Like monsoon flurries, recent events in the Indian subcontinent have sent conflicting signals. Has Indian diplomacy finally awakened after its long summer siesta, or is this just an illusion?...

The triumph of Libyan rebels over the forces of long-time strongman Muammar Gaddafi offers vindication, at least for now, for President Barack Obama’s decision to refrain from using US troops on Libyan soil...

The endgame in the Libyan conflict has at last arrived. Much of Libya’s capital is now in insurgent hands, with the rebel army itself entering from all directions...

What worries me most about the problems that residents in Swieqi and Paceville have had to endure over the years is that notwithstanding the fact that most of these issues have grown to be endemic by now...

As a reward for studying hard and doing well at school, my parents promised to take me on a day trip to Sicily. The day finally arrived....

You wouldn’t believe it but business was better in Malta during the worst of the economic crises than it is in the current year....

Above the hoardings at City Gate, the pillars for the new Parliament building (otherwise called ‘the stilts’ by wags) are visible. To them have now been added huge steel beams....

Every year, when the MATSEC results come out, we hear the government and the Opposition giving us their respective interpretations – each quoting selectively from the statistics...

This time last year, the Labour leader was out of action and his wife, who has no party role or Constitutional role but appears not to know it, got into a power-tussle ...

Papillon is the name of a 1969 novel written by Frenchman Henri Charrière. The (allegedly) autobiographical novel tells of Charrière’s extraordinary saga at the hands ...