Hollywood director James Cameron has returned to the surface of the Earth after descending to the bottom of the Mariana Trench – a mind-boggling 11km down....

A recently-published EU survey suggests the Maltese are not sufficiently aware about just how scarce one of the most vital resources – fresh water – is in Malta....

As the world’s attention continues to focus on Syria, another uprising against is taking place on a small island linked by a causeway to the Arabian Peninsula....

Let us start with the positives. Malta is really taking the Valletta 2018 European City of Culture bid seriously. This is to be commended and the people should rally behind the bid and make it a national team effort....

Racism is still very much alive and kicking in Malta. And the fact that it is no longer as open and vociferous as it once was does not mean it no longer exists; ...

The name Fabrice Muamba, in football terms, did not mean as much as Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo or Frank Lampard until last week....

Water, water everywhere; but not a drop to drink. The line is taken from the The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.Published in 1798, the poem tells the story of a mariner who has returned from a voyage during which...

The UN Security Council’s unanimous support for a statement backing a peace plan for Syria drawn up by former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan may signify an important change in the way the international...

The Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses has threatened to take industrial action as from Monday if issues pertaining to Mater Dei Hospital are not resolved....

The death of a young man in Paceville this week was at once a tragedy, an eye opener and an omen of ill portent...