• Thailandia

    Van, truck collide, catch fire on Thai highway, killing 25

    A van and a pickup collided and caught fire on a highway in eastern Thailand on Monday afternoon, killing 25 people, authorities said.The public transit van lost control and crossed the grass median, colliding with the pickup truck going in the opposite direction Monday afternoon, according to Thai Road Accident ...

  • USA Panama Malta

    September 2016: Leo Brincat’s nomination rejected by EP, approved by Council

    4 SeptemberThe Libyan Visas scandal erupted at the end of August, but at the beginning of September, this newsroom revealed that the Libyan national who served as a middleman in the racket claims to have had his children threatened if he spills more beans in a televised interviewed he had ...

  • Regno Unito

    Updated: Departing UK ambassador to EU criticises government in email

    Britain's outgoing ambassador to the European Union has strongly criticized the government's approach to Brexit negotiations in a blistering farewell email to his staff.Ivan Rogers said Prime Minister Theresa May's government has been hindered by "ill-founded arguments" and "muddled thinking" in its approach to the upcoming talks to pull Britain ...

  • USA Malta

    Updated: Many passengers were unaware of hijacking, thought bad weather forced Malta landing

    Many of the passengers who were on board the Afriqiyah Airways flight 209 did not realise their plane had been hijacked until after it landed in Malta, and thought the diversion was a result of bad weather. Some only learnt about the hijack after the whole ordeal was over, a ...

  • Auditor general, deputy attend congress in Abu Dhabi

    Auditor General Charles Deguara and Deputy Auditor General Noel Camilleri recently attended the XXII INCOSAI (International Congress of Supreme Audit Institutions) held in Abu Dhabi.  The Congress included members from 194 Supreme Audit Institutions around the globe.The XXII INCOSAI focused on two themes, namely audit bodies’ contribution to the UN ...

  • India Turchia

    Updated: Turkey identifies club gunman; Erdogan speaks to nation; five arrested

    Turkey has identified the gunman in the Istanbul nightclub massacre, the foreign minister said Wednesday as the president vowed that the country won't surrender to terrorists or become divided.The gunman, who killed 39 people during New Year's celebrations at the Reina club, is still at large. But Foreign Minister Mevlut ...

  • Malta

    Updated: Off-duty police officer suffers broken arm in St Julian's assault

    A police constable was injured this afternoon when he was assaulted by another man in St Julian’s. The off-duty officer, aged 24 and resident in Paola, suffered a broken arm and facial injuries.The aggressor, a former prison inmate, was noticed driving dangerously in the St Julian’s tunnels, direction north.The officer, ...

  • Regno Unito

    Updated: UK's top ambassador to EU resigns before start of Brexit negotiations

    Underscoring the hectic preparations for Britain's divorce proceedings from the European Union, London's envoy to the EU has unexpectedly resigned only months before the negotiations are due to start and on the heels of a nasty controversy.Ivan Rogers decided to leave now so that a successor could be in place ahead of ...

  • Regno Unito

    Chef conditionally discharged for 3 years after pleading guilty to circulating false currency

    A man who pleaded guilty to a single charge of circulating false currency on the island has been conditionally discharged by the court for a period of three years. The court, presided over by Magistrate Audrey Demicoli, heard how Terence Saliba, a chef based in London, tried to use Euro ...

  • Spagna Malta

    August 2016: Monti moves to Ordnance Street, Comino's Paradise Lost

    1 AugustThe Valletta market finally moved to Ordnance Street, just across the road from Parliament. The Economy Ministry confirmed that the move from Merchants Street was permanent. The ministry also said that an agreement on the new design for the market stalls would be reached “shortly.”2 AugustFinancial Intelligence Analysis Unit ...