Monsoon rains kill 128 in Pakistan, 108 in India
Sunday, 7 September 2014, 06:22
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Heavy monsoon rains and flash floods have killed 128 people in Pakistan and 108 people in India, officials said Saturday, as forecasters warned of more rain in the coming days and troops raced to...
Strike shuts Mitiga airport after attack on staff
Saturday, 6 September 2014, 13:13
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Striking workers shut down Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport for some hours today after check-in staff were reportedly beaten up for refusing to board a passenger. A source at the...
Estonia angry at Russia 'abduction' on border
Saturday, 6 September 2014, 11:57
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Estonia's foreign ministry has summoned the Russian ambassador over what it calls the abduction of an Estonian security official by "unidentified individuals from Russia" on the...
Plovdiv to be named European Capital of Culture
Saturday, 6 September 2014, 11:43
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The Bulgarian city of Plovdiv will be the country's European capital of culture in 2019, the European Commission announced Friday, beating off Sofia, Varna and Veliko Turnovo in the...
Plane with unresponsive pilot crashes off Jamaica
Saturday, 6 September 2014, 06:55
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Shadowed by two U.S. fighter jets, a small plane with its windows frosted and its pilot slumped over flew a ghostly 1,700-mile journey down the Atlantic Coast and beyond Friday before finally crashing...
Missile attacks west of Tripoli block route to Tunisia
Friday, 5 September 2014, 19:23
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Roads from Tripoli heading west to the Tunisian border were effectively closed yesterday and today as Libya Shield West forces and their allies in Operation Libya Dawn bombarded positions in the...
Monsoon floods kill 116 in Kashmir, east Pakistan
Friday, 5 September 2014, 18:36
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Heavy monsoon rains have caused flash floods and landslides that left at least 116 people dead in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir and in eastern Pakistan, officials said...
NATO approves new force aimed at deterring Russia
Friday, 5 September 2014, 14:33
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Seeking to counter Russian aggression, NATO leaders approved plans Friday to post several thousand troops in Eastern Europe who could quickly mobilize if an alliance country in the region were to come...
Comedian Joan Rivers dead at 81
Thursday, 4 September 2014, 22:28
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Joan Rivers, the raucous, acid-tongued comedian who crashed the male-dominated realm of late-night talk shows and turned Hollywood red carpets into danger zones for badly dressed celebrities, died...
Dad in hot car
death charged
with son's murder
Thursday, 4 September 2014, 17:51
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
A man whose son died after he was left in a hot car for seven hours was charged Thursday with murder in the toddler's death, which gained national attention. A grand jury indicted...