EU moves closer to action on Hezbollah
Friday, 19 July 2013, 15:42
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The European Union is moving closer to declaring the military wing of the Lebanese party Hezbollah a terrorist organization and could make a decision as soon as Monday if the last few countries with...
Merkel in warning over another Greek debt haircut
Friday, 19 July 2013, 11:35
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is warning that a second debt writedown for Greece could undo much of the recent work done to stabilize the euro area. Merkel's comments Friday came a...
Photos released of Boston bombing suspect capture
Friday, 19 July 2013, 08:18
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
A police photographer, furious with a Rolling Stone magazine cover photo he said glamorizes the surviving Boston Marathon suspect, released gritty images from the night Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was captured...
Mandela 'steadily improving' on 95th birthday
Thursday, 18 July 2013, 18:44
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
South Africa celebrated Nelson Mandela's 95th birthday with acts of charity on Thursday, a milestone capped by news that the former president's health was improving after fears that he was...
Tina Turner marries long-time beau in Switzerland
Thursday, 18 July 2013, 16:08
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Legendary rock singer Tina Turner has married her longtime German beau, Erwin Bach, in a Swiss civil ceremony. The mayor of Kuesnacht, the wealthy Zurich-area community where Turner lives,...
Gun salute, London light show to mark royal birth
Thursday, 18 July 2013, 15:21
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The British capital plans to mark the birth of Prince William and his wife Kate's first child with a 62-gun salute from the Tower of London and a light show along the River...
King Richard III to get $1.5 million burial
Thursday, 18 July 2013, 13:56
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
He was buried in an unmarked grave, but finally King Richard III is to get a tomb fit for a king. British officials say they will spend 1 million pounds ($1.5 million) interring...
Autopsies confirm insecticide in Indian kids' food
Thursday, 18 July 2013, 11:21
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
INDRAJIT SINGH,Associated Press PATNA, India (AP) — Autopsy reports on 22 children who died this week after eating a school lunch in eastern India confirmed...
Bomber as rock star? Rolling Stone cover outrage
Thursday, 18 July 2013, 09:01
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
A Rolling Stone story on Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is generating controversy even before it hits stores, with critics saying the cover photo glamorizes an accused killer and...
22 children die after eating school lunch in India
Wednesday, 17 July 2013, 19:16
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The children started falling violently ill soon after they ate the free school lunch of rice, lentils, soybeans and potatoes. The food, part of a program that gives poor Indian students at...