Human rights activists say jailing of two Turkish mothers fleeing persecution in their country is another instance of the criminal justice system being strong with the weak and weak with the strong • Former president Marie-Louise Coleiro P...

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Health Minister Chris Fearne will address a press conference at 11am

L-Għanja tal-Poplu winnger Michela Galea takes the Q&A

Woodland earmarked for residential development in local plan had been designated as an Area of Ecological importance in 1996

An 84-year-old man crashes into a wall at Triq tal-Barrani in Żejtun in the early hours of Thursday and sustains grievous injuries

Migrant rescue ship still waiting for Malta and Italy to respond to calls for port of safety for 278 migrants rescued while in distress at sea

Prime Minister Robert Abela met privately with the Daphne Caruana Galizia family on Wednesday, days after publicly apologising for the failure of the state 

As Zammit Lewis put it himself: it’s what the ‘Ġaħan Laburist’ wants, isn’t it? And, oh look: it’s also precisely what the ‘Ġaħan Laburist’ got, and keeps getting to this day

Commission for the Rights of Persons with Disability beefing up investigations arm to focus more on abuse of people with a disability

Jason Azzopardi features in Labour’s billboard in Msida over having received a free stay at the Tel Aviv Hilton, courtesy of Tumas magnate Ray Fenech

A fraud who posed as a priest collecting money for charity was remanded in custody pending sentencing after pleading guilty to defrauding a 90-year-old man of some €3,000

Two men will be sentenced tomorrow after pleading guilty to shoplifting from a supermarket in Marsaskala

Pardoned middleman Melvin Theuma is questioned over the ownership of Mosta flat allegedly used in the 2010 HSBC bank heist as a safehouse

A man has been remanded in custody after being accused of assaulting police officers while being arrested for smashing car windshields in Qawra

Firefighters have controlled a grassfire in the fields below Swatar, partly fuelled by unexploded petards

Police charge 51-year-old bicycle thief after tracking down a stolen bike that was being sold on Facebook Marketplace

4 August COVID-19 update | 82 new cases • 1,333 active cases • 3,346 swab tests in past 24 hours • 30 patients in hospital, 5 in ITU • Fully vaccinated residents at 387,400 • Total deaths at 423

PN energy spokesperson Ryan Callus on electricity cuts: ‘Government invested less money in the distribution network than millions in taxes Konrad Mizzi forgave Electrogas’

A woman has denied kicking and smashing several panes of double glazing at Gzira restaurant, causing some €8,000 worth of damage