This, after anti-immigrant leader Matteo Salvini’s ties with Moscow come under scrutiny

Move part of efforts to strengthen pact, including on energy, trade, says US State Dept

Country has recorded 4.8 mil infections since April, 99.994% fully recovered, 204 patients under treatment, report says

Washington’s Anthony Blinken, Moscow’s Sergei Lavrov discuss prisoner exchange, annexation of Ukraine territory

Helicopters, boats, volunteers scour flood-hit areas for residents stranded on rooftops, clinging onto trees

Many have noted pontiff didn’t specifically mention, apologise for sexual abuse in Catholic Church-run schools

Two youngsters were tied up, soiled, starved, says military police

Decrying ‘unspeakably cruel punishment’, NGO says action is judicially-sanctioned torture, therefore crime under international law

Mohammed Khalifa, 39, was behind video production of US journalists James Foley, Steven Sotloff, decapitated in 2014, says Justice Dept

41-year-old Brazilian who died had serious immune system problems, local authorities say

Deliveries could start in ‘coming days’, says president following UN, Turkey-brokered deal

Rescuers find four bodies in rubble, as aftershocks continue to rock region

It wants crisis-stricken country to carry out ‘deep structural reforms’ before approving more aid