The Globe and Mail
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May 8, 2026
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Rubio meets Italy’s Meloni amid tensions over refusal to support war in Iran
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Rubio presses Italy, allies to do more on Iran after talks with Meloni
CRISPIAN BALMER
ROME
REUTERS
PUBLISHED MAY 8, 2026
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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio at Chigi Palace, in Rome, Italy, Friday.
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Friday and afterwards questioned why allies including Italy were not backing Washington’…
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