https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Italian police said on Friday they had dismantled an Islamist network they have linked to Osama bin Laden, one of Pakistan's deadliest attacks and, more loosely, a possible plot to bomb the Vatican. https://www.thelocal.it/20150424/bin-laden-allies-suspected-of-vatican-plot Fri, 24 Apr 2015 17:29:18 +0200 bin-laden-allies-suspected-of-vatican-plot Two men who allegedly acted as aides to terrorist leader Osama bin Laden have been arrested in Italy, as part of a "vast anti-terrorism operation" carried out on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150424/italy-uncovers-al-qaeda-base-in-sardinia Fri, 24 Apr 2015 12:27:12 +0200 italy-uncovers-al-qaeda-base-in-sardinia The White House on Thursday said the United States would compensate the families' of an American and Italian hostage killed in a counter terrorism operation near the Afghan-Pakistan border. https://www.thelocal.it/20150424/italian-al-qaeda-hostage-killed-in-us-raid Fri, 24 Apr 2015 10:19:49 +0200 italian-al-qaeda-hostage-killed-in-us-raid Italy on Thursday termed the death of hostage Giovanni Lo Porto a "tragic and fatal error by our US allies" but said "terrorists" were entirely to blame. https://www.thelocal.it/20150423/italy-calls-hostage-death-tragic-and-fatal-error-by-our-us-allies Thu, 23 Apr 2015 19:46:44 +0200 italy-calls-hostage-death-tragic-and-fatal-error-by-our-us-allies