KABUL, Afghanistan, March 16 (UPI) -- The Taliban said Friday it would hold off on killing an Italian correspondent captured in Afghanistan.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, March 6 (UPI) -- An Italian war correspondent in Afghanistan was taken prisoner after traveling into a Taliban-controlled area without permission, the group said Tuesday. Daniele Mastrogiacomo of La Repubblica apparently was in an area controlled by Mullah Dadullah, the T

VATICAN CITY, March 1 (UPI) -- Cardinal Giacomo Biffi warned Pope Benedict XVI and other Vatican leaders in his Lenten meditations of a "pacifist, ecologist, ecumenist" Antichrist. Biffi, who retired three years ago as archbishop of Bologna, has long been known for his conservative and

ROME, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has apologized for flirting with other women after his wife went public with her complaints.

JERUSALEM, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Israel's cabinet was divided Sunday over Syrian President Bashar Assad's call to return to the negotiating table.

ASCOLI PICENO, Italy, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- An Italian sociologist has moved underground with 85 books, a supply of honey, walnuts and chocolate and an array of medical monitors.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said Thursday only his country's army -- and not U.N. peacekeepers -- will disarm Hezbollah militants.

ROME, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- A half-million Italians packed the Roman Coliseum for a concert by New York rocker Billy Joel and Canadian Bryan Adams, ANSA reported Tuesday.

NEWPORT, R.I., July 15 (UPI) -- Former players Patrick Rafter and Gabriela Sabatini were inducted Saturday in the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, R.I.