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51 migrants hurt in clashes in French port Calais

Tuesday, 5 August 2014, 15:46 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Migrants massing at France's English Channel port of Calais clashed before dawn on Tuesday in battles that left 51 injured — one seriously.   Police intervened with tear gas break...

Ukrainian troops edge closer to rebel city

Tuesday, 5 August 2014, 13:28 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Ukrainian troops took control of a checkpoint Tuesday on the western edge of the pro-Russian rebel-held city of Donetsk as the government makes further gradual advances to quash separatist forces in...

Cease-fire takes effect to end Gaza war

Tuesday, 5 August 2014, 11:36 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

An Israel-Hamas cease-fire, meant to last three days, went into effect on Tuesday in the Gaza Strip, setting the stage for talks in Cairo aimed at reaching a broader deal on a sustainable truce and...

Lakes formed by quake in China threaten flooding

Tuesday, 5 August 2014, 08:51 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Rescuers raced Tuesday to evacuate villages near rising lakes formed by landslides, complicating relief efforts following a strong earthquake in southern China that killed at least 398 people and has...

Former enemies unite for World War I commemoration

Tuesday, 5 August 2014, 07:29 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Separated by only a small patch of yellow daisies at the Saint-Symphorien military cemetery lie two former enemies: British Captain Kenneth James Roy and German Gefreiter Reinhold Dietrich. Also...

Bangladesh rescuers struggle to find sunken ferry

Tuesday, 5 August 2014, 06:41 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Rescuers were struggling Tuesday to locate a sunken ferry that was overloaded and carrying hundreds of passengers when it capsized in a river in central Bangladesh, leaving at least two people dead...

Iran says it gave missile technology to Hamas

Monday, 4 August 2014, 21:13 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Hamas is able to fire missiles into Israel because Tehran provided weapons technology to the militant group to defend itself against Israeli attacks, a senior Iranian official said...

Ukrainian soldiers cross border into Russia

Monday, 4 August 2014, 15:13 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

A Russian border security official said more than 400 Ukrainian soldiers crossed into Russia, according to a report from the Interfax news agency. It wasn't immediately clear why the soldiers...

Police: Excavator rams Israeli bus amid Gaza war

Monday, 4 August 2014, 14:04 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

An attacker rammed the front end of a massive construction excavator into an Israeli bus on Monday, overturning the vehicle and killing a pedestrian before he was shot and killed by a police officer,...

Former enemies unite for World War I commemoration

Monday, 4 August 2014, 12:32 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Former enemies during World War I united for ceremonies surrounding the 100th anniversary of the start of the conflict, with Belgium, France, Germany and Britain standing together at an Allied...

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