American attempts to get major Asian importers of Iranian oil to rein in their purchases are faltering as allies South Korea and Japan give US officials a ...

Exactly one year ago, thousands of Egyptians celebrated as the authoritarian ruler of Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, stepped down and handed the government over to ...

With 2012 under way, it is worth reflecting on how a decade of strong economic growth in emerging markets led to last year’s resounding political transformations...

EU funds have become an invaluable resource for local government and the voluntary sector within Malta as through the various EU funds such organisations can be able to carry out research and studies...

Last year, I told a colleague that I would include Internet ethics in a course that I was teaching. She suggested that I read a recently published anthology on computer ethics – and attached the entire volume to the email...

I think Franco Debono needs to be reminded that the University of Malta is an autonomous institution and this means that politicians should stay out of the matter of how it is run...

President Barack Obama’s opposition is now the divided one. For three weeks of heated rhetoric...

Just over a year ago, a man doused himself with gasoline and burnt himself to death outside a provincial building in Tunisia. Mohamed Bouazisi, for that was the Tunisian’s name, was not a political activist, but a street vendor...

The dust-up over contraception underscored President Barack Obama’s political edge in working to attract independent voters without alienating his Democratic base...

One can be drawn into a conundrum inevitably or else by default. But the worst case scenario results when one finds himself locked into a self-created conundrum...