Ħamrun Spartans have lodged an appeal against the three-match suspension incurred by their striker Faissal El Bakhtaoui following his dismissal in last Sunday’s 1-0 defeat to Hibernians in the BOV Premier League. The French forwar...

A hooded man armed with a knife escaped with cash late on Wednesday after a hold-up in a shop in St Augustine Street, Paceville. The incident happened at about 11pm. The 31-year-old shopkeeper, from St Paul's Bay, was unharmed. The p...

1989-90 should have been the season of St George’s FC.  That season, the Saints were celebrating their hundred-year anniversary and everybody expected them to make a serious effort to win the First Division Championship and gain p...

Russia's emergencies ministry said Thursday it did not know the whereabouts of 48 people after an accident in a coal mine in Siberia. The Kemerovo region governor said on Telegram that, according to preliminary information, there wer...

Updated 10am A search-and-rescue NGO is urging the authorities to save 430 people shipwrecked in Malta's search and rescue area, off Tunisia, as at least three people have already died. Alarm Phone accused governments of "collective...

Young doctors have stepped in to draw blood from patients while directives for phlebotomists continue “because patient care comes before militantism”, according to their union. “Doctors are going beyond their call of duty becau...

The world will on Thursday mark the one-year anniversary of the death of Diego Maradona, regarded by some as the best player of all time and a man adored in his home country Argentina despite, or perhaps because of, his human flaws. ...

As highlighted in last week’s article, the euro has weakened by 8% against the US dollar since June 2021, amid expectations of monetary policy tightening measures by the Federal Reserve which helped the dollar strengthen to a 16-mo...

Nine-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic won’t want to risk missing out on winning a record 21st Grand Slam title, tournament chief Craig Tiley predicted Thursday as a bumper series of lead-up events was announced. All pla...

Rarely in the world have women’s and girls’ rights been challenged as they have been in Afghanistan. The latest developments give cause for great concern. The European Union has made it clear that future EU development assistance...

The European Commission’s autumn economic forecasts indicate that the European Union is slowly moving from recovery to expansion. In the third quarter of 2021, the EU economy was just below the pre-pandemic output levels and looked...

Hastings. A man stands on the edge of the bastions. Across the moat, spectators goad him to jump. Who or what to blame? It’s a Rorschach test: the image of those spectators is an inkblot in which everyone perceives their own pictur...

The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Thursday. Times of Malta, the Malta Independent and In-Nazzjon give prominence to Roberta Metsola's overwhelming victory in the PPE contest to select a candidate for the pres...

In Memoriam BONELLO – ETHEL. In loving memory of our dearest mother, today the fifth anniversary of her demise. Fondly remembered and sadly missed by her daughters, Tanya and Moira and her husband Martin, nephews, nieces and grandc...

Updated 8.49am At least 27 migrants trying to reach England from France died on Wednesday when their boat sank off the northern French coast, the deadliest disaster since the Channel became a hub for clandestine crossings. President ...

One of the obstacles in tackling gender-based violence is that it is still not fully understood as a societal problem with a significant part of the European population continuing to believe that such violence is predominantly a dome...

Who runs the courts? I have and give every respect to all propositions Frans Said (November 17) has made in his letter, which, apparently, came from the bottom of his heart. However, l challenge him to answer this one vital question,...

The Superintendence for Cultural Heritage and the Naxxar local council have stood by their objections to a big development in the parking lot of the old Trade Fair grounds, saying the revised plans do not address their concerns. In s...

Manchester City came from behind to secure top spot in Group A with a 2-1 win over Paris Saint-Germain as both sides qualified for the Champions League last 16 on Wednesday. Kylian Mbappe put the French giants in front against the ru...

Karim Benzema scored just hours after being found guilty by a French court in a blackmail case as Real Madrid saw off Sheriff Tiraspol 3-0 on Wednesday to reach the Champions League knockout stage. The France striker notched his team...