NOVANEWS A boat transporting migrants arrives in the port of Messina after a rescue operation at sea on April 18, 2015 in Sicily. ─ AFP ROME/PALERMO: As many as 700 people are feared dead after […]
NOVANEWS Members of the Muslim community in Italy leave Rome’s mosque after prayers Following a series of protests across the country, Italy moved to block a regional law recently passed which was aimed at preventing […]
NOVANEWS Upwards of one million refugees could reach Europe from Libya amid collapsing security in the northern African country, the European Union’s border agency chief has warned. Frontex executive director Fabrice Leggeri said he expects […]
NOVANEWS By: MICHAEL DAY ‘I cannot always live under escort,’ says Mesrar as she resigned her post Italy’s first Muslim councillor says she is fleeing the country after a series of death threats, in the […]
NOVANEWS by Richard Falk [This is a corrected and slightly revised version of yesterday’s post; I apologize for the various mistakes in the earlier text, maybe an effect of jet lag or something worse!] Why Istanbul? […]
NOVANEWS The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) thanked Italy for welcoming 15 members of Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO, a.k.a. MEK and NCRI). “UNHCR welcomed the Italian government’s decision to let into the country a […]
NOVANEWS Matteo Renzi considers Iranian regime ‘main problem’ of the Middle East, says left should learn to understand, support Israel Haaretz Matteo Renzi is Italy’s youngest-ever premier, and he could also be one of the […]
NOVANEWS Matteo Renzi supported the 2009 ‘Green Movement’ against the ayatollahs, and has urged ‘more careful consideration of I$raHell’s stances’ Times of Israel The man expected to become Italy’s next prime minister is known to […]
NOVANEWS NSA spied on the future Pope Francis before and during the Vatican conclave at which he was chosen to succeed Benedict XVI Pope Francis delivering a speech during a meeting of the world’s cardinals Photo: […]
NOVANEWS Pope Francis met with the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during his recent visit to Rome A “diplomatic embarrassment” has arisen following the refusal of Pope Francis I to meet with Israel’s prime minister at […]