Premier Giorgia Meloni says she doesn't believe President-elect Donald Trump actually intends to use military force to seize control of Greenland or the Panama Canal.

The sudden resignation of the head of Italy’s secret service has caused a stir in Italian politics, just as Giorgia Meloni’s government negotiated the release of an Italian journalist held by Iran.

ROME—Iran released Italian journalist Cecilia Sala, whose arrest in Tehran last month had sparked fears of a lengthy hostage crisis—a win for Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni that however highlights Western countries’ vulnerability to blackmail by authoritarian regimes.

Triangulation between Italy, the US and Iran helped secure Cecilia Sala's release after the journalist was detained in Tehran three days after the Milan arrest of an Iranian engineer on US terror charges and held for three weeks in the notorious Evin Prison,

Meloni received a rapturous welcome to Trump's Palm Beach resort, according to videos circulating on social media.

Italian journalist Cecilia Sala was on a plane home Wednesday after being freed from an Iranian prison, the result of tireless diplomatic lobbying behind the scenes, the Italian government said.

Italian journalist Cecilia Sala arrived in Rome on Wednesday after she was released from the Iranian prison. Italian PM Giorgia Meloni attributes Sala's return to intense work on diplomatic and intelligence channels.

PM says her relationship with U.S. president-elect is “very solid” and insists his recent incendiary remarks flow from a “peace-through-strength” approach.

Premier Giorgia Meloni says she doesn't believe President-elect Donald Trump actually intends to use military force to seize control of Greenland or the Panama Canal.

Iran wsa believed to have held Sala as a bargaining chip after an Iranian businessman was arrested in Italy on a U.S. warrant.

Premier Giorgia Meloni says she doesn’t believe President-elect Donald Trump actually intends to use military force to seize control of Greenland or the Panama Canal