Suicide attack on Pakistani church kills 78 people
Monday, 23 September 2013, 06:56
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
A pair of suicide bombers blew themselves up amid hundreds of worshippers at a historic church in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, killing 78 people in the deadliest-ever attack against the...
Pope offers hope to Sardinia's poor, unemployed
Sunday, 22 September 2013, 18:16
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Pope Francis denounced what he called big business's idolatry of money over man as he traveled Sunday to one of Italy's poorest regions to offer hope to the unemployed and entrepreneurs...
Kenya mall attack death toll rises to 59, 49 missing
Sunday, 22 September 2013, 15:40
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The Kenyan military remained in a tense standoff with Islamic extremists Sunday, as the toll rose to 59 dead, including children, and 175 wounded in the attack at an upscale mall, a Kenyan minister...
Chinese politician Bo Xilai gets life sentence
Sunday, 22 September 2013, 07:04
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
A Chinese court convicted Bo Xilai of corruption Sunday and gave him a stern sentence of life in prison, capping a 20-month scandal that derailed one of China's most up-and-coming politicians...
Pope keeps cleric who leads nun crackdown in job
Saturday, 21 September 2013, 16:30
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Pope Francis on Saturday effectively demoted a highly conservative Italian cardinal who led the Vatican's department on clergy, while keeping in place a German prelate who wages the Catholic...
The blurry frontiers of economic policy
Saturday, 21 September 2013, 09:16
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Around the world, policies, technologies, and extended learning processes have combined to erode barriers to economic interaction among countries. Pick any indicator: trade relative to global GDP,...
Syria sends watchdog chemical weapons inventory
Saturday, 21 September 2013, 08:03
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Syria has sent the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons an "initial declaration" outlining its weapons program, the organization said Friday, in keeping with the agreement...
Amanda Knox on retrial: 'Everything is at stake'
Friday, 20 September 2013, 16:24
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
U.S. student Amanda Knox on Friday defended her decision to not return to Italy for a new appeals trial over the 2007 killing of her British roommate, even as she acknowledged that "everything is...
17 drown during religious festival in India
Friday, 20 September 2013, 14:30
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Rescuers have found 17 bodies of Hindu devotees who were swept away in the Yamuna River during a religious festival in the Indian capital, an official said Friday. The devotees drowned...
Which way now? Many possible outcomes in Germany
Friday, 20 September 2013, 11:18
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative bloc is strongly favored to win the biggest share of the vote in Sunday's German election, but the outcome will almost certainly produce a coalition....