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Banner across the facade of the Capitoline Museum in Rome showing support for Iranian protestors (photo supplied to The Washington Times)

The people of Rome are standing with Iranian women for freedom

By Victoria Coates

People march in the hometown of former dictator Benito Mussolini to mark the 100th anniversary of the coup d'etat by which he sized power in 1922, in Predappio, Italy, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Thousands commemorate Italy’s fascist dictator Mussolini

By Colleen Barry - Associated Press

Demonstrators by the Italian Partisans association form a human chain to protect shops selling memorabilia of Fascist Dictator Benito Mussolini, during a march organized in Mussolini's birthplace Predappio Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, to mark the 78th anniversary of the liberation of the town from the nazi-fascist occupation by Italian Partisans and Polish allied troops, which coincides with the 100th anniversary of the march on Rome. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Hundreds of anti-fascists march in Mussolini’s birthplace

By Paolo Santalucia and Luca Bruno - Associated Press

Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni sworn in as Italian premier

By Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

Far-Right party Brothers of Italy's leader Giorgia Meloni flashes the victory sign at her party's electoral headquarters in Rome, early Monday, Sept. 26, 2022. Italian voters rewarded Giorgia Meloni's euroskeptic party with neo-fascist roots, propelling the country toward what likely would be its first far-right-led government since World War II, based on partial results Monday from the election for Parliament. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

First female premier poised to take helm of Italy government

By Nicole Winfield and Frances D'emilio and Giada Zampano - Associated Press

Far-right Brothers of Italy's leader Giorgia Meloni votes at a polling station in Rome, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. Italians are voting in a national election that might yield the nation's first government led by the far right since the end of World War II. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Far-right Meloni on path to power in landmark Italian vote

By Eric J. Lyman - Special to The Washington Times

A poster of Italy's candidate premier Giorgia Meloni stands on the side of a bus in Rome, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. Italy could be on the verge of electing its first woman premier. That prospect delights some Italian women, but others are dismayed by her conservative beliefs and policies. If opinion polls prove on the mark, Giorgia Meloni and the far-right Brothers of Italy party she co-founded less than a decade ago will triumph in Sept. 25 elections for Parliament. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Meloni’s surge has far-right on the brink of power in Rome

By Eric J. Lyman - Special to The Washington Times

A woman carries backpacks as her son walks after coming out of a primary school, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. Italy could be on the verge of electing its first woman premier. That prospect delights some Italian women, but others are dismayed by her conservative beliefs and policies. If opinion polls prove on the mark, Giorgia Meloni and the far-right Brothers of Italy party she co-founded less than a decade ago will triumph in Sept. 25 elections for Parliament. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Prospect of far-right female premier divides Italian women

By Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

Policemen wait on a platform to check the green health pass of public transportation passengers in Rome, Monday, Dec. 6, 2021, on the first day a super green health pass went into effect. Italian police can check whether diners in restaurants or bars have a &quot;super&quot; green health pass certifying that they are either vaccinated or have recently recovered from the virus. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

American tourist fined $450 for eating ice cream near fountain in Rome

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

Pope Francis holds the crucifix as he celebrates a Mass on the Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, June 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Francis urges Congo, South Sudan to work for peace, prosperity

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Journalists look at the frescoes coming from the sacellum, a small votive chapel, of a two-story home, or &quot;Domus,&quot; dating from around 134-138 AD that was partially destroyed to make way for the construction of the Caracalla public baths, which opened in 216 AD, are on display at the Caracalla archaeological park in Rome, Thursday, June 23, 2022. The frescoed ceiling and walls of a domestic temple honoring Greco-Roman and Egyptian religious deities and believed to have belonged to a wealthy merchant family were first discovered in the mid-19th century about 10 meters (yards) underneath the current ground level of the baths, had been briefly exhibited but has been closed to the public for 30 years. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

Ancient home, prayer room open at Rome’s Baths of Caracalla

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope Francis hoists the Gospel book during a Chrism Mass inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Thursday, April 14, 2022. During the mass the Pontiff blesses a token amount of oil that will be used to administer the sacraments for the year. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope visits Italian prison for Holy Week foot-washing ritual

By Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Feb. 11, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

Russia seeking military aid from China, says U.S. official

By Aamer Madhani and Josh Boak - Associated Press

President of the Italian Senate, Maria Elisabetta Alberti Casellati, left, and President of the Italian Lower Chamber Roberto Fico count ballots in the Italian parliament in Rome, during a voting session in the Italian parliament, in Rome, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022. The first rounds of voting in Italy's Parliament for the country's next president yielded an avalanche of blank ballots, as lawmakers and special regional electors failed to deliver a winner amid a political stalemate. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, pool)

Vote for Italy’s president fails again; no political deal

By Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi waves to media following a meeting with center-right leaders in Rome, on Dec. 23, 2021. Former premier Silvio Berlusconi has bowed out of Italy’s presidential election set for next week. (Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse via AP, File)

Bye-bye, bunga-bunga? Berlusconi drops Italian presidential bid on eve of vote

By Eric J. Lyman - Special to The Washington Times

Pope Francis is about to kiss a statue of Baby Jesus as he celebrates Christmas Eve Mass, at St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday Dec. 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope celebrates Christmas Eve Mass as virus surges in Italy

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Italian Premier Mario Draghi speaks during a press conference at Chigi Palace, in Rome, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021. Draghi has slammed as “cowardly” COVID-19 vaccine opponents who have been threatening or harassing Italian ministers, governors, journalists and doctors. “I must express my full solidarity to those who have been the target of violence, hate, by the so-called no-vaxers,’’ Draghi told reporters at a news conference in Rome Thursday. (Fabio Frustaci/Pool Photo via AP)

Italy’s harsh COVID-19 measures test new prime minister’s popularity

By Eric J. Lyman - Special to The Washington Times - The Washington Times

A driver polishes a window of a car in the motorcade of U.S. President Joe Biden as he waits outside the Chigi Palace in Rome, Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. A Group of 20 summit scheduled for this weekend in Rome is the first in-person gathering of leaders of the world's biggest economies since the COVID-19 pandemic started. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Climate hypocrisy? Biden takes heat for carbon footprint at U.N. summit

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

U.S. President Joe Biden poses for a selfie with medical personnel and other world leaders during a group photo at the La Nuvola conference center for the G20 summit in Rome, Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021. The two-day Group of 20 summit is the first in-person gathering of leaders of the world's biggest economies since the COVID-19 pandemic started. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Back in Europe, Biden tries to show allies U.S. is with them

By Josh Boak and Zeke Miller and Aamer Madhani - Associated Press

World Trade Organization President Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, right, is greeted by Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi during arrivals at the La Nuvola conference center for the G20 summit in Rome, Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021. The two-day Group of 20 summit is the first in-person gathering of leaders of the world's biggest economies since the COVID-19 pandemic started. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

G-20 endorses global corporate minimum tax at Rome summit

By David McHugh and Frances D'Emilio and Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press