Black box found at site of Air Algerie crash
Friday, 25 July 2014, 11:18
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Updated at 2.20pm French soldiers secured a black box from the Air Algerie wreckage site in a desolate region of restive northern Mali on Friday, the French president said. Terrorism...
Black boxes from Taiwan air crash investigated
Friday, 25 July 2014, 10:19
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Investigators on Friday were examining wreckage and flight data recorders for clues into a plane crash on a Taiwanese island that killed 48 people. Stormy weather and low visibility are...
Planes with Ukraine bodies arrive in Netherlands
Friday, 25 July 2014, 06:42
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Two more military aircraft carrying remains of victims from the Malaysian plane disaster arrived in the Netherlands on Thursday, while Australian and Dutch diplomats joined to promote a plan for a...
Ukrainian prime minister announces resignation
Thursday, 24 July 2014, 19:32
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk announced his resignation Thursday, opening the way for new elections that would reflect the country's starkly changed political scene after the ouster...
Israeli fire hits UN facility in Gaza, killing 15
Thursday, 24 July 2014, 16:57
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Israeli tank shells hit a compound housing a U.N. school in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing at least 15 people and wounding dozens who were seeking shelter from fierce clashes on the streets...
US: Downed fighter jets part of pattern in Ukraine
Thursday, 24 July 2014, 10:05
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The White House cast the downing of two fighter jets inUkraine on Wednesday as part of a pattern of Russian-backed separatists using Russian weapons to pose risks to aircrafts and further...
Casualty numbers raise questions about Gaza war
Thursday, 24 July 2014, 06:15
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Shopkeepers say they were sitting outside their shuttered businesses Wednesday, catching a break from being cooped up during wartime, when an Israeli missile struck a nearby mosque, killing a truck...
Malaysia jet victims' bodies arrive in Netherlands
Wednesday, 23 July 2014, 22:20
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Victims of the Malaysian jetliner shot down over Ukraine returned at last Wednesday to Dutch soil in 40 wooden coffins, solemnly and gently carried to 40 identical hearses, flags at half-staff...
US pushes for truce as Gaza battle rages
Wednesday, 23 July 2014, 18:32
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Israeli troops battled Hamas militants on Wednesday near a southern Gaza Strip town as the top U.S. diplomat reported progress in efforts to end fighting that has so far killed more than 680...