Helene Pellicano is through to the Last 16 in the tennis tournament at the Mediterranean Games but there was no joy for Francesca Curmi and the doubles partnership of Matthew Asciak and Alex Degabriele. In the girls singles, Pellica...

A German court on Tuesday handed a five-year jail sentence to a 101-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard, the oldest person so far to go on trial for complicity in war crimes during the Holocaust. Josef Schuetz was found gui...

The Russian military said on Tuesday it struck a weapons depot in central Ukraine on Monday and the resulting explosions hit a shopping mall. The strike hit "a depot with weapons and ammunition from the USA and European countries in ...

As Malta debates testing embryos for nine specific genetic disorders, two couples tell Claudia Calleja what the suffering is like for a child with a specific rare condition, who faces certain death in early childhood.  Joseph and S...

Parts of fishing nets recovered from submerged sites by Heritage Malta have been recycled into bracelets and keychains thanks to a collaboration between the German company Bracenet and Heritage Malta’s Underwater Cultural Heritage ...

The stage is set for an intense week for the Malta Basketball Association (MBA) as both the men and women’s national teams will be competing in the FIBA Small Countries Games. However, while the men will be defending home soil, the...

Serena Williams returns to singles tennis at Wimbledon after a year away on Tuesday as Rafael Nadal begins his quest to win the third leg of a potential calendar Grand Slam. Women’s top seed Iga Swiatek, who has won her past six to...

The Malta Tourism Authority has revoked an extension it issued for works at a major hotel and lido in Qawra to continue past June 15, when excavation and demolition works in tourist areas are to stop for the summer. The authority had...

A new report, jointly commissioned by the Institute of Financial Services Practitioners (IFSP), the Malta Institute of Accountants (MIA) and the Malta Institute of Taxation (MIT), outlines the significant contribution of Malta’s se...

All preparations for the FIBA Small Countries Games come to an end as the European tournament tips off in Malta on Tuesday. Malta heads into the Games under new coach Alan Walls and he believes the team has what it takes to win gold....

The Buskett Woodlands will be abuzz with activity in the coming two days as the traditional Mnarja festival is celebrated. Today, June 28, activities are being held between 5pm and 1am. There will be a parade with carts and carriages...

A major fire scorched fields and the countryside overlooking Marsalforn at l-Għolja ta’ Dabrani behind the Salvatur statue late on Monday. No one was injured. Readers sent us these dramatic pictures and video.  Video by Katerina ...

When watching any film that won at a leading international festival, I find there is an element of prejudice where one’s mind is already leaning towards receiving the film favourably, where for example, one might be more patient. B...

A man was seriously injured when he fell off a balcony in Msida early on Tuesday. The police said the 35-year-old Eritrean, who lives in Msida, fell a height of one storey off a balcony in C. De Brocktorff Sreet at 1.15am He was take...

Wales captain Gareth Bale has signed a 12-month contract with Los Angeles FC that features options through 2024, the Major League Soccer squad announced Monday. Bale confirmed his plans on social media over the weekend after his dep...

ECB monetary operations On June 20, the European Central Bank announced the seven-day main refinancing operation (MRO). The operation was conducted on June 21 and attracted bids from euro area eligible counterparties of €688 millio...

The magistrates’ court has clearly stated that Times of Malta journalist Ivan Martin had rejected money offered to him during a meeting with two of Yorgen Fenech’s lawyers. Magistrate Natasha Galea Sciberras went to great lengths...

The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Tuesday.  Times of Malta reports how two lawyers were cleared on a technicality of trying to bribe a journalist. It also reports that an American couple plans to sue the Mal...

At least 46 migrants were found dead Monday in and around a tractor-trailer that was abandoned on the roadside on the outskirts of the Texas city of San Antonio. The grim discovery was one of the worst disasters involving migrants in...

 The journey to becoming a priest is a long one, but for one man it has been exceptionally long – 60 years. Fra Emmanuel Aquilina started out on his vocation back in 1962 when he was just a teenager and will be ordained this Septe...