Palermo today sacked coach Devis Mangia after less than four months in charge.

ITALIAN police fined a woman €500 for wearing a full Islamic veil – the first punishment of its kind in Italy, but the latest in a wave of sanctions against the burqa in Europe.

Three gunmen hijacked a regional bus in northern Italy today and set it on fire after freeing the passengers, officials said.

Three gunmen hijacked a regional bus travelling in northern Italy today and set it on fire before running into a police blockade, officials and news reports said.

POLICE stormed a house in northern Italy early yesterday to detain a gunman who had killed three and injured eight by shooting from the home with a hunting rifle.

A gunman hiding in his family’s home in a small town in northern Italy sprayed gunfire on passing cars and police, killing at least three people, including an officer, the Carabinieri paramilitary police said.