Syria's new ruler and Lebanon's prime minister ... Italy's Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani visited Damascus on Friday, while France's Jean-Noel Barrot and his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock ...

Italy's interior minister said on Thursday a Libyan man detained under an international war crimes arrest warrant and then unexpectedly released had been swiftly repatriated because of his "social dangerousness".

Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said Italy was a sovereign State and was free to make its own decisions in its territory after the International Criminal Court (ICC) asked Rome to explain the release of Libyan police chief Njeem Osama Almasri Habish.

Palestinians began searching on Monday for thousands of Gazans believed still buried under rubble, as residents expressed shock at the devastation wrought by 15 months of war on the enclave on the second day of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

Italy's commitment to Middle East peace was underlined by the foreign ministry Sunday in announcing the details of Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani's trip to Israel and Palestine Monday. The Farnesina said the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation,

The government attributed the release to procedural reasons. But critics say it is because Italy depends on Libya to stem the flow of migrants from Africa.