Ten years’ jail for banker who aided Venezuela-Malta money laundering scam
Former Julius Baër banker gets 10 years in jail over conspiracy to launder $1.2 billion of Venzuelan oil funds • Malta firm under investigation
Tunis hit by suicide bomb attack
A female suicide bomber has injured nine people including eight police officers on Habib Bourguiba avenue in Tunisia
Jamaica to become a republic

Jamaica's new Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller, says she intends to make the island a republic, removing Queen Elizabeth as the head of state.

Jamaica's new Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller, says...

Former Egyptian president faces death penalty

Prosecutors call for death penalty for Former Egyptian president saying he is...

Prosecutors call for death penalty for Former Egyptian...

Bombs kill at least 72 in Iraq

Bomb attacks in mainly Shi'ite Muslim areas of Iraq kill at least 72 people and many more are wounded on Thursday.

Bomb attacks in mainly Shi'ite Muslim areas of Iraq kill at...

Turkey’s former army chief arrested

A former head of the Turkish armed forces has been remanded in custody to face charges over an alleged plot to overthrow the government, the BBC reported.

A former head of the Turkish armed forces has been remanded...

Sweden recognises new file-sharing religious organisation

A church whose central belief is the right to file-share has been formally...

A church whose central belief is the right to file-share...

Ethiopian solidarity movement demands release of asylum seekers

Solidarity Movement for a New Ethiopia asks to send a delegation to Malta to...

Solidarity Movement for a New Ethiopia asks to send a...

Bluefin tuna beats two records in Japan

Record bluefin tuna caught off coast of Japan weighing in at 269 kilograms and sold for record amounts to sushi restaurant chain.

Record bluefin tuna caught off coast of Japan weighing in...

Burma vows to free political prisoners

Myanmar Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin vows to free political prisoners as first UK foreign secretary visits Burma after 55 years.

Myanmar Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin vows to free...

Row on Pinochet erupts in Chile

A political row breaks out in Chile because the centre-right government changes the way school textbooks refer to the military rule of Augusto Pinochet.

A political row breaks out in Chile because the...

Mining landslide kills 25 in the Philippines

At least 25 people killed and 150 missing after a landslide strikes a mining...

At least 25 people killed and 150 missing after a landslide...

Malta flagged super-tanker in collision off Singapore

A Malta-registered super-tanker collided with a container ship in the Strait of...

A Malta-registered super-tanker collided with a container...

Chinese foreign minister for Malta visit

Chinese foreign minister hails Africa as 'golden ground' for Chinese economic expansion.

Chinese foreign minister hails Africa as 'golden ground'...

Killing goes on in Syria, rebel leader threatens more attacks

Arab League observers say tanks withdrawn from residential streets, but snipers...

Arab League observers say tanks withdrawn from residential...

S. Korea to boost guard against North attack

South Korea and the United States will soon sign a new plan on countering any...

South Korea and the United States will soon sign a new plan...

Strong winds in Britain leave two dead

Britain’s Met Office issues a severe weather warning following heavy rain and gusts of wind reaching 100 miles per hour swept across the country, disrupting...

Britain’s Met Office issues a severe weather warning...

Romney narrowly wins first vote

Mitt Romney won the first battle in the 2012 White House race, taking Iowa by a razor-thin margin to defeat Christian conservative Rick Santorum by just eight...

Mitt Romney won the first battle in the 2012 White House...

Thousands protest against new constitution in Hungary

Tens of thousands of people protest in Budapest over Hungary's controversial...

Tens of thousands of people protest in Budapest over...

Egyptians vote in final phase of parliamentary polls

Egyptians were voting on Tuesday in the final round of a landmark...

Egyptians were voting on Tuesday in the final round of a...