Italy-Libya Migrant Memo Set To Be Automatically Renewed

As Italy’s migration accord with Libya approaches automatic renewal next month, calls are growing for Rome to prolong and expand the arrangement that has effectively stemmed migration routes in the Mediterranean.

Signed in 2017, the deal provides training, funding, and equipment to Libya’s coast guard in exchange for intercepting migrants bound for Italian shores.

Italy Set To Ban Islamic Face Coverings, Mosque Funding, Child Marriages

Italy’s ruling Brothers of Italy party seeks to to ban the burqa and niqab face and body coverings in all public spaces nationwide, calling it a bill against "Islamic separatism." The bill, presented to parliament by lawmakers from Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's party.

"Religious freedom is sacred, but it must be exercised in the open, in full respect of our constitution and the principles of the Italian state," said lawmaker Andrea Delmastro, one of the initiators of the planned bill, in a Facebook post last 8 October.

Data Showed That DC Takeover Is Successful

President Donald Trump’s action this summer asserting federal control of the District of Columbia police force was a bold and necessary step toward confronting the rampant crime that has plagued the United States' capital for years.

This decision resonates strongly, especially in light of the crime data in the District. The persistent narratives attempting to downplay the crime crisis in D.C. needed be challenged. The President recognized this and took action.

New Japanese PM Opposes Same-Sex Marriage And Illegal Migration

Japan's embattled ruling party now has a new leader, Sanae Takaichi, a hardline conservative, who is poised to become the country's first female prime minister.

Her victory in the Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) leadership election came after she secured a majority in a runoff vote against Agriculture Minister Shinjiro Koizumi.

"Columbus Day" Is Back

U.S. President Donald Trump's Cabinet and others at the White House broke out into applause last 9 October when Trump signed a proclamation honoring Italian explorer Christopher Columbus.

"Today we have your Columbus Day proclamation for Monday, which we're signing a bit early," White House staff secretary Will Scharf told Trump ahead of the monthly Cabinet meeting.