After a five-year dig in the side of Rome’s Palatine Hill, the archaeologists excavated a deluxe banquet room, which is estimated to date back to around the first or second century BC.

2,300-year-old mosaic, made of coral and shells, emerge from Rome after five-year dig

Pope Francis has chosen his final resting place. His preferred location is not the Vatican but Rome. Pope Francis doesn't want to be buried alongside his predecessors but in a basilica in Rome.

Pope Francis decides to simplify Papal funeral rites

Pope Francis on Wednesday (Dec 13) made a revelation during an interview about his final resting place stating that he has chosen to be buried in a basilica in Rome than being buried alongside his immediate predecessors in St Peter's Basilica.

Pope Francis chooses final resting place outside of Vatican

Pope Francis, on Wednesday (Nov 29) in his first appearance after calling off a visit to Dubai for the COP28 climate summit, asked an aide to read the main text in his place stating that he was "still not well".

Pope Francis says he is 'still not well' after calling off Dubai visit for COP28 meeting

UK museum reclassifies roman emperor as transgender. The North Hertfordshire museum will use the new set of pronouns to refer to Elagabalus based on classical texts where the emperor asked to be called “lady”. The decision follows long-standing academic interest in Elagabalus's gender identity.

Gravitas: Elagabalus: The genderqueer ruler of Rome

Rome, just like Paris, is synonymous with all things cultural, steeped in history. A Roman holiday may well be on the top of amorous couples' travel wishlist. But the residents of the city are dealing with a problem that was not present as they freely roamed around their own city.

Mio Dio! Hornets have taken over Rome, causing serious injuries and even death

Pope Francis on Wednesday (Oct 4) opened a major congress on the Catholic Church's future, with for the first time women will be allowed to vote at a meeting of bishops.

Meeting of bishops getting under way in Rome, women to vote for the first time

Here, we bring you the news that is trending across WION's social media platforms- In a terrifying incident a United Airlines flight from Newark, New Jersey to Rome, Italy plunged more than 28,000 feet in just 10 minutes and was forced to reverse its course and return to the New York Liberty International Airport. The incident was also confirmed by the Federal Aviation Administration which attributed the reported plunge to a pressurization issue.

United Airlines flight to Rome plunges 28,000 feet in 10 minutes

A video of a woman who stepped into Rome's iconic tourist attraction, Trevi Fountain, to fill her water bottle has been doing rounds on social media and has taken the internet by storm.

WATCH | Woman climbs into Rome’s historic Trevi Fountain to fill water bottle

A military coup took place on July 26th in Niger. The military took power and Niger’s president Mohamed Bazoum, who was a staunch ally of the West was ousted. While the west is aghast - not everyone is hostile to the coup in Niger. Amid a rising Russia sentiment in the region, Junta led Burkina Faso and Mali have declared that any foreign military intervention in Niger against coup leaders would be considered a declaration of war against them, too.

262 evacuees from Niger lands in Paris and Rome

Archaeologists in Rome have made an extraordinary discovery, unearthing the ruins of Nero's Theatre—a long-lost imperial structure mentioned in ancient Roman texts but never found thus far.

Lost theatre of emperor Nero unearthed beneath Rome's hotel site

A Delta Airlines flight from Milan to New York was hit by severe turbulence and hail soon after takeoff, leading to an emergency landing. The plane had to be rerouted to Rome due to heavy damage to the fuselage near the wings and nose.

Delta Airlines flight makes emergency landing after getting battered by hail storm

Global heatwave grips continents: Record-breaking temperatures worldwide

The names of non-biological lesbian moms have begun to disappear from birth certificates in Italy. The action follows recently passed same-sex parenting legislation in Rome.

Rome wipes off names of lesbian mothers from birth certificates

Muse fans were unstoppable in the scorching heat of Rome, as they defied high temperatures to see their favourite band. The English band performed at the Olympic stadium in Rome, and moved the concert time to avoid the hottest hours of the day. As per the weather service, Rome registered a new record high temperature of 41.8 degrees Celsius.

Heat wave doesn't stop indomitable muse fans ahead of Rome concert

Weeks after a British tourist was caught defacing the Colosseum in Rome, Italy, another tourist has dared to repeat the same mistake. The Italian police have launched an investigation following the surfacing of a video where a teenage girl from Switzerland can be seen carving the letter "N" into a wall of the 2,000-year-old monument.

Video: Swiss teen caught vandalising Colosseum, weeks after British tourist did the same

People in Italy are expressing outrage after a judge ruled a caretaker's grope of a teenager "did not last long enough" to be deemed criminal. The 17-year-old girl at a Rome high school was reportedly walking up a staircase with a friend when she felt a 'foreign hand' touch her underwear.

'Who decides that?': Italians in uproar over judge's '10-second' groping rule

A 17-year-old Canadian has been brought for questioning by Japanese authorities after it was discovered he carved his name into an eighth-century UNESCO-listed temple in the historic city of Nara.

Teenager defaces 8th-century UNESCO-listed temple in Japan, brought in for questioning

Italy is crippled under the effects of a severe heatwave. On Sunday, temperatures reached as high as 36 degrees celsius in Rome. According to the Italian ministry of health, the weather in the capital and in eight other cities along the peninsula has reached an orange alert level, which is the third stage on a scale of four.

Italy suffers excruciating heatwave amidst tourist influx

An elegant white marble head, purportedly from the Augustan era has been discovered in the Italian capital of Rome. Mayor Roberto Gualtieri took to social media to inform about the ancient relic which is now being restored.

Ancient white marble head, possibly of Aphrodite, unearthed in Italy's Rome

There is a saying that if one does not adapt to changing times, one is usually left behind but traditional things passed on from generations are things that one does not wish to change anytime. Watch the video to know.

Famous 'Bakery of Popes', first opened in 1930, shuts its doors | World News | WION

One of the world’s most ancient and best-preserved sites, the Pantheon in Rome, will now charge its visitors an entrance fee, starting Monday. Italy’s tourism ministry has announced that all the people visiting the ancient monument have to pay 5 euro ($5.

Italy: Pantheon to start charging entry fee from Monday, says tourism ministry

The Italian authorities have identified a man from England as the possible suspect behind vandalism in the ancient Colosseum. Last week, a man wearing a blue flowery shirt was filmed by a fellow tourist carving his and his girlfriend's name into an internal wall of the 2,000-year-old monument.

It's a Brit: Colosseum vandaliser identified by Italian police, could face 5 years in jail

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