An investigation is under way after a bus operated by Rome public transport company ATAC burst into flames in the Fleming district of the city on Tuesday.

Palermo public prosecutors file an appeal to the court of cassation against the acquittal of Italian deputy premier Matteo Salvini in the Open Arms case.

Italy's premier Giorgia Meloni has condemned an Israeli strike that hit the only Catholic church in Gaza, killing two people and injuring several others.

An elderly motorist was stopped by police in Rome as he drove down a long stretch of the Spanish Steps landmark in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

A police investigation is underway in Rome after the bodies of a baby girl and a woman were found in bushes in the city's Villa Pamphilj park on Saturday.

Italy is to launch a new high-speed rail link between Germany and Austria by 2026, the state-owned Italian railway company Trenitalia announced this week.

Pope Francis, who died on Monday aged 88, is to be buried in the Rome Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore following his funeral at Saint Peter's on Saturday.

The faithful can pay their final respects to Pope Francis whose body will lie in state in St Peter's Basilica from Wednesday until Friday, the Vatican said.

Rome is to tighten security ahead of the visit of US vice president JD Vance who arrives on Friday and will stay in Italy's capital over the Easter weekend.

US vice president JD Vance is to meet the Vatican secretary of state Cardinal Pietro Parolin during his upcoming visit to Italy, the White House confirmed.

Italy's premier Giorgia Meloni convened emergency talks in Rome on Thursday after US president Donald Trump announced a 20 per cent tariff on EU imports.

Smoking in outdoor public areas in the historic centre of Italy's capital could be banned under proposed legislation being discussed by Rome city council.