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Paola Deffendi, Giulio Regeni's mother, right, her husband Claudio and their daughter Irene, center, embrace after the verdict of a Rome court which convicted three of four Egyptian security officials to 10 years in prison for the abduction and murder of Giulio in Cairo in 2016, in Rome, Monday, Sept. 28, 2026. (Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via AP)

Court in Rome sentences 3 Egyptian security officials to 10 years over Giulio Regeni’s abduction

By Giada Zampano - Associated Press

Carabinieri paramilitary police stand on patrol outside the Colosseum, closed to the public for the day to mourn a worker who fell to his death late Tuesday when installing cabling inside the ancient amphitheater, in Rome, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. (Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via AP)

Rome’s Colosseum closes for the day after a worker plunges to his death

By Paolo Santalucia and David Biller - Associated Press

Tourists gather outside the Colosseum, closed to the public for the day to mourn a worker who fell to his death late Tuesday when installing cabling inside the ancient amphitheater, in Rome, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. (Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via AP)

Rome’s Colosseum closed for a day following worker’s death

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni attends at Fenix, the FdI youth festival, in Rome, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. (Valentina Stefanelli/LaPresse via AP)

Meloni plans to ban burqas and niqabs in Italian schools, and cap foreign students in classrooms

By Maria Grazia Murru - Associated Press

Reporters film the "The Painted City" fresco, discovered during 1990s built as foundations for the Baths of Trajan that has been restored, in Rome, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026.(AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

‘Painted City’: Ancient Rome’s largest fresco and mosaic opens near the Colosseum

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

The ruins of the ancient Roman Neronian bridge, emerge from the riverbed of the Tiber river due to drought, in Rome, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Nero’s Bridge emerges from Tiber River as Rome faces water crisis

Associated Press

A helicopter drops water over the scene of an explosion at an ammunition plant in Colleferro, near Rome, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Huge explosion at ammunition factory in Rome causes fright but no injuries

By Giada Zampano - Associated Press

Vespa enthusiasts parade in front of Colosseum during celebrations for the 80th anniversary of the Vespa scooter, in Rome, Saturday, June 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Thousands of Vespas swarm Rome’s historic center to mark iconic scooter’s 80th anniversary

By David Biller and Trisha Thomas - Associated Press

First placed Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard holds the trophy as he celebrates on the podium at the end of the Giro d'Italia cycling race in Rome Sunday, May 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Jonas Vingegaard wins Giro d’Italia to become the eighth male rider to win all 3 Grand Tours

Associated Press

The Ferrari Luce unveiled in May 2026. (Photo Credit: Ferrari Media Centre)

Ferrari shares tumble after automaker unveils first electric car

By The Washington Times AI News Desk

Families of Palestinian refugees who have arrived in Italy from the Gaza Strip through humanitarian corridors due to serious medical reasons, take part in a visit to Rome's Baths of Caracalla offered by the "Guides for Gaza" association, Sunday, May 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Families evacuated from Gaza enjoy a day to decompress at Rome’s ancient baths

By Veronica Andrea Sauchelli - Associated Press

Tourists visit the American Studies center courtyard adorned with Ancient Roman statues, in Rome, Thursday, April 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Catholic schools Notre Dame, Villanova to open hoops season in Rome with men’s-women’s doubleheader

Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV washes and kisses the feet of 12 Roman priests during the Missa in Caena Domini, the Mass of the Lord's Supper, on Catholic Holy Thursday in St. John Lateran Basilica in Rome, Thursday, April 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Leo XIV revives the Holy Thursday foot-washing of priests after Francis’s inclusive tradition

Associated Press

A view of the frescoed vaults of the cloister of the Basilica of Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Rome, Wednesday, March 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

A hidden cloister in the center of Rome has a turbulent past etched on its walls

By Trisha Thomas - Associated Press

People walk in the new outdoor space created with travertine marble around the Colosseum during it's inauguration in Rome, Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Colosseum’s new look re-creates footprints of long-gone columns

By Trisha Thomas - Associated Press

People walk in the new outdoor space created with travertine marble around the Colosseum during it's inauguration in Rome, Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Rome’s Colosseum gets a fresh look that recreates the footprints of long-gone columns

By Trisha Thomas - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019, the sun shines over international waters north of Libya in the Mediterranean Sea. (AP Photo/Renata Brito)

Hundreds of migrants are vanishing in the Mediterranean. Authorities are withholding information

By Renata Brito and Paolo Santalucia - Associated Press

Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume, France - 02-02-2025: candles with Christ seen in the Basilica of Saint Mary Magdalene, the third tomb of Christendom. File photo credit: Obatala-photography via Shutterstock.

Notions of ‘Christendom’ often miss the mark

By Brett Whalen - Associated Press

Restorer Domiziana Marchioro polishes the altar od St. Sebastian inside the Basilica of San Pietro in Vincoli in Rome, Monday, March 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

EU recovery funds fuel frenzied restorations around Rome, including at famed basilica

By Trisha Thomas - Associated Press

The sculpted bust inside the Basilica of Saint Agnes Outside the Walls, in Rome, Wednesday, March 4, 2026, which, in light of new studies by Italian researcher Valentina Salerno, may be reattributed to Michelangelo Buonarroti. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Claims of ‘rediscovered’ Michelangelos unsettle Renaissance experts

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press