A week of spectacular lava sprays on Sicily’s snow-capped Mount Etna, one of the world’s most active volcanos, has drawn thousands of people wanting to see the eruption. But the sudden influx ...

Despite its evident yearning for crimes of the past, the Mafia in Sicily is still a force to be reckoned with, warns anti-mafia prosecutor Maurizio de Lucia: "Cosa nostra is alive and present." ...

For the past decade, a new kind of telescope has been observing the skies 1. Instead of light, these telescopes detect neutrinos — tiny subatomic particles that are usually associated with ...

Italian police have launched a series of raids targeting Mafia clans operating in and around the Sicilian capital Palermo. More than 1,200 officers were involved in the operation, which the ...