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Malta Employers calls for transformational Budget 2027 focused on productivity, competitiveness and quality of lifeDeadly Houthi strikes on Saudi capital raise stakes in regional conflictOperation CANTABRIA:Fruit-export front used to hide cocaine shipments from EcuadorSouth Africa’s Navanethem ‘Navi’ Pillay wins 2026 Nobel Peace PrizeUpdated – Malta News Briefing – Friday 9 October 2026
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Europe
Zelenskiy accuses US of inaction as Russian strikes kill over 70 in two days
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy accused the US of being unwilling to help Ukraine after a Russian bomb attack on Thursday...
Belgian Strikes to Disrupt Public Transport and Brussels Airport on Friday and Monday
Public transport in Brussels and across Belgium will be disrupted on Friday and Monday as unions hold two days of action to protes...
France’s Student Protests: What’s Behind the Unrest
The movement: Since late September, students across France have protested education underfunding and blockaded many lycées (high s...
WHO Presses Russia for Information on Siberia Lab Death
The World Health Organization is looking into reports of a second pneumonia case linked to an anti-plague institute in Irkutsk, Si...
South Africa’s Navanethem ‘Navi’ Pillay wins 2026 Nobel Peace Prize
South African judge Navanethem "Navi" Pillay, 85, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday "for her efforts to promote peace and intern...
Romania, Poland scramble jets as Russia pounds Ukraine with drones, missiles
Romania and Poland scrambled military jets to protect their airspace after Russia launched a new wave of attacks on neighboring Uk...
Sweden faces political deadlock after Andersson gives up attempt to form government
Attempts to form a new government in Sweden hit the buffers on Monday after Social Democrats leader Magdalena Andersson said she ...
Serbia heads for early elections
Serbia's president has resigned after more than a year of student-led protests and growing public discontent over allegations of g...
World
Operation CANTABRIA:Fruit-export front used to hide cocaine shipments from Ecuador
Police in Ecuador arrested 20 suspects Thursday in an operation targeting a network that moved large amounts of cocaine from Latin...
US to livestream Army firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter
The US will livestream the Army's upcoming firing squad execution of a gunman who killed 13 people at the Fort Hood military base...
Bolsonaro will face Lula in runoff in Brazil’s presidential vote
Right-wing Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro will face leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in a runoff of the presidenti...
Pete Hegseth creates Pentagon Office of Religious Affairs
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is launching an Office of Religious Affairs at the Pentagon, the latest in a series of faith-r...
Deadly Houthi strikes on Saudi capital raise stakes in regional conflict
Thursday's attacks on Riyadh airport killed three people, Saudi authorities said on Friday, as Yemen's Houthi group stepped up mi...
Syria considers help in Yemen war after Saudi airports come under Houthi fire
Syria may deploy troops to help Saudi Arabia fight Yemen's Houthis, a US official and a Syrian defence official said, as the Iran-...
Turkey sending technical, defensive support to Saudi Arabia to help fight Houthis
Turkey is sending mainly defensive and technical support to Saudi Arabia to help it fight Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis, two offic...
Troops from NATO member Turkey, nuclear-armed Pakistan headed to Saudi Arabia
Turkey and Pakistan will send troops to Saudi Arabia in a "rapid deployment" under a new mutual defense alliance, the three countr...
Israelis mark three years since Hamas attack that set off Gaza assault
Israelis will on Wednesday mark three years since Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, triggering a military assault that de...
China warns Taiwan and human rights are ‘red lines’ ahead of Trump-Xi summit
China has warned that Taiwan and human rights are among issues that cannot be challenged ahead of a summit between Chinese Preside...
Australia cracks down on student and backpacker visas to curb migration
Australia will stop foreign students from bringing partners and children to accompany them while they study and tighten working h...
Rescuers struggling to reach disaster zone after more than 160 killed in Nepal-Tibet flash floods
Rescue teams are struggling to reach remote areas of Nepal after a devastating flash flood and mudslide killed more than 160 peopl...
Int fl-Ewropa
MEPs Demand Coordinated EU Response to Organised Crime and Corruption
The European Parliament has adopted a resolution calling for a stronger, modernized EU anti‑corruption strategy that reflects emer...
MEPs Urge Sanctions Over Political Persecution in Iran, Georgia and Azerbaijan
The European Parliament on Thursday adopted three resolutions condemning human rights violations in Iran, Georgia and Azerbaijan, ...
European Parliament Urges Tougher but Open EU Approach to China
The European Parliament on Wednesday called for the European Union to keep up dialogue with China while taking a firmer line on tr...
MEPs Want Employers Held Responsible for Workers’ Mental, Physical Health
The European Parliament voted Tuesday to urge the European Commission to propose new EU rules aimed at preventing, eliminating or ...
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France’s Student Protests: What’s Behind the Unrest
The movement: Since late September, students across France have protested education underfunding and blockaded many lycées (high s...
What is in the US-Greenland-Denmark security deal?
US President Donald Trump and the leaders of Greenland and Denmark signed an agreement on Tuesday that permits a larger US milita...
Swiss to vote on whether to tighten neutrality, end peacetime cooperation with NATO
Swiss voters will decide in a referendum next month whether to approve a more restrictive form of neutrality that would block thei...
NATO’s northern flank faces mounting disruption from suspected drone activity
Military drones straying into the airspace of Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are stoking concerns that the war in Ukraine ...
Other News
Athletics Malta announces Road Running League 2026/2027
Athletics Malta has announced the Road Running League for the 2026/2027 season, with the six-race series set to be retained after ...
Music world mourns Dolly Parton, queen of country music
Dolly Parton was around six when she wrote her first song: "Little Tiny Tasseltop," an ode to her corncob doll with corn-silk hair...
Dutch pull out of ‘no longer neutral’ Eurovision
Dutch state broadcaster Avrotros said on Monday that the Netherlands will not be taking part in next year's Eurovision Song Contes...
Princess Diana’s brother to publish book about her life
Charles Spencer, the brother of Britain's late Princess Diana, is to publish a book about his sister's life, promising to divulge ...
