Gaza truce unravels within hours
Friday, 1 August 2014, 12:14
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
A three-day Gaza cease-fire that began Friday quickly unraveled, with Israel and Hamas accusing each other of violating the truce as four Palestinians were killed in a heavy exchange of fire in the...
3-day Gaza cease-fire goes into effect
Friday, 1 August 2014, 09:32
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
Israel and Hamas began observing a three-day Gaza cease-fire on Friday as diplomats worked to broker a lasting truce in a 25-day-old war that has killed more than 1,450 Palestinians, mainly civilians,...
Gaza truce comes after days of pushing for a deal
Friday, 1 August 2014, 06:31
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
Hours past midnight Thursday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was still working the phones, trying to come up with a cease-fire plan to stop the bloodshed in the Gaza Strip. He'd been pushing...
Gas explosions kill 24, injure 271 in Taiwan
Friday, 1 August 2014, 06:26
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
At least 24 people were killed and 271 injured when several underground gas explosions ripped through Taiwan's second-largest city, hurling concrete and cars through the air and blasting trenches...
Israel vows to destroy Hamas tunnels
Thursday, 31 July 2014, 19:45
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Israel will destroy Hamas' tunnel network in the Gaza Strip designed for deadly attacks inside Israel, "with or without a...
Investigators make it to Ukraine jet crash site
Thursday, 31 July 2014, 16:47
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
As fighting raged in eastern Ukraine, an international team of investigators on Thursday reached the crash site of the Malaysian Airline Flight 17 and got a first look at where it was brought down by...
Israel calls up another 16,000 reserves
Thursday, 31 July 2014, 11:04
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
Israel said Thursday it has called up another 16,000 reservists, allowing it to potentially widen its Gaza offensive against the territory's Hamas rulers in a three-week-old war that has killed...
Historic English pier engulfed in flames
Thursday, 31 July 2014, 09:30
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
A huge fire sending thick plumes of black smoke into the air has engulfed the historic Eastbourne Pier on the English seafront, 70 miles southeast of London. The East Sussex fire...
Vatican taking action in divisive Paraguay diocese
Thursday, 31 July 2014, 06:26
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
Pope Francis is taking action in a divisive diocese in Paraguay where an Argentine priest, accused by a former superior of being a "serious threat to young people," has been removed as the...
EU allocates a further €2 million to help respond to Ebola outbreak
Wednesday, 30 July 2014, 19:40
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
The European Commission has allocated an additional €2 million to help respond to the worst Ebola outbreak on record, bringing the total amount of financial aid from the EU to help fight this...