One of Rome’s main airports has been temporarily closed after birds caused a Ryanair aircraft to make an emergency landing.

Ryanair says it has won a legal case against Italy's aviation authority, ENAC.

Heavy fog forced the cancellation of 23 flights at Rome’s two airports early today, airport officials said.

Rome’s second-largest airport, Ciampino, was closed for about one hour today for a bomb threat, and reopened after a search did not find any explosive devices, airport officials said.

NEWLYWEDS Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes jetted off on honeymoon to the Maldives yesterday after a fairytale wedding in a 15th century castle in Italy.

Newlyweds Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes jetted off on honeymoon to the Maldives today after a fairytale wedding in a 15th century castle in Italy.

TOM CRUISE flew into a Rome airport yesterday on a private jet, airport officials said, setting off a frenzy among media and fans anticipating the star’s high-profile wedding to Katie Holmes on Saturday.

Tom Cruise has flown into a Rome airport on a private jet, setting off a frenzy among media and fans anticipating the star's high-profile wedding to Katie Holmes.

Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero will visit emergency service crews fighting 110 forest fires in north-west Spain today, officials said.

Emergency services today were fighting 110 forest fires in wooded areas of northwest Spain, many of which were started deliberately, officials said.

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Rome today ahead of a conference that will gather top diplomats and officials from key Mideast players in an effort to stop warfare between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas.

Ryanair has secured a court injunction in Italy preventing the authorities at Rome's Ciampino Airport from diverting certain flights to another facility.

ONE of the suspects in the failed July 21 London suicide bombings was arrested and charged when he landed back in Britain yesterday.

Suspected failed July 21 suicide bomber Hussain Osman was today charged with conspiracy to commit murder, attempted murder and explosives offences, Scotland Yard said.

One of the suspects in the failed July 21 London suicide bombings landed back on British soil today.

The suspect in the failed July 21 London bombings who was arrested in Rome arrived at the city’s Ciampino airport in the Italian capital today to be extradited to Britain, Italian police said.

Pope Benedict XVI began his first foreign trip as Pontiff today, leaving Rome to take part in the Roman Catholic Church’s World Youth Day in Cologne, Germany.

AN Italian F16 jet fighter intercepted a suspicious plane heading to Rome yesterday, hours after the pope’s funeral and escorted it to a military airport.

Two Italian F16 jet fighters intercepted a suspicious plane heading to Rome’s Ciampino airport today, hours after the pope’s funeral, and escorted to a local airport.

Tucked behind ancient walls and iron gates, Vatican City is protected by Swiss Guards armed with sabres, a small but efficient secret service packing handguns and a special Italian police corps.

Low-cost airline easyJet today announced two new routes from Belfast to the Continent.

Three Italian security guards who were held hostage for two months in Iraq returned home today to a joyous welcome at a Rome airport.

A small plane carrying a medical team and a heart for a transplant patient crashed today in Sardinia, killing all six people aboard.