Italy’s justice minister has strongly defended the government’s decision to free and repatriate a Libyan warlord wanted by the International Criminal Court.

Italy's justice minister said on Wednesday Rome had no choice but to free a Libyan military officer wanted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court because of what he described as mistakes and inaccuracies in the court's arrest warrant.

Italy's government Wednesday blamed its much-criticised release of a Libyan war crimes suspect on the International Criminal Court (ICC), which it accused of presenting a poorly written arrest warrant.

Italy beat Switzerland to win the mixed team parallel event that opened the Alpine skiing world championships on Tuesday. Thomas Tumler was slow out of the gate in the decisive heat of the final and couldn’t catch up to Italy’s Alex Vinatzer.

Italy shocked 2019 champions Switzerland to claim the first gold medal of the 2025 alpine world championships in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria with a win in the mixed team parallel event on Tuesday. The quartet of Giorgia Collomb,