Firefighters and rescue workers searching through the rubble of a collapsed building pulled out the body of a woman this morning, bringing the death toll to four.

An explosion ripped through a four-storey building in Milan, killing two men and a boy, injuring several dozen people and littering the street with furniture and glass.

A man with emotional problems killed himself when he parked his car near an Italian synagogue today, set the vehicle on fire and blew it up.

A car has exploded near a synagogue in the northern Italian city of Modena killing a man inside, Italian news agencies reported.

A car has exploded outside a synagogue in Italy.