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5 killed in West Bank, amid new Gaza truce efforts

Friday, 25 July 2014, 19:38 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

The U.N. chief and the U.S. secretary of state made a new attempt Friday to nail down a temporary truce between Israel and Hamas, as Israel's 18-day military operation in the Gaza Strip fueled...

Black box found at site of Air Algerie crash

Friday, 25 July 2014, 11:18 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Updated at 2.20pm   French soldiers secured a black box from the Air Algerie wreckage site in a desolate region of restive northern Mali on Friday, the French president said. Terrorism...

Black boxes from Taiwan air crash investigated

Friday, 25 July 2014, 10:19 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Investigators on Friday were examining wreckage and flight data recorders for clues into a plane crash on a Taiwanese island that killed 48 people.   Stormy weather and low visibility are...

Planes with Ukraine bodies arrive in Netherlands

Friday, 25 July 2014, 06:42 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Two more military aircraft carrying remains of victims from the Malaysian plane disaster arrived in the Netherlands on Thursday, while Australian and Dutch diplomats joined to promote a plan for a...

Ukrainian prime minister announces resignation

Thursday, 24 July 2014, 19:32 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk announced his resignation Thursday, opening the way for new elections that would reflect the country's starkly changed political scene after the ouster...

Israeli fire hits UN facility in Gaza, killing 15

Thursday, 24 July 2014, 16:57 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Israeli tank shells hit a compound housing a U.N. school in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing at least 15 people and wounding dozens who were seeking shelter from fierce clashes on the streets...

US: Downed fighter jets part of pattern in Ukraine

Thursday, 24 July 2014, 10:05 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

The White House cast the downing of two fighter jets inUkraine on Wednesday as part of a pattern of Russian-backed separatists using Russian weapons to pose risks to aircrafts and further...

Casualty numbers raise questions about Gaza war

Thursday, 24 July 2014, 06:15 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Shopkeepers say they were sitting outside their shuttered businesses Wednesday, catching a break from being cooped up during wartime, when an Israeli missile struck a nearby mosque, killing a truck...

Malaysia jet victims' bodies arrive in Netherlands

Wednesday, 23 July 2014, 22:20 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Victims of the Malaysian jetliner shot down over Ukraine returned at last Wednesday to Dutch soil in 40 wooden coffins, solemnly and gently carried to 40 identical hearses, flags at half-staff...

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