Street begging, otherwise known as almsgiving, or rather panhandling, is gradually becoming visible in Malta. In September this year, three Bulgarian beggars were conditionally discharged for a...

It seems like only a short while ago when I met up with five amazing women I had interviewed earlier for A&H. Five years had passed from the magazine's inception. The editor had decided to...

Civil Liberties Minister Helena Dalli today launched a White Paper for a human rights and equality commission to coincide with International Human Rights Day, being celebrated today. This day...

Two Saudi women activists have been detained for nearly a week for defying the kingdom's ban on women driving, family members and an activist said today. The women, who were arrested after...

European Union member states must urgently step up efforts to protect refugees and migrants trying to reach their countries by sea after it was revealed that 16 bodies were found on board a rubber...

Vera Formosa (nee Cosaitis) - who is aged 88 - was in for a pleasant and completely unexpected surprise when she turned up at her local post office in British Columbia to collect a package awaiting...

I was 18-months-old when my parents noticed that I was drinking more than usual and that I was losing instead of gaining weight. I was taken to a diabetologist, but she thought that the symptoms were...

Emmanuel and Stephen's relationship spans over the past 17 years so they did not hesitate to apply for a Civil Union when the bill was passed last April. "We both felt it was the next step in our...

The human populations now predominant in Eurasia and East Asia probably split between 36,200 and 45,000 years ago, according to a study released Thursday. Researchers used new techniques to...

It all started when Maria Caruana de Brincat was still at university. She felt several different symptoms, variously diagnosed as colds, vertigo, tinnitus (a constant ringing in the ears), and...