British police are investigating the background of a mentally troubled Iraqi-Syrian convert to Christianity who died in a botched bomb attack in Liverpool, according to multiple reports on Tuesday. Counter-terrorism police in northwe...

Heritage NGO Wirt iż-Żejtun has objected to an application to turn a residence on ODZ land into a care home for people with disabilities, saying the development would be too close to the country’s last surviving steam mill from t...

Asian equities were mixed on Tuesday with inflation still a point of concern, while traders were trying to gauge the success of a summit between Joe Biden and Xi Jinping as they looked to guide their way through a period of tension. ...

Michael Spiteri Bailey has been appointed controller of Nemea Bank by the Malta Financial Services Authority. Although Nemea’s licence was withdrawn in 2017, its liquidation has been stalled pending appeals by the bank’s owners...

Former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's graft trial resumed Tuesday, with his ex-spin doctor due on the witness stand, but the defence has asked the highly anticipated testimony be delayed.  Netanyahu, now opposition lead...

The sun peeks over the horizon of the medieval Turkish city of Mardin as a herd of cream-coloured donkeys begins its day job collecting rubbish before relaxing to classical music in the evenings. Guided by city workers, the animals c...

After the shambolic performance against Croatia, Malta national team coach Devis Mangia had asked his players to turn the page for a positive finale in these 2022 World Cup qualifications. Unfortunately, though, Mangia’s rallying c...

President and Mrs George Vella will be visiting Maltese patients receiving treatment in London. During the four-day visit, the President and Mrs Vella will also meet with the patients' relatives who are currently also benefiting from...

The Health Ministry has embarked on a process for  Pembrolizumab, a triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) treatment, to be included in the Maltese formulary. This is the most aggressive form of breast cancer, with patients usually tr...

The Malta Security Services chief is claiming that the tapping of George Degiorgio’s phone was “not illegally done” and that the use of unlawfully-obtained evidence does not automatically result in a breach of the accused’s f...

Do you remember how it used to feel roaming around unknown cities or driving across unfamiliar territories prior the introduction of GPS systems? Have you ever thought what it means for a seafarer to have the possibility to contact h...

An average of three nurses quit their jobs at Mater Dei Hospital every week, union chief Paul Pace claims, once again sounding the alarm on a staffing crisis that has hit the health system. Many are resigning to work in the UK, where...

Cuban security forces foiled a planned mass protest on Monday, with police flooding Havana's streets and prominent dissidents arrested or confined to their homes to prevent them from staging the banned rights gathering. Friends and f...

The BOV Men League Game Day 3 resulted in Starlites Naxxar taking the solitary top spot in the standings after they continued on their winning streak with a victory over Gżira Athleta. Mellieħa Libertas Spalding, who last week were...

A  few days ago, on November 5, a legal notice was slipped through silently and without any publicity. Legal Notice 419, entitled ‘Exemption from Tax on Property Transfers Rules (Set-off of Tax Arrears)’ allows those who still o...

ECB monetary operations On November 8, the European Central Bank announced the seven-day main refinancing operations (MRO). The operation was conducted on November 9 and attracted bids from euro area eligible counterparties of €254...

Car importers are facing delays due to the global shortage of microchips and do not expect the industry to return to normal for at least another six months. The Association of Car Importers Malta is urging anyone in the market for a ...

Global warming and Malta COP26 is over. All the gathered global warming experts were loath to admit the world needs to follow France’s example and phase out all fossil fuel power stations and replace them with nuclear (zero-carbon ...

Pfizer, BioNTech and Moderna are making combined profits of $65,000 (€57,100) every minute from their highly successful COVID-19 vaccines while the world's poorest countries remain largely unvaccinated, according to a new analysis....

The following are the main stories in Tuesday’s newspapers. Times of Malta says MEP Roberta Metsola has officially entered the race to become the next president of the European Parliament. In another story, the newspaper says car i...