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Four Italians killed in helicopter crash during EU peacekeeping mission in Bosnia

Alan Jesus Esparza

ROME--Four Italian military personnel were killed, and 11 others were injured when a helicopter serving with the European Union Peacekeeping mission crashed In Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy’s defense ministry said in a statement released Thursday.

The helicopter crashed Thursday in Gorice, a village near brčko in northern Bosnia, during routine training, the European Union force (EUFOR) said in a press release thursday . Fifteen personnel were on board; there were no civilian injuries or damage to civilian property.

World, Italy

30 Oct 2026

Pope offers prayers as two Italian women remain missing after Spain train crash

Alan Jesus Esparza

VATICAN CITY-- Pope Leo XIV has sent his condolences after Spain’s train disaster, The Holy See press Office said. Two Italian women remain missing following the crash near Toledo, according to Italy’s foreign ministry.

The death toll from Wednesday’s collision between Renfe and Iryo’s high-speed trains rose to 69, regional president, Emiliano Garcia-Page, said Thursday. Spain has declared three days of national mourning, ending Oct.31.

World, Italy, Vatican

29 Oct 2026

Pope Leo hails popemobile ahead of Vatican exhibition

Alan Jesus Esparza

VATICAN CITY-- Pope Leo XIV has praised the popemobile as an “instrument of encounter” ahead of an exhibition at the Vatican Museums tracing nearly a century of papal vehicles and the Holy See’s collaboration with Mercedez-Benz.

Addressing executives of the German carmaker at the Vatican Wednesday, the pontiff said the vehicles had evolved from a means of transport into a way of bringing popes closer to the faithful during papal visits and celebrations, as stated in a release from the Holy See Press Office.

Vatican

28 Oct 2026

Wine world takes stock as Bardolino celebrates bibulous 100th birthday

Philip Willan

BARDOLINO — With Italian wine producers facing mounting challenges, from global warming to changing lifestyles, wine experts gathered on the shores of Lake Garda this autumn to assess the way forward and raise glasses to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the creation of the Consorzio Vini Bardolino.

Culture, Business, Travel

27 Oct 2026

Pope Leo cleared for Latin America trip following surgery

Alan Jesus Esparza

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Leo XIV will travel to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru from Nov. 6 to 17, beginning his trip next week as planned after doctors cleared him to make the journey following his lung cancer surgery, the Holy See Press Office confirmed.

In a statement issued Monday, the Vatican said the pontiff was recovering well and that medical examinations showed no need for further cancer treatment.

World, Vatican

27 Oct 2026