The drama over the Palestinians’ bid for UN recognition is still unfolding, but President Mahmoud Abbas appears to have won new respect at home for ...

On Thursday - the day this article was sent in - the Palestinian Authority was to formally submit its application to become a member of the UN, even as major ...

Thirty years ago, the world got its first inkling of impending catastrophe when five young gay men in Los Angeles were struck down by the illness that became known as HIV/AIDS. ...

We have just celebrated the independence festivities on the granaries in Floriana, where I was pleasantly surprised by the sheer numbers of people who were present for the events organized by the Nationalist Party...

Taiwan, China and the US Congress won't be cheering the Obama administration’s decision to upgrade Taiwan’s fleet of F-16 fighter jets but not sell it new planes. But it may be a compromise they can all live with....

The Labour Party is just unreal. It talks about profligacy in public spending, but then bends over backwards to encourage the mentality of something for nothing, of ‘stenna l-bajtra taqa’ f’ħalqek’, of ‘iss ħ...

Those who followed Euronews this week would have heard of the development of cells to replace blood. This means that, in the hopefully near future, we would be able to produce ...

I had hoped not to return to the subject of the Maltese Church. But two quite extraordinary articles by Monsignor Dr Anton Gauci and Dr Klaus Vella Bardon, blaming Catholics and “renegade priests”...

A couple of Sundays ago, while attending the opening of a new synthetic turf football ...

PRINCETON – The small Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan is known internationally for two things: high visa fees, which reduce the influx of tourists, and its policy of ...