Investigators make it to Ukraine jet crash site
Thursday, 31 July 2014, 16:47
Last update: about 13 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 13 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 13 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 13 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 13 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...
Historic Eastbourne Pier engulfed by flames
Wednesday, 30 July 2014, 18:53
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Eastbourne Pier is on fire with the blaze believed to have started in wall panelling, East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service said. Six fire crews and a lifeboat are at the scene of the...
Gaza market air strike 'kills 15'
Wednesday, 30 July 2014, 17:43
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
At least 15 people have been killed and 160 wounded in an Israeli air strike that hit a market near Gaza City, Palestinian officials say. The explosion hit a busy fruit and vegetable...
Somali woman killed for not wearing veil,
Wednesday, 30 July 2014, 17:29
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Militant Islamists in Somalia have shot dead a Muslim woman for refusing to wear a veil, her relatives say. Ruqiya Farah Yarow was killed outside her hut near the southern Somali town of...
Ukraine claims key town near Donetsk
Wednesday, 30 July 2014, 17:21
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The Ukrainian army says it has seized a key town near the rebel stronghold of Donetsk, as fighting rages in the east. Pro-Russia separatists were driven out of Avdiivka today, the army...