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This combo shows Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, left, pictured in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025 and Steve Witkoff, right, White House special envoy, pictured in Washington, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (AP Photos Stringer, Mark Schiefelbein)
Tehran says next round of Iran-US nuclear talks in Oman after Rome named by officials
Talks between Iran and the United States over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program had appeared ready to leave the Middle East, as an Italian source and others said the next round of negotiations would take place in Rome.
 
In this image made available on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024, by CompassCollective, rescuers attend to an 11-year-old girl from Sierra Leone who was found floating in the Mediterranean Sea off Italy's southernmost Lampedusa island, and is believed to be the only survivor of a shipwrecked migrant boat that had departed from the port of Sfax in Tunisia. (AP Photo/CompassCollective, HO)
Rescue group saves 11-year-old girl floating alone in the Mediterranean for days after shipwreck
A humanitarian rescue group says its sailboat plucked from the central Mediterranean an 11-year-old girl believed to be the only survivor of a shipwreck in stormy seas.
 
Ella Anthony, left, and her partner Doris Ezuruike Chinons pose for a photo with their dog Paddy, during an interview in their house in Passo Corese, near Rome, Monday, March 11, 2024. Knowing that she faced a possible prison term since Nigeria criminalizes same-sex relationships, Anthony fled with her partner to Libya in 2014 and then Italy, where they both won asylum. Their claim? That they had a well-founded fear of anti-LGBTQ+ persecution back home. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
As countries tighten anti-gay laws, more and more LGBTQ+ migrants seek safety and asylum in Europe
While many of the migrants who reach Europe are escaping war, conflict and poverty, an increasing number are fleeing possible prison terms and death sentences because they are gay.
 
Sticker shock for olive oil buyers after bad Italian harvest
From specialty shops in Rome to supermarkets around the world, fans of Italian olive oil are in for some sticker shock this year, with prices due to jump by as much as 20 percent.