


Oscar Pistorius awaits sentencing for fatally shooting girlfriend
Oscar Pistorius returns to South African courtroom to await sentencing for...
Oscar Pistorius returns to South African courtroom to await...

Deadly clashes in Libya leave at least 23 dead
At least 23 people were killed and more than 40 wounded in clashes over the...
At least 23 people were killed and more than 40 wounded in...

Ukraine crisis: Putin ‘orders Russian troop pullback’
The latest order comes ahead of a planned meeting between Putin and Ukrainian...
The latest order comes ahead of a planned meeting between...

Turkey ‘to let US use bases’ against Islamic State
Turkey agreed to let the US use Turkish bases and territory “to train...
Turkey agreed to let the US use Turkish bases and territory...

Kurds gain ground in Kobani, Iraq still under pressure from IS
Airstrikes on the town have destroyed an IS fighting position and staging area
Airstrikes on the town have destroyed an IS fighting...

Cyclone Hudhud batters India’s east, three dead
At least three people killed, thousands evacuated as Cyclone Hudhud batters...
At least three people killed, thousands evacuated as...

Libya border police struggling to contain ‘spread of anarchy’ amid Islamist infiltration
15 ISIS militants managed to cross in from Egypt into Libya while up to 500 people a day cross Libyan border.
15 ISIS militants managed to cross in from Egypt into Libya...

Second US man tests positive for Ebola
A health worker in Texas at the hospital where the first person diagnosed with Ebola died last week has tested positive for the virus.
A health worker in Texas at the hospital where the first...

Putin orders troops withdrawal from Ukrainian border
Russian president Vladmir Putin has ordered thousands of troops stationed near...
Russian president Vladmir Putin has ordered thousands of...

Kurdish forces in embattled town call for greater air strikes against ISIS
Kurdish figthers in Kobani call on US-led coalition to escalate air strikes on ISIS militants; monitoring group say Kurdish forces may face inevitable loss due...
Kurdish figthers in Kobani call on US-led coalition to...

String of car bomb attacks kill 50 in Baghdad
No claims of responsibility yet reported, but deadly attacks may be in protest...
No claims of responsibility yet reported, but deadly...

Vella ‘alarmed’ by advance of Islamic State ‘franchise’ in Libya
Foreign affairs minister says presence of jihadists in eastern Libya is not new, but advances made by fundamentalists allied to the Islamic State in the North...
Foreign affairs minister says presence of jihadists in...

Scicluna says Commonwealth countries better prepared to face financial crisis
Finance minister Edward Scicluna addresses the Commonwealth finance ministers' meeting in Washington
Finance minister Edward Scicluna addresses the Commonwealth...

Miracle child wants to become a doctor
Gracie Attard, the Gozitan Siamese twin whose sister died so that she could live wants to become a children's doctor to help others
Gracie Attard, the Gozitan Siamese twin whose sister died...

Anti-TTIP activists barred from holding debate at Europe House
Front against TTIP (Malta) prohibited from using Europe House to discuss...
Front against TTIP (Malta) prohibited from using Europe...

ISIS pushes deeper into Kobane
UN warns of looming "massacre" in Syrian border town of Kobane as self-declared jihadists advance despite US-led strikes on their positions
UN warns of looming "massacre" in Syrian border...

Greek government survives vote of confidence
Greece’s coalition government survives a vote of confidence on Friday,...
Greece’s coalition government survives a vote of...

Car bomb explodes in Libya’s Benghazi
A car bomb kills one person and injures another on Friday in Libya’s eastern city of Benghazi
A car bomb kills one person and injures another on Friday...