggero Razza has been placed under investigation over allegations the COVID-19 figures the region sent to the national authorities were...

 With the new order, March 15 to April 6 Italy will all be divided Red or orange areas, but still partially locked Easter weekend (April 3,4,5). The yellow areas – like Sicily – will go to the upper danger range from tomorrow, with...

 A 36-year-old Sicilian man who confessed to murdering a 25-year-old woman friend in March 2019 on Tuesday saw his 30 year jail term upheld on appeal. A Marsala court again gave Carmelo Bonetta the same prison term as the court of first...

  Italian police on Friday impounded 22 unsafe bridges on the A20 Messina to Palermo motorway near Messina. Four people have been cited for failing to carry out necessary maintenance work on structures liable to collapse. The overpasses have...

  A trial began in Sicily on Tuesday for 97 suspected Mafia members and white-collar professionals allegedly in cahoots with mobsters in what prosecutors contend was a scheme that fraudulently garnered millions of euros in...

 Mount Etna, Europe's most active volcano, has awed even seasoned volcanologists in recent days with spectacular spurts of lava lighting up the Sicilian sky each night. The...

 Some dramatic pictures from Sicily, where Mount Etna has erupted. Local authorities say it began to spew out lava and ash Tuesday. There's no word of any casualties or property damage, though Catania Airport has been temporarily closed due...

 Carabinieri police on Tuesday detained 22 people in a big operation targetting Sicily's Stidda mafia clans, sources said. The operation was linked to an investigation which...

 After the Open Arms ship brought 265 rescued migrants to Italy, the crew was isolated and placed in mandatory quarantine. The Spanish NGO vessel will remain in the harbor of Port Empedocle in the province of Agrigento,...

  Italy's first liver transplant from a COVID positive donor to a patient who formerly had the virus has been carried out in Sicily. The operation was performed at Palermo's ISMETT hospital. The liver was taken from the...

 Anti-mafia police on Monday busted 12 drugs markets in the Sicilian city of Catania, arrested 80 people and placed 101 people under investigation. Carabinieri said they had "dismantled 12 major drugs markets rooted in...

 A small town in Sicily is overjoyed as one of their own, Dr. Jill Biden, is about to be First Lady of the United States. Following the news of her husband Joe Biden's...

 Pope Francis expressed support on Sunday for 18 fishermen held in Libya, weighing in on a standoff between Italy and the administration of Khalifa Haftar, one of the North African country’s two rival...

 A Sicilian member of the League on Monday quit the nationalist opposition party after appearing to praise the mafia in a speech at the weekend. Lampedusa-born Angela Maraventano, a former League Senator, had been urged to...