British actor Bob Hoskins dies at 71
Wednesday, 30 April 2014, 15:21
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
British actor Bob Hoskins, whose varied career ranged from noir drama "Mona Lisa" to animated fantasy "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" has died aged 71. A family...
Berlusconi to work
with Alzheimer's patients
Wednesday, 30 April 2014, 14:38
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
Administrators at the center where Silvio Berlusconi will perform community service for a tax fraud conviction say the three-time former Italian premier will be assigned to work with Alzheimer's...
Australia dismisses possible plane wreckage claim
Wednesday, 30 April 2014, 05:14
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
The Australian agency heading up the search for the missing Malaysian jet has dismissed a claim by a resource survey company that it found possible plane wreckage in the northern Bay of...
With Mideast talks over, Palestinians seek unity
Tuesday, 29 April 2014, 21:55
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
Tuesday was to have been the day to seal a deal on a Palestinian state alongside Israel. Instead, it became another missed deadline in two decades of negotiating failures. The gaps between Israeli and...
Protesters storm, seize new building in Ukraine
Tuesday, 29 April 2014, 16:09
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
Demonstrators seeking more power for Ukraine's regions stormed the government building in Luhansk with baseball bats Tuesday, seizing control of a key site in one of the largest cities in...
Tornadoes kill 11 in US South
Tuesday, 29 April 2014, 11:53
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
Tornadoes flattened homes and businesses, flipped trucks over on highways and bent telephone poles to 45-degree angles as they barreled through Alabama and Mississippi on Monday, part of a storm...
South Korean president apologises for ferry response
Tuesday, 29 April 2014, 06:51
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
South Korea's president apologized Tuesday for the government's inept initial response to a deadly ferry sinking as divers fought strong currents in their search for more than 100 passengers...
Work begins to prep Italian shipwreck for removal
Monday, 28 April 2014, 19:37
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
The last major stage of work has begun to ready the shipwrecked Costa Concordia cruise liner for removal to land for scrapping. On Monday, a first tank — the biggest and heaviest of...
Mayor of eastern Ukraine city shot in the back
Monday, 28 April 2014, 14:22
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
The mayor of Ukraine's second-largest city was shot in the back Monday and pro-Russia insurgents seized yet another government building as tensions rose in eastern Ukraine ahead of a new round of...
Egypt sentences 683 to death in mass trial
Monday, 28 April 2014, 11:15
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
A judge in Egypt sentenced to death 683 alleged supporters of the country's ousted Islamist president on Monday over acts of violence and the murder of policemen in the latest mass trial in Egypt...