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 Police have arrested a 28-year old man in Albania following a request from Italy where he is sought for "terrorist activities". https://www.thelocal.it/20190424/terror-suspect-wanted-in-italy-arrested-in-albania Wed, 24 Apr 2019 13:13:28 +0200 terror-suspect-wanted-in-italy-arrested-in-albania Italian police on Wednesday arrested two men planning attacks in the name of the Islamic State (IS) group. https://www.thelocal.it/20190417/italian-police-arrest-two-men-ready-to-attack-in-name-of-islamic-state Wed, 17 Apr 2019 15:54:58 +0200 italian-police-arrest-two-men-ready-to-attack-in-name-of-islamic-state Kurdish fighters in northern Syria detained an alleged Italian member of the Islamic State group as he was trying to flee across the border to Turkey, they said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20180913/italian-suspected-of-joining-isis-captured-in-syria Thu, 13 Sep 2018 19:48:28 +0200 italian-suspected-of-joining-isis-captured-in-syria G7 countries and tech giants including Google, Facebook and Twitter on Friday agreed to work together to block the dissemination of Islamist extremism over the internet. https://www.thelocal.it/20171021/g7-tech-giants-agree-on-plan-to-block-jihadist-content-online-at-italy-meeting Sat, 21 Oct 2017 17:39:35 +0200 g7-tech-giants-agree-on-plan-to-block-jihadist-content-online-at-italy-meeting The threat of fresh attacks on the West by foreign fighters fleeing the fallen Islamic State – or Isis – stronghold of Raqa is set to dominate a G7 meeting of interior ministers in Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20171019/g7-italy-meeting-isis-recruits-syria Thu, 19 Oct 2017 11:36:13 +0200 g7-italy-meeting-isis-recruits-syria Police called to investigate an alleged Isis flag hanging outside an apartment building in Italy made a surprise discovery, finding what they feared may be extremist propaganda was, in fact, a resident’s washing put out to dry. https://www.thelocal.it/20150311/neighbours-laundry-mistaken-for-isis-flag Wed, 11 Mar 2015 14:54:53 +0100 neighbours-laundry-mistaken-for-isis-flag A mother has claimed to have recognized her three-year-old boy in photos distributed on jihadist forums promoting terrorist organization Isis (Islamic State in Iraq and Syria), more than a year after he disappeared from northern Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20141222/mother-says-toddler-taken-to-syria-by-isis-father Mon, 22 Dec 2014 17:30:00 +0100 mother-says-toddler-taken-to-syria-by-isis-father National and international secret services have upped their reports and warnings on foreigners living in or transiting through Italy, over fears of possible terrorist attacks, according to a media report on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20141023/italy-keeps-closer-eye-on-foreigners-over-terrorism-fears Thu, 23 Oct 2014 14:12:00 +0200 italy-keeps-closer-eye-on-foreigners-over-terrorism-fears An imam who has preached in several Italian cities was arrested in Bosnia on Friday morning accused of recruiting combatants to fight for Islamic State in Syria and Iraq (Isis), Italian media has reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20140905/jihadist-imam-who-preached-in-italy-arrested Fri, 05 Sep 2014 18:20:00 +0200 jihadist-imam-who-preached-in-italy-arrested