Two quite unrelated events that took place last weekend have again focused attention on our relations with our neighbour to the north....

As clashes broke out in Lebanon between Sunni Muslims and members of the Alawite sect, the offshoot of Islam to which Syrian President Bashar Assad belongs, Syria plunged deeper into crisis yesterday as troops shelled the town of Rastan....

Two months after being heralded as the solution to all of Europe’s fiscal ills, the austerity drive is seemingly running out of steam....

After hundreds of dolphins washed up on Peru’s Pacific coast, and thousands of sea birds died in the same area, research has shown that the US Navy may hurt more dolphins and whales by using sonar and explosives....

About 100,000 angry Spaniards took to the streets around the country last Saturday, to protest against increasing austerity measures and what can only be described as grim job prospects....

Two Sundays ago this newspaper published an article that rubbed both the General Workers Union and the Labour Party the wrong way. This was not the first time we had done so, nor, we are certain, will it be the last. ...

New York Knicks star Amare Stoudemire scored 20 points in an NBA playoff win ...

Dutch company Aviation Cosmetics is set to relocate to Malta, in a €22 million investment which will see around 80 people employed once the company sets up.The company is cu...

Argentina has overwhelmingly approved a ‘dignified death’ law giving terminally ill patients and their families more power to make end-of-life decisions....

As this newspaper reported on its front page on Wednesday, a report has found that the only real solution to reducing the consump...