Hundreds of millions of euros in aid, trade and investment given to Tunisia and Libya to stop migrant boats from leaving ...

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Researchers found the first evidence of the bubonic plague outside of Europe and Asia in an Egyptian mummy housed in Turin, ...

Italy is urging other European countries to take a greater share of the immigrants pouring across from North Africa. The tiny island of Lampedusa is just south of Sicily and only 150 kilometers ...

Sir Keir also said he was interested in Italy's model of paying north African countries to do more to stop boat crossings. He added that deals with Tunisia and Libya “appears to have had quite a ...

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Italy's hard-right government vowed Monday to press ahead with its controversial migrant centres in Albania, even as they stand empty due to legal challenges.

Eni, Italy's largest importer of natural gas ... to halt the flow of unauthorised arrivals. Most departed from North African countries such as Tunisia and Libya, many fleeing poverty and conflict ...