Mankind's first close-up look at Pluto did not disappoint Wednesday: The pictures showed ice mountains on Pluto about as high as the Rockies and chasms on its big moon Charon that...

OBAMA-IRAN WASHINGTON — For President Barack Obama, the historic nuclear accord with Iran is a validation of an arduous, politically fraught diplomatic gamble.  PRESIDENTIAL...

Mexico's most prized prisoner paced his cell, first to the latrine, then the shower, then the bed. At every turn around the tiny room, drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman checked the shower floor...

Rioters hurled petrol bombs at police who responded with tear gas during an anti-austerity demonstration outside parliament Wednesday, as Greek lawmakers began debating contentious measures needed to...

CHINA-RIGHTS LAWYERS — China's state media is slamming a group of detained lawyers as rabble-rousers while the authoritarian government wages an unprecedented crackdown on human rights attorneys...

The Maltese government signed a strategic agreement with China-based ICT global leader Huawei Technologies which will see 5G technology tested in Malta. A Huawei regional office is to be...

MEXICO-DRUG LORD ESCAPES MEXICO CITY — Yet another escape by drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is a stunning embarassment for Mexico's government, which had trumpeted its success in...

The Union Ħaddiema Magħqudin (UĦM) will continue to insist on the introduction of second pillar pensions, union secretary general Josef Vella insisted during an interview on Voice of...

The government is currently reviewing amendments to the long-awaited Child Out-of-Home-Care Protection Bill. However, it is still contemplating whether or not to include permanent fostering in the...

Referring to media reports that a recently-deceased resident of St Vincent de Paul had been buried without the home informing the person’s relatives, Family Minister Michael Farrugia told this...