Pakistan Taliban claim deadly airport attack
Monday, 9 June 2014, 13:41
Last update: about 10 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...
Libya's top court rejects appointment of new PM
Monday, 9 June 2014, 12:48
Last update: about 10 years ago
Malta Independent
Libya's top court on Monday rejected the Islamist-led parliament's appointment of a new prime minister, a ruling likely to deepen the country's crisis amid a power struggle between the...
Teen finishes 40-mile walk while carrying brother
Monday, 9 June 2014, 09:30
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
A Michigan teenager carrying his 7-year-old brother on his back has battled heat, rain, fatigue and more to finish a 40-mile walk to raise awareness about cerebral palsy. Fourteen-year-old...
2 officers, 3 others dead in Las Vegas shooting
Monday, 9 June 2014, 05:42
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
A man and a woman ambushed two police officers eating lunch at a Las Vegas restaurant, fatally shooting them at point-blank range before fleeing to a nearby Wal-Mart where they killed a third person...
Spain's king attends last parade before abdication
Sunday, 8 June 2014, 17:43
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Spain's King Juan Carlos presided over his last military parade before abdicating in favor of his son. Prince Felipe accompanied the king at Sunday's annual Armed Forces day...
Pope kicks off Mideast peace summit of prayer
Sunday, 8 June 2014, 13:45
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Vatican officials insist no political agenda is lurking behind Pope Francis' invitation to the Israeli and Palestinian presidents to pray for peace together in the Vatican gardens, and no concrete...
Front row seat to OJ Simpson's fall, rise, fall
Sunday, 8 June 2014, 08:10
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
O.J. Simpson stood up from the counsel table at his murder trial and approached the jury box with the famous leather gloves. As he struggled to get them past his knuckles, he held his hands up to...
Naafi to shut up shop after century of service
Saturday, 7 June 2014, 19:02
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
As part of a massive Army reorganisation, the institution supplying shops, clubs and recreation facilities on camp will close. Naafi chief executive Reg Curtis said it “no longer...
Griffiths and Banderas to divorce after 18 years of marriage
Saturday, 7 June 2014, 14:48
Last update: about 10 years ago
Malta Independent
Melanie Griffiths and Antonio Banderas have announced they are divorcing after 18 years of marriage. Antonio is 53 years old and Melanie is 56. QAccording to media reports, Melanie asked...
Hostages seized as Iraq militants storm Ramadi university
Saturday, 7 June 2014, 13:27
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Militants in Iraq have stormed a university campus in the western city of Ramadi, taking dozens of students and staff hostage. One student at the Anbar University campus said...