Syria bombs town near Turkish border for 2nd day
Tuesday, 13 November 2012, 14:52
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
Syria's air force bombed a rebel-held region near the border with Turkey for a second day Tuesday, killing at least one person and wounding three others, an official said. The aerial...
Obama second term to sustain Asia pivot
Tuesday, 13 November 2012, 10:24
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
President Barack Obama's re-election means he can sustain the strategic shift toward the Asia-Pacific started during his first term but the attention and resources the region gets may be hostage...
General investigated for emails to Petraeus friend
Tuesday, 13 November 2012, 08:11
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
In a new twist to the Gen. David Petraeus sex scandal, the Pentagon said Tuesday that the top American commander in Afghanistan, Gen. John Allen, is under investigation for alleged "inappropriate...
Israel strikes Syria armour, hiking spillover fears
Monday, 12 November 2012, 18:45
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
An Israeli tank struck a Syrian army vehicle Monday after a mortar shell landed on Israeli-held territory, the military said, in the first direct confrontation between the countries...
BBC says its news chief, her deputy stepping aside
Monday, 12 November 2012, 15:23
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
The BBC's news chief and her deputy have been temporarily replaced while the broadcaster deals with the fallout from coverage of a child abuse scandal that forced its director general to resign,...
Condom conundrum: Porn industry ponders latex law
Monday, 12 November 2012, 13:26
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
The show must go on, is the entertainer's credo, and it did just that in the US Porn Capital even after Los Angeles County voted to require performers to use condoms when filming sex...
Underinvesting in resilience
Monday, 12 November 2012, 08:56
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
The hurricane on America’s eastern seaboard last week (which I experienced in lower Manhattan) adds to a growing collection of extreme weather events from which lessons should be drawn. Climate...
Israel, Gaza militants trade fire in escalation
Monday, 12 November 2012, 07:53
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
Israeli forces struck targets in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, killing one Palestinian and wounding more than 30 others as militants launched dozens of rockets in some of the heaviest fighting the area...
Wind-whipped rains lift Venice tide to 6th highest
Sunday, 11 November 2012, 17:02
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
Heavy rains and seas whipped up by strong winds have flooded Venice and brought the lagoon city's high tide mark to its sixth-highest level since records began being kept 150...
Cautious enforcer to be China's next premier
Sunday, 11 November 2012, 10:47
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
The man in line to oversee China's massive but rapidly slowing economy for the coming decade speaks English and comes from a generation of politicians schooled during a time of...