Note that both the full integers as well as the integers modulo n are groups under addition. As groups are more restrictive than semigroups, all groups are also semigroups (groups are semigroups that also have an identity element and where every element is invertible).
Integer multiplication also forms a semigroup (and in fact a monoid, due to identity), but not a full group due to zero not having an inverse. So, it's usually said that "the non-zero integers" form a group.
Wait, what? Very few integers have multiplicative inverses (in the integers). If you meant to speak of modular inverses, then even that is false for composite moduli like 2^n (with n > 1), which may be why im4w1 (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12113934) asked if you meant to work modulo a prime.