UN’s top court says Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories illegal
In a landmark non-binding opinion, the International Court of Justice says Israel should stop building settlements in the West Bank and East Jersulam and end the...
Global IT outage linked to Microsoft Azure error and CrowdStrike update
Microsoft restoring services in Azure disruption, but bug in the security software Crowdstrike seems to be causing a rolling Blue-Screen-of-Death (BSOD) issue
Gaza children’s mental health rapidly deteriorating, survey finds

More than two-thirds of children surveyed experiencing psychosocial distress

More than two-thirds of children surveyed experiencing...

Hamas announces Egyptian-brokered ceasefire with Israel

Truce comes after Israeli fighter jets attacked sites in Gaza in retaliation...

Truce comes after Israeli fighter jets attacked sites in...

Brexit: MPs vote to take control of Brexit process for indicative votes

MPs have voted to take control of Commons business in an unprecedented move to try to find a majority for any Brexit option

MPs have voted to take control of Commons business in an...

Lawyers for Pilatus banker call on court to dismiss Iran sanction charges

Lawyers for Pilatus banker Ali Sadr Hasheminejad have asked the US courts to dismiss all counts of the indictment stating that the claims were vague and...

Lawyers for Pilatus banker Ali Sadr Hasheminejad have asked...

Rocket fired from Gaza hits house in Israel, wounding six people

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to cut short his US visit after...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to cut short...

Hundreds of thousands descend on London in anti-Brexit march

Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators from the "Put It To The...

Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators from the "Put...

Islamic State suffers '100% territorial defeat' in Syria

Kurdish forces declare they have cleared the final IS stronghold, but the...

Kurdish forces declare they have cleared the final IS...

Trump-Russia investigation report given to US Attorney General

The details of the final report are yet to be disclosed, but it is thought that...

The details of the final report are yet to be disclosed,...

Lifting the ban on hunting for turtle dove will go against EU policy, BirdLife warns Prime Minister

BirdLife writes to Prime Minister, insisting the turtle dove should be protected all year round

BirdLife writes to Prime Minister, insisting...

China chemical blast: death toll rises to 47

The death toll in a huge blast at a chemical plant in eastern China has jumped...

The death toll in a huge blast at a chemical plant in...

Are humans alone in space? World’s largest radio telescope will try to find out

Malta with observer status at world body that will operate gigantic telescope that will scan the sky

Malta with observer status at world body that will operate...

New Zealand bans sale of assault, semi-automatic rifles

Weapons ban aims 'to prevent an act of terror from ever happening again in...

Weapons ban aims 'to prevent an act of terror from ever...

Radovan Karadzic faces final verdict in war crimes case

Karadzic was convicted in 2016 for the Srebrenica massacre of more than 8,000...

Karadzic was convicted in 2016 for the Srebrenica massacre...

Global collaboration on Panama Papers delivered higher rate of reform

Major outcomes continue to unfold nearly three years on from the global...

Major outcomes continue to unfold nearly three years on...

[WATCH] Update 2 | Italian NGO ship rescues 49 migrants, heading to Lampedusa

The ship Mare Jonio, which belongs to Italian organisation Mediterranea, has rescued migrants on board a dinghy off the Libyan coast

The ship Mare Jonio, which belongs to Italian organisation...

Man behind New Zealand terrorist attack appears in court

The attacker used five weapons to kill at least 49 people including...

The attacker used five weapons to kill at least 49 people...

[WATCH] Updated | 49 killed in New Zealand after gunmen attack mosques

Forty-nine people have been killed and at least 20 wounded in shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand

Forty-nine people have been killed and at least 20 wounded...

580,000 asylum seekers across EU marks 11% reduction in 2018

In 2018, Malta received 2,035 applications for protection by first-time asylum...

In 2018, Malta received 2,035 applications for protection...