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Qatari plane hits Milan airport lights during arrival of Winter Olympics staff
ByAngela Giuffrida in Rome January 28, 2026

Aircraft carrying 104 personnel damaged lighting tower while making ‘wrong manoeuvre’ after landing A Qatari military cargo plane carrying security staff in Italy to assist with law enforcement for the Winter Olympics struck a lighting tower on Sunday …

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Israeli settlers attack and rob Italian and Canadian volunteers in West Bank
ByJulian Borger in Jerusalem December 1, 2025

Group beaten in early hours of morning in village where they volunteered to help protect Palestinians from settler violenceItaly and Canada have raised concerns about the treatment of their citizens who were beaten and robbed by Israeli settlers in the…

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Libya Detains Former Prison Director Wanted for Crimes Against Humanity
ByPranav Baskar and Elisabetta Povoledo November 5, 2025

Osama Elmasry Njeem was arrested in Italy in January but sent back to Libya, as critics accused the Italian government of failing to stand up for human rights.

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Libya Detains Prison Director Wanted for Crimes Against Humanity
ByPranav Baskar and Elisabetta Povoledo November 5, 2025November 6, 2025

Osama Elmasry Njeem was arrested in Italy in January but sent back to Libya, as critics accused the Italian government of failing to stand up for human rights.

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Libyan general accused of crimes against humanity arrested in Tripoli
ByAngela Giuffrida in Rome November 5, 2025

Osama Almasri Najim was arrested in Italy in January on an ICC warrant, only to be released and flown back to LibyaA Libyan general wanted by the international criminal court (ICC) for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity has been arrested in…

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The Gaza effect: how a global pro-Palestine protest movement met repression and resistance
By October 11, 2025

Across the west, solidarity marches are testing governments’ tolerance for dissent. From arrests to bans, free-speech boundaries are shiftingThe ceasefire between Hamas and Israel has been met with joy and relief across the Middle East and beyond. Over…

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The Gaza effect: how a global pro-Palestine protest movement met repression and resistance
By October 11, 2025

Across the west, solidarity marches are testing governments’ tolerance for dissent. From arrests to bans, free-speech boundaries are shiftingThe ceasefire between Hamas and Israel has been met with joy and relief across the Middle East and beyond. Over…

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Gaza flotilla members allege beatings and insults in Israeli detention
ByLorenzo Tondo in Palermo, Sam Jones in Madrid and Helena Smith in Athens October 6, 2025October 6, 2025

Some of those held say guns were pointed at them, they were threatened with dogs and deprived of sleepInternational activists, journalists and lawyers deported from Israel after attempting to breach the 16-year maritime blockade of Gaza as part of a hu…

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Final boat of 42-strong pro-Palestinian flotilla intercepted by Israel
ByLorenzo Tondo in Palermo October 3, 2025

Protest vessel intercepted in the early hours of Friday morning 42.5 nautical miles from the coast of GazaThe last boat of the 42 vessels in the Gaza humanitarian flotillathat sought to breach Israel’s 16-year maritime blockade has been intercepted by …

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Israel’s Gaza flotilla interception triggers protests, diplomatic expulsions and calls for strikes
ByJonathan Yerushalmy and Carmela Fonbuena October 2, 2025

Thousands marched in cities across the world following the interception of the flotilla and detainment of activists including Greta ThunbergFollow latest updates liveAs Israeli forces began their long anticipated interception of a pro-Palestinian floti…

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