Some 3,000 migrants on 18 vessels appear to be in distress off the Libyan coast, Italian media report. The 18 vessels are made up of four large boats and 14 dinghies, the reports say. They...

Japan marked the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Thursday, with Mayor Kazumi Matsui renewing calls for U.S. President Barack Obama and other world leaders to step up...

Up to 250 migrants have been rescued after a boat carrying up to 700 migrants capsized off the coast of Libya, sparking off a major rescue operation....

Hilary Galea-Lauri is to bravely embark on a 1,600-kilometre, from Land's End to John o' Groats in England with the aim to raise over €10,000 for Inspire Foundation. The distance is the...

A meeting has been held between representatives of the Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry, the Malta Employers’ Association and the Employment and Training Corporation (ETC) to...

Requests for extended benefits and other benefits made by parents of children with autism will now be evaluated by a board comprising doctors and a representative from the social services department....

The body of DOI photographer Martin Attard was flown back to Malta yesterday after his daughter launched an appeal for funds following his untimely death abroad.   Mr Attard, 58, died of a...

The Malta Stock Exchange (MSE) Social Events Committee hosted 20 young children from the Tarxien Children's Home to a fun filled day by the pool at a Siggiewi Farmhouse on Saturday 18th July...

An 8-year-old boy who lost his hands and feet to a serious infection has become the youngest U.S. patient to receive a double-hand transplant, surgeons said Tuesday. Zion Harvey's forearms were...

Animal Guardians Malta is very concerned about the urgent situation of the well-being of the stray cats and kittens at St Vincent De Paul Home in Luqa. Representatives of the association have...