Police: 1 student, suspect dead at US school
Tuesday, 10 June 2014, 19:59
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
One student and the suspected gunman are dead in a school shooting outside Portland, Oregon, police in the U.S. said Tuesday. Police said the situation had stabilized after the school...
Abbas' forces break up Hamas protest in West Bank
Tuesday, 10 June 2014, 13:50
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Palestinian forces loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas broke up a Hamas protest, beating some of the participants despite a recent unity deal between the two rival factions, witnesses said...
Ukraine president orders civilian corridor in east
Tuesday, 10 June 2014, 11:28
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Ukraine's new president has ordered security officials to create a corridor for safe passage for civilians in the country's east, which has been rocked for two months by a pro-Russian...
Crew of sunken S. Korean ferry appear at hearing
Tuesday, 10 June 2014, 09:15
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Fifteen crew members from the sunken South Korean ferry appeared at an emotional court hearing Tuesday to enter pleas on charges that they were negligent and failed to save the more than 300 people...
Thai beauty queen resigns under social media fire
Tuesday, 10 June 2014, 06:31
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Miss Universe Thailand has resigned less than a month into her reign after being harshly criticized on social media over her political comments and looks. Weluree Ditsayabut, 22, tearfully...
British comedian Rik Mayall dies at 56
Monday, 9 June 2014, 18:07
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Rik Mayall, one of a generation of performers that injected post-punk energy into British comedy, has died. He was 56. Mayall's management firm Brunskill Management said the...
Nigeria gunmen kidnap 20 women in northeast
Monday, 9 June 2014, 16:37
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen have reportedly kidnapped 20 women from a nomadic settlement in northeast Nigeria near the town of Chibok, where the Islamic militants abducted more than 300...
World's oldest man dies in NYC at age 111
Monday, 9 June 2014, 14:36
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
The world's oldest man, a retired chemist and parapsychologist, has died in New York City. Alexander Imich was 111. His niece says Imich died Sunday at his home in...
Pakistan Taliban claim deadly airport attack
Monday, 9 June 2014, 13:41
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
The Pakistani Taliban on Monday claimed responsibility for a brazen five-hour assault on the country's busiest airport that saw gunmen disguised as police guards storm the international terminal...