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Iraqi PM: Plot to attack US, Paris Subways

Thursday, 25 September 2014, 19:08 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Iraq's prime minister said that captive Islamic State militants told his intelligence agents of an alleged plot to attack subways in the United States and Paris.   There was no...

Pope removes divisive bishop in Paraguay

Thursday, 25 September 2014, 14:22 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Pope Francis has removed a conservative bishop from a Paraguayan diocese after he clashed with his fellow bishops by opening his own seminary and promoting an Argentine priest accused of inappropriate...

Australian terror suspect may not have acted alone

Thursday, 25 September 2014, 10:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

A terror suspect shot dead after he stabbed two Australian counterterrorism police officers may not have been acting alone as originally thought, a lead investigator said Thursday.   Numan...

Cameron wants UK to join in airstrikes in Iraq

Thursday, 25 September 2014, 06:54 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

The British prime minister said late Wednesday he will ask Parliament to approve joining international airstrikes against the Islamic State group in Iraq.   David Cameron announced the move...

Greens write letter of complaint over new Spanish commissioner

Wednesday, 24 September 2014, 20:41 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

The Green faction in the European Parliament has written to incoming European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker to raise concerns about the Spanish nominee for his team.   The letter...

Snowden honoured with 'alternative Nobel'

Wednesday, 24 September 2014, 17:37 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Edward Snowden was among the winners Wednesday of a Swedish human rights award, sometimes referred to as the "alternative Nobel," for his disclosures of top secret surveillance...

Obama calls for dismantling IS 'network of death'

Wednesday, 24 September 2014, 17:33 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Declaring the world at a crossroads between war and peace, President Barack Obama vowed at the U.N. on Wednesday to lead a coalition to dismantle an Islamic State "network of death" that has...

Pope urges international aid to fight Ebola

Wednesday, 24 September 2014, 13:29 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Pope Francis is urging international assistance to fight the Ebola virus in Africa.   Francis also urged the 30,000 people who attended his weekly general audience on Wednesday to pray for...

World leaders meet with multiple crises on agenda

Wednesday, 24 September 2014, 10:11 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Facing a world in turmoil from multiple crises ranging from wars in the Mideast and Africa to the deadly scourge of Ebola and growing Islamic radicalism, leaders from more than 140 countries open...

Ebola cases could reach 1.4m in four months

Wednesday, 24 September 2014, 06:59 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

U.S. health officials Tuesday laid out worst-case and best-case scenarios for the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, warning that the number of infected people could explode to at least 1.4 million by...

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