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Uniformed men occupy Donetsk police HQ

Saturday, 12 April 2014, 17:37 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Men in the uniforms of Ukraine's now-defunct riot police on Saturday occupied police headquarters in Donetsk, the eastern city that is one of the flashpoints of a wave of pro-Russia protests,...

Searchers race to find jet; no new signals heard

Saturday, 12 April 2014, 07:43 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

With no new underwater signals detected, the search for the missing Malaysian passenger jet resumed Saturday in a race against time to find its dying black boxes five weeks after families first...

Pope assumes responsibility for priest sex abuse

Friday, 11 April 2014, 14:16 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Pope Francis said Friday he took personal responsibility for the "evil" of priests who raped and molested children, asking forgiveness from victims and saying the church must be even bolder...

EU to weigh broadening sanctions against Russia

Friday, 11 April 2014, 13:44 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

A senior European Union official says the 28-nation bloc's foreign ministers will consider broadening the list of people sanctioned because of Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimean...

Australian PM confident sounds are from Flight 370

Friday, 11 April 2014, 06:33 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Australia's prime minister said Friday that authorities are confident that a series of underwater signals detected in a remote patch of the Indian Ocean are coming from the missing Malaysia...

Putin: Ukraine debt threatens Europe gas supplies

Thursday, 10 April 2014, 19:36 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Vladimir Putin warned European leaders Thursday that unless they help Ukraine settle its enormous gas debt to Russia, their own supplies of Russian natural gas will be threatened.   The...

Pope meets ex-sex slaves, denounces trafficking

Thursday, 10 April 2014, 16:18 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Pope Francis has met with four women who were forced into prostitution as he denounced human trafficking as a crime against humanity.   Francis left the Vatican on Thursday to attend a...

Car bomb explodes outside Bank of Greece

Thursday, 10 April 2014, 11:06 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Suspected domestic terrorists exploded a car bomb outside a Bank of Greece building in the heart of Athens Thursday, causing damage but no injuries in a brazen attack hours before a landmark bond...

California man confesses to 40 killings

Thursday, 10 April 2014, 06:29 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

A suspected contract killer charged with killing nine people confessed to investigators that he carried out up to 40 slayings in a career spanning decades, a prosecutor said...

Police: US student flashed 2 knives, injured 20

Wednesday, 9 April 2014, 20:15 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

A 16-year-old armed with two knives went on a stabbing and slashing spree at a U.S. high school on Wednesday, leaving 20 people injured, including a school police officer who eventually subdued him...

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