In a medical update the Vatican said the Pope's condition had "continued to show improvement".

The latest statement suggests that the 88-year-old is able to sit in his chair, eat normally and do what the Vatican calls "light work".

The Gemelli hospital has been treating popes for more than thirty years.

The 88-year-old pontiff was admitted to hospital on Friday with a respiratory infection.

The teeth belonging to creatures from roughly 70 million years ago were discoveredin a lorry.

Drone footage shows plumes of smoke and molten lava spewing from Europe's most active volcano.

An investigation reveals a crime group having to adapt to modernity and displaying a nostalgia for past ambitions.

More than 1,200 officers were involved in an operation aimed at "dismantling" the mob in the Palermo.