'No chance' of finding 159 Nepal landslide victims
Monday, 4 August 2014, 06:13
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Rescuers recovered two more bodies, taking the death toll to 10 from a massive weekend landslide in northern Nepal, but said there was no chance of finding alive any of the more than 150 people...
Ukraine's army on outskirts of rebel stronghold
Sunday, 3 August 2014, 16:07
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Fighting raged Sunday on the western outskirts of Donetsk as the advancing Ukrainian army tried to seize control of the rebel stronghold. In danger of being encircled, the separatists renewed their...
Gaza official: 10 dead after strike near UN school
Sunday, 3 August 2014, 12:46
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
A United Nations school sheltering displaced people in the southern Gaza Strip was hit Sunday by what a U.N. official said appeared to be an Israeli airstrike, as the military struck the Hamas-ruled...
Israeli soldier thought captured is declared dead
Sunday, 3 August 2014, 09:14
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The Israeli military said Sunday that an Israeli soldier it previously believed had been captured by Hamas fighters in a Gaza ambush had in fact been killed in battle that day. The...
China car parts plant blast kills 69, hurts 187
Sunday, 3 August 2014, 07:48
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
A suspected dust explosion at an automotive parts factory in eastern China that supplies General Motors killed at least 69 people and injured more than 180 others, most with severe burns, state media...
More remains found at Ukraine crash site
Saturday, 2 August 2014, 18:29
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
International experts searching the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in eastern Ukraine on Saturday found the remains of victims overlooked by local emergency...
Israel signals Gaza war winding up, as shelling continues
Saturday, 2 August 2014, 16:57
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Israel signalled it was winding up the 25-day-old Gaza war unilaterally, saying on Saturday it would not attend Egyptian-hosted negotiations for a new truce and giving Palestinians who had fled...
Uganda's anti-homosexuality law struck down as unconstitutional
Saturday, 2 August 2014, 13:41
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
An anti-homosexuality law that punishes gay sex with long jail sentences was struck down by a court Friday after Ugandans opposed to the law filed a constitutional petition alleging that it violates...
Australian couple abandon surrogate Down's Syndrome baby
Saturday, 2 August 2014, 12:24
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
A campaign for a baby with Down's Syndrome left with his surrogate Thai mother by an Australian couple has raised over $120,000. The six-month-old boy, named Gammy, also has a...