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An Italian is suing Emirates after spending a 9-hour flight crushed by an overweight passenger in the seat next to him. Onboard selfie, via Twitter Giorgio Destro, from Padua in northern Italy, says he

A wingsuit BASE jumper died in Switzerland on Friday morning while live streaming his flight on Facebook. The 28-year-old Italian had jumped Friday 26th August 2016 from the Alpschelehubel mountain in

A pet dog kept barking for 40 minutes before the earthquake struck Amatrice, Italy last Wednesday. Lucia Deleri and her husband, who were at home with their five-year-old son in Poggio Castellano, were

Mark Zuckerberg will hold a Townhall Q&A in Rome on Monday 29th August, the latest in a series of events during which employees get to interrogate the social media site's owner. Photo: Drew Angerer/AFP

Two people are reported dead in a 6.2 magnitude earthquake which struck central Italy in the early hours of Wednesday morning, while others are trapped under collapsed buildings. The earthquake struck

A young refugee has been rescued by Italian police after travelling 400 km while hanging from the undercarriage of a lorry. Police stopped the vehicle, which was heading north on Italy's A1 motorway, on