Criticism and protests have been mounting in Italy against a bill that, if passed, would equate criticism of the Israeli regime with anti-Semitism.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent - the official who has recently launched the so-called operation economic outcast against Iran - began his career as a speculative financial trader by nearly bringing Italy to its knees.

As goods made in illegal settlements continue to enter European markets through systems that hide their actual places of origin, some European countries are doing all they can to shield the Israeli regime from accountability.

An Italian Navy-led European Union force boarded a Russian tanker in the Mediterranean Sea, claiming the operation was part of efforts to monitor illicit arms and oil trafficking in the region.

Italian lawmakers have exposed the deployment of jet fighters and radars by a key European ally of the United States to Saudi Arabia, forcing Rome to defend the move.

Tunisia and Italy have signed a new framework agreement to strengthen cooperation in transport and logistics.

Morocco is demanding answers from Italian authorities over the death of one of its nationals during his arrest in Bologna, northern Italy.