A resurgence of violence and a renewed threat from al-Qaida have recently revived flagging US interest in Iraq, as Baghdad asked for new help to fight extremists less than two years after it forced...

The great hunting debate was back on the radar, if in fact it ever left it, this week after the government announced the dates and conditions of this year’s autumn hunting season. The main bone...

The scenes from Cairo and other Egyptian cities are too macabre to see, let alone ponder on what they mean for the dead and their families.   Seen from our insular point of view while we...

We know this in Malta. As the summer lazily crawls into August, and it gets hotter and drier, so do our tempers. We argue more, sporadic fights break out and the driving… well, the least said...

Love it or hate it, the practice of bird hunting stands little chance of becoming completely extinct in Malta anytime soon.    First of all, it would simply not be correct to ban the...

This time a year ago, we were still discussing whether the Arriva drivers should wear ties or not.   A year later, this problem has been solved. No one wears a tie in this heat. Not even in...

The Greek government says it has beaten its budget deficit targets so far this year, posting a primary surplus – it was news that no one expected.   Just weeks ago, the European...

Last week, a 14-year-old girl in the UK committed suicide after being submitted to cyber abuse on the internet.   The pretty little thing, with all her life ahead of her, took her own life...

Malta may have been legally correct in its stance when it insisted this week that a tanker that rescued 102 migrants in Libyan waters should have been brought back to Libyan shores.  But the key...

Malta is a proud nation. But there are times when the behaviour of some makes the vast majority of the population want to hang its head in shame, and that is exactly what happened this...