Israel police: Armed man attacks US Embassy guard
Tuesday, 20 November 2012, 12:26
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
An Israeli man wielding an ax and a knife attacked and lightly wounded an Israeli security guard at the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv on Tuesday before he was apprehended at the scene, police...
Obama makes history with Myanmar, Cambodia visits
Tuesday, 20 November 2012, 08:57
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
On a history-making trip, President Barack Obama on Monday paid the first visit by an American leader to Myanmar and Cambodia, two Asian countries with troubled histories, one on the mend and the...
Drone wars
Tuesday, 20 November 2012, 08:54
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
"Sometime they’ll give a war and nobody will come,” the American poet Carl Sandburg wrote hopefully in 1936. His sentiment seems more apt than ever nowadays, but not because humanity...
Israeli offensive in Gaza was years in the making
Tuesday, 20 November 2012, 08:06
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
With little notice, Israel has launched a blistering air offensive against the Gaza Strip's ruling Hamas militant group. Here's a look at why the violence erupted, the goals of the warring...
Israel, Hamas trade fire and tough truce proposals
Tuesday, 20 November 2012, 08:03
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers traded fire and tough cease-fire proposals Monday, and threatened to escalate their border conflict if diplomacy fails. No deal appeared near. An Israeli...
EU endorses Syrian opposition
Monday, 19 November 2012, 21:11
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
The newly formed Syrian opposition coalition received backing from the European Union on Monday in a significant vote of confidence for a movement struggling to prove its...
Palestinian civilian toll climbs in Gaza
Monday, 19 November 2012, 18:52
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Israeli aircraft struck crowded areas in the Gaza Strip and killed a senior militant with a missile strike on a media center Monday, driving up the Palestinian death toll to 100, as...
Obama: Myanmar visit about sustaining momentum
Monday, 19 November 2012, 09:04
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
In a historic trip to a long shunned land, President Barack Obama on Monday showered praise and promises of more U.S. help to Myanmar if the Asian nation keeps building its new democracy. "Our...
Obama aims high but doesn't gloat
Monday, 19 November 2012, 08:49
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
President Barack Obama walked a narrow path between ambition and realism, defiance and accommodation when he addressed reporters for the first time since winning a hard-fought election that gives him...
Congress to investigate Benghazi 'talking points'
Monday, 19 November 2012, 08:30
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Lawmakers want to know who had a hand in creating the Obama administration's now-discredited "talking points" about the Sept. 11 attack on a U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, and...