Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has cast Pope Leo XIV as a global ally on social justice, migration and reparations after meeting the Chicago-born pontiff at the Vatican.

Read the history of Rome’s Colosseum, from gladiator battles to becoming a Wonder of the World. Learn why the Colosseum became famous, how it survived centuries, and why only part of the ancient ...

Italy issued a red alert warning for the capital Rome on Thursday and Portugal and France reported their hottest days in May as Europe struggled with a heatwave that has smashed records across the ...

A first trip to Italy can look simple while the map is open. Rome, Florence, Venice, the Amalfi Coast, Cinque Terre, Tuscany, Milan, Naples, Sicily, and the lakes all seem close enough to combine ...

Built by the Ahom kings and often called the ‘Colosseum of the East’, Rang Ghar in Assam once overlooked royal games, Bihu ...

Photographer Lorenzo Grifantini looks at how the Italian capital’s historic centre has gradually reorganised itself around the uninterrupted flow of visitors and the expectations projected on to it ...

Those peanuts and hot dogs you grab from a vendor at a sporting event are part of a centuries-old snacking tradition dating ...

The crumbling yet still magnificent Ancient Rome is at the center of the city, in part of a larger area called the Centro ...

The global sail racing championship will arrive in Italy's capital city on September 11-12, 2027, in the first event of a three-year partnership with the City of Rome and the Lazio Region.

Don't let these oversights make your Italian vacation more stressful.

For wealthy Romans, life was good. They lived in beautiful houses – often on the hills outside Rome, away from the noise and the smell. They enjoyed an extravagant lifestyle with luxurious furnishings ...