Premier Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy (FdI) party on Saturday said in a statement that a group of anti-capitalist protesters attacked some of its members at a gazebo in the northwestern city of Turin.

A senior member of Libya's judicial police has been given a hero's welcome back home after Italy unexpectedly released him from jail just two days after arresting him on a warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Osama Njeem is wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

In a stern statement late Wednesday, the International Criminal Court reminded Italy that it is obliged to “cooperate fully” with its prosecutions.

At the snowboard event of the 32nd Winter World University Games held in Turin, Italy on Tuesday, China's Ding Xuedong achieved the best result in history for a Chinese athlete in the men's Parallel Giant Slalom at the winter Universiade.

The hugely popular train line linking Paris with the Italian cities of Turin and Milan is to reopen in March and April after a 19-month closure forced when a landslide damaged a tunnel, French railway operator SNCF and Italian counterpart Trenitalia announced Tuesday.

SNCF confirmed that its Paris-Turin-Milan services will restart on March 31, allowing passengers to enjoy the swift journey between France and Italy once again. Trenitalia, which competes with SNCF on the route, will relaunch its high-speed Frecciarossa trains starting April 1.

Italian opposition lawmakers and human rights groups are voicing outrage after Italy released a Libyan warlord wanted by the International Criminal Court

Opposition parties demand explanation after Osama Almasri Najim, suspected of murder, rape and torture, released from prison

Maldini. Weah. Thuram. Simeone. Conceição. Stankovic. Martins. The names bring back memories of Serie A in the late 1990s and 2000s.

Italy's interior minister said on Thursday a Libyan man detained under an international war crimes arrest warrant and then unexpectedly released had been swiftly repatriated because of his "social dangerousness".

Njeem is a brigadier general in Libya’s Judicial Police who the ICC said is suspected of crimes against humanity and war crimes at the Mitiga Detention Centre in Tripoli. Meloni’s government depends heavily on Libyan security forces to prevent would-be migrants from leaving the North African nation and heading to southern Italy.