VATICAN CITY – In his most substantial critique of U.S., Russian and other military incursions in sovereign countries, Pope ...

The new facility at Trapani-Birgi will make the Sicilian base Italy’s third operational F-35 hub and a future multinational training center for NATO and ...

World War 2 had its fair share of technologically advanced weapons. Take a look at some of the most forward-thinking to see ...

Italian women kept people alive long enough to keep fighting. Women served as nurses, assisted wounded partisans and sick ...

The M1 Garand established semi-automatic rifles as the infantry standard and shaped modern assault doctrine. The StG 44 created the blueprint for modern assault rifles with its intermediate-caliber ...

Thailand is looking into guided anti-tank missiles the army captured along the border amid the fighting with Cambodia that has renewed. The GAM‑102LR is a fifth‑generation precision‑guided anti‑tank ...

More than half a million workers across Italy took part in a one-day general strike on December 12, called by the CGIL union against the government’s 2026 Budget Law. The strike, which shut down large ...

WWII weapons persist in modern conflicts because they are rugged, affordable and easy to repair in low-resource environments. The Browning M2 heavy machine gun has remained in frontline service since ...

ROME — They lit up the Colosseum in the green, white and red of the Italian flag and celebrated with an evening concert, where government officials gave triumphant speeches to herald the big news. Yet ...

The US government has cleared possible sales of air-launched munitions to Denmark, Italy and South Korea. The three potential sales, announced in separate Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) ...

Often derided by their enemies and patronised by their major ally, the armed forces of Italy during the second world war have not been given the subsequent level of historical attention they deserve.