Gay rights magazine names Pope ‘Person of the Year’

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 00:49

Pope Francis, named "Person of the Year" last week by TIME magazine, has been accorded the distinction once again. This time it`s a leading lifestyle magazine which actively promotes gay rights.

Nadal shines, Federer fades as big four becomes three

Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 23:15

Rafael Nadal defied the career obituary writers with his stunning renaissance in 2013 as he and fellow major winners Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray cut struggling Roger Federer adrift.

Juve go six clear, Napoli keep in touch with Inter win

Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 21:41

Napoli kept their hopes of a first Serie A title since 1990 alive with an epic 4-2 win over 10-man Inter Milan after a Carlos Tevez hat-trick had put leaders Juventus six points clear with a 4-0 rout of Sassuolo on Sunday.

‘Costa Concordia cruise liner could be re-floated by June’

Last Updated: Sunday, December 15, 2013, 00:57

The shipwrecked Costa Concordia cruise liner could be re-floated by June 2014, the engineer overseeing the long-delayed salvage operation off the Italian island of Giglio said on Saturday.

Pope Francis was once a bouncer at nightclub

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 3, 2013, 15:00

Pope Francis has revealed he once made money by kicking people out of clubs as a bouncer.

Italian mafia boss fed alive to pigs by rival clan

Last Updated: Saturday, November 30, 2013, 14:08

Francesco Raccosta, a mafia boss in Italy, was beaten with iron rods by a rival clan and later thrown at sly for pigs to eat him alive.

Silvio Berlusconi could face new bribery probe, trial

Last Updated: Saturday, November 30, 2013, 12:15

Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi could face a new criminal probe and trial after judges accused him of bribing witnesses at the trial of three of his aides.

Silvio Berlusconi expelled, Italy PM says govt `stronger` now

Last Updated: Thursday, November 28, 2013, 09:39

Enrico Letta said on Wednesday that his government is stronger after the exit of the media tycoon’s Forza Italia party from the ruling coalition.

Berlusconi fights to the end to keep Senate seat

Last Updated: Monday, November 25, 2013, 20:13

Silvio Berlusconi is fighting to the very end, claiming that newly recovered documents from America will exonerate him from a devastating tax fraud conviction even though the trial is over and his guilty verdict has been upheld by Italy`s highest court.

Sibal launches personal website ahead of 2014 LS polls

Last Updated: Friday, November 1, 2013, 17:52

When in Rome, do as Romans do, Law Minister Kapil Sibal said on Friday while launching his personal website ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.

Italy unveils treasure `worth more than British crown jewels`

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 30, 2013, 08:51

Riches from a Neapolitan treasure trove said to be worth more than the British crown jewels are going on show in Rome in an unprecedented exhibition of emeralds and diamonds once owned by popes and kings.

Silvio Berlusconi’s daughter Marina denies her plan to enter politics

Last Updated: Monday, October 28, 2013, 18:58

Italy’s former prime miniser Silvio Berlusconi’s elder daughter Marina has denied the speculations on Monday that she would replace Silvio as center-right leader due to his father’s legal problems.