Italian premier Giorgia Meloni is to join European leaders at the White House on Monday for talks with Ukrainian president Zelensky and US president Trump.

The Italian health ministry has issued maximum red alert heat warnings for 16 cities around Italy as a new heatwave gains in intensity ahead of Ferragosto.

A 51-year-old Scottish tourist was charged with aggravated theft after stealing six pieces of stone during a tour of Pompeii archaeological park in Italy.

Italy's foreign minister signs a joint appeal to Israel to grant unrestricted aid into Gaza where the humanitarian crisis has reached 'unimaginable levels'.

Several cities in northern and central Italy, including Bergamo, Florence and Milan, record major blackouts as the nation grapples with an intense heatwave.

Italy's Uffizi Galleries has pledged new selfie limits after a clumsy tourist damaged an 18th-century painting while posing in front of it for a photograph.

Short-term rental giant Airbnb is to give funding to Rome's Peter Pan charitable association which supports families with children suffering from cancer.

A police investigation is underway in Rome after the bodies of a baby girl and a woman were found in bushes in the city's Villa Pamphilj park on Saturday.

Italy is holding a referendum on Sunday and Monday in which the nation's voters will be asked if they wish to ease citizenship rules and reform labour laws.

A mystery 'ancient Roman' mosaic unearthed in central Rome this week features a banquet scene whose protagonists are dining on what appears to be fast food.

Italy is to expand its travel rules to allow pet owners to take larger dogs with them on board flights, in the cabin, the Italian transport ministry said.

A 47-year-old tourist was seriously injured when he became impaled on railings around the Colosseum after attempting to scale a fence at the Rome landmark.