Rome  - The Italian sports car manufacturer Pagani will build a roadgoing version of its Zonda R racing car called the Zonda Cinque featuring the same 750 horsepower Mercedes 7.3-litre V12 engine,

Rome - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad marked Tuesday his arrival in Italy - the first visit to a European nation since his 2005 election - with remarks against Israel which drew immediate condemnation.

"The European people have been subjected to most of the Zionists' damage and today the costs of this falsified regime, both the political and the economic, fall on the shoulders of Europe," Ahmadinejad said referring to Israel.

Italian Defence Minister Ignazio La Russa said the Iranian president's comments provoked "great concern."

Rome - Due to drastically rising food prices, 862 million people around the world are suffering from starvation or malnutrition.

Rome  - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was expected to urge world leaders attending a summit in Rome Tuesday to lift trade restrictions, taxes and other price controls that have helped spur food

Rome - Italy's European Union Affairs Minister, Andrea Ronchi, said the government would comply with a European Commission deadline Friday to provide details on a proposed multimillion-euro bail-o

Rome - A top Vatican official, Cardinal Ivan Dias, urged the faithfu