Sources: Herald Sun
American Airlines Flight 292, flying from New York, United States, to New Delhi, India, is forced to divert to Rome Fiumicino Airport in Rome, Italy, due to an unspecified security concern later deemed to be non-credible. The flight was over the Caspian Sea near Turkmenistan when it diverted back towards Europe. 2025-02-23
Swiss professional motorcycle racer Jason Dupasquier dies following a collision with Ayumu Sasaki at a qualifying race for the 2021 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix in Scarperia e San Piero, Tuscany, Italy. 2021-05-30
Fourteen people are killed and another is wounded when the Stresa-Alpino-Mottarone Cable Car in Piedmont, Italy, collapses and falls to the ground. 2021-05-23
Italy reports a record 993 new deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 58,038 and surpassing the previous record of 919 new deaths recorded on March 27. 2020-12-3
The number of people who tested positive in Italy jumps to 86,498, while the death toll rose to 9,134. Italy is the country with the highest death toll in the world and second for number of cases. 2020-03-27
Islamist militants launch two attacks against foreign forces in Somalia. A U.S. military base in Baledogle, Lower Shabelle, is stormed by attackers using two car bombs and guns, and an Italian peacekeeping convoy is targeted by additional bombs in Mogadishu. United States and Italian authorities both state no injuries occurred, although the suicide bombing against the Italian convoy destroyed a military vehicle and heavily damaged nearby buildings. Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for both attacks. 2019-09-30
Italy and Malta refuse entry to a German vessel carrying 629 migrants rescued off the coast of Libya. 2018-06-10
The Niger Delta Avengers blow up an oil pipeline operated by Italy's Eni in the Niger Delta. 2016-06-10
Italy's cost of borrowing reaches a record high, with interest rates on 10-year loans rising to 7%, as fears grow of an escalating economic crisis. 2011-11-9