When people think of Islamic State, they often think of the barbarous and terrible atrocities committed in Syria and Iraq. But Islamic State is already bigger than that. The self-styled Islamic...

Paul Sheehan, the police constable who fired shots into a car was on Wednesday charged with attempted murder. And the question immediately arises, why did it take a week to see him in the...

This week marked White Ribbon Day - a campaign aimed to end violence against women. The twist to it is that the campaign is organised and endorsed by men who will not stand for violence against...

The big days of Budget 2015 have now come and gone, with the Budget Speech last week and the speeches by the two leaders this week. Up till Tuesday at noon, we had heard a total of six or seven...

The crowds of faithful who thronged to St John's on Sunday to thank Mgr Paul Cremona for the few years he spent as Archbishop of Malta were expressing the thoughts of many more in the church and...

More than 16,000 people yesterday turned out en masse to take part in the President's Charity Fun Run to raise money for this year's L-Istrina to help those who need to support. The event was...

There is no doubt whatsoever that Home Affairs Minister Manuel Mallia has found himself in a very tight corner indeed following this week's utterly reprehensible actions of one of his drivers, the...

It has emerged that Malta is among a few European Union member states where the severe material deprivation rate increased between 2008 and 2012. The rate went up by 4.5%. Other countries where the...

In a press conference made after the Finance Minister's Budget speech, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said that the feasibility study commissioned by the government into the possibility of building an...

It is indeed a tricky question. The government has floated the idea that school hours could be shifted around in an attempt to alleviate traffic congestion. It has been mentioned as an open idea,...