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The United Nations World Food Programme has delivered emergency food aid to 18,200 people (2,600 households) affected by the devastating earthquake that struck southeast Afghanistan last week, WFP said in a statement on Monday.
Russia's three-month-old invasion of Ukraine, Yemen's civil war, Iran, crisis-hit Lebanon and Somalia, as well as bilateral ties were on the agenda at talks in Jeddah Monday between Italy's foreign minister Luigi Di Maio and his Saudi counterpart Faisal bin Farhan.
Italy wants increasing European Union involvement in efforts to end Ethiopia's brutal 19-month-old civil war, the foreign ministry tweeted Thursday amid a stalemate since the central government declared a 'humanitarian truce' in northern Tigray province in late March.
Italy has teamed up with two United Nations agencies to make available a further 10 million euros to help Moldova host hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian refugees who have entered the country since Russia invaded their homeland on 24 February.
Russia's three-month-old invasion of Ukraine, bilateral cooperation, especially in the energy sector, and war-ravaged Libya were at the centre of talks in Rome on Wednesday between Italy's foreign ministry secretary-general Ettore Francesco Sequi and Algerian counterpart Chakib Rachid Kaid.
Russia's three-month-old war in Ukraine, its effect on the Balkans, and Serbia's European Union membership bid were the focus of Italy's foreign minister Luigi Di Maio's talks in Belgrade with Serbia's president Aleksandar Vucic.
Italy's premier Mario Draghi was due to have talks in Rome on Wednesday with his Greek counterpart Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Draghi's office said a statement.
Top industries and trade associations from Italy's aerospace sector were set to explore new space cooperation projects at an event in Rome that kicked off on Monday attended by top officials from the International Italian-Latin American Organization's 18 national space agencies and the European Space Agency.
The European Union will keep backing Ukraine and its bid to joint the 27-nation bloc, economy commissioner Paolo Gentiloni said on Monday, two days after the EU executive recommended candidate status for the war-ravaged former Soviet republic.
Italian oilfield services company Saipem has been awarded an engineering contract worth around 25 million euros to build a possible Floating Production Storage and Offloading unit owned by British major Shell off the coast of Brazil, Italy's foreign ministry said on Monday.
United Nations refugee agency chief Filippo Grandi has called on war-torn countries' leaders to work together end their conflicts and help the world's 100 million refugees to return home and rebuild their lives.
Russia's three-month-old invasion of Ukraine, the European Union's relations with Egypt, and the Horn of Africa, were set to be at the centre of an EU foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg on Monday attended by Italy's foreign minister Luigi Di Maio.
Any person forced to flee their homeland due to conflict, hunger and persecution must be ensured protection and the right to a secure future, Italy's foreign ministry tweeted on Monday - World Refugee Day.
More than 5.7 million Ukrainian refugees have fled to the European Union from their homeland since Russia invaded on 24 February, the bloc's border agency Frontex said on Friday.
European Union economy commissioner and former Italian premier Paolo Gentiloni on Friday hailed the European Commission's backing of candidate status for Ukraine, calling it "an historic step".
Time is running out to de-mine Ukraine's Black Sea ports and set up a sea corridor for Ukrainian grain exports amid the looming threat of a "terrible" global food crisis, Italy's premier Mario Draghi warned on Thursday.
Italy can only help release some 22 million tonnes of blocked grain exports from Ukraine's ports if its role is mandated by a United Nations Resolution, premier Mario Draghi said during a visit to Kiev on Thursday.
The visit to Kiev by the leaders of Italy, France and Germany represents an "historic" day for Europe, premier Mario Draghi said on Thursday, underlining Italy's support for European Union candidate status for Ukraine.
Italy is facing an "extremely delicate moment" but remains unfased by a recent cut in gas exports from Russia, foreign minister Luigi Di Maio said on Thursday, underlining the need for a European gas price cap.
The war-devastated Kiev suburb of Irpin will be completely rebuilt, Italy's premier Mario Draghi said on Thursday during a visit, adding "all of this must be seen and be known about".
