Fears grow over Sloviansk offensive
Monday, 5 May 2014, 07:38
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Fears of an impending offensive by Ukrainian forces are growing in the pro-Russian stronghold of Sloviansk, sources inside the city say. Ukraine's army cut off the main road into the...
Libya appoints Ahmed Maitig as new prime minister
Sunday, 4 May 2014, 20:25
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
The Libyan parliament has elected a businessman, Ahmed Maitig, to become the country's next prime minister, in a controversial vote. Mr Maitig secured 121 votes in a confidence vote on...
Gerry Adams released from custody
Sunday, 4 May 2014, 20:18
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has been released from custody over a 1972 murder and a file will be sent to the Public Prosecution Service, police have confirmed. Mr Adams had been...
French judge blocks lesbian couple's adoption
Sunday, 4 May 2014, 17:46
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Gay rights groups in France have voiced anger after a judge prevented a French lesbian couple from adopting an infant. The boy, now aged four, was conceived through artificial insemination...
Actor Efrem Zimbalist Jr dies at 95
Sunday, 4 May 2014, 10:13
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
The American actor Efrem Zimbalist Jr, who starred in the long-running TV show The FBI, has died at the age of 95. Zimbalist Jr played Inspector Lewis Erskine in the show, which ran from...
Ukraine moves towards civil war
Sunday, 4 May 2014, 09:42
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Two days of chaos and violence in east and south-east Ukraine appeared on Saturday to be pushing the country ever closer to civil war, as the death toll rose to 42 following a military...
Mers outbreak: London-bound passengers warned over virus
Saturday, 3 May 2014, 10:29
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
British health officials have issued advice to passengers after a suspected case of the Mers respiratory virus on board a flight passing through London. Public Health England said a...
Afghanistan landslide: 2,000 feared missing
Saturday, 3 May 2014, 10:20
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Rescuers in Afghanistan are sifting through mud for a second day after a landslide that is feared to have buried at least 2,000 people. The UN said more than 350 bodies had been recovered...
Kiev resumes military operation in east
Saturday, 3 May 2014, 10:10
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Ukraine's government has resumed military action to tackle pro-Russian separatists in the east, after a day of deadly violence in the city of Odessa. Interior Minister Arsen Avakov...
Turkey ranks lowest in Europe's press freedom index
Friday, 2 May 2014, 13:52
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Europe maintains the overall highest press freedoms worldwide despite rollbacks in Greece, Montenegro, Turkey and the United Kingdom. Among the 42 countries ranked in Europe in a...