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First trip abroad for Italian PM Draghi will be Libya

talian Prime Minister Mario Draghi will visit Libya on Tuesday, according to Italian news agency Nova. The trip will mark the first international travel for Draghi since assuming office last…

Russia suspends gas transit to Kazakhstan after explosion

Russia suspended gas transit to Kazakhstan on Tuesday after an explosion on a gas pipeline in the Orenburg region and emergency services were being deployed to the area, the energy ministry…

Works on Gas Pipeline connecting Malta to Sicily expected to start in 2021

The Sicilian Region and the Government of Malta are held a meeting in relation to the construction of the submarine gas pipeline that will connect the two islands of the…

ICC confirms trial against former Philippine President Duterte

Judges at the International Criminal Court on Thursday confirmed all three counts of murder as ‌cri...

Pope Leo heading back to Rome after outspoken Africa tour

Pope Leo returns to Rome on Thursday after wrapping up ‌an ambitious four-nation Africa tour in whic...

Leader of Russia’s Communists warns parliament of risk of revolution due to faltering economy

The veteran leader of Russia's Communist Party has warned parliament that the country's faltering e...

U.S. navy chief resigns amid Pentagon infighting

Navy Secretary John Phelan abruptly left his job on Wednesday in part because a hugely expensive new...

Mass rescue operation by Libyan authorities: over 400 migrants saved from 10 boats

Libya's eastern-based coast guard of the Libyan National Army rescued at least 404 migrants on boar...

Cyprus urges EU to prepare joint response plan if member state is attacked

President Nikos Christodoulides called on European Union leaders to begin preparing a coordinated re...

Updated – Malta News Briefing – Thursday 23 April 2026

Updated 1010 Parliament approves “living wills” law granting patients right to refuse future trea...

UK lawmakers approve lifetime smoking ban for today’s under-18s

Children in Britain who are 17 or younger, ‌and anyone born in the future, will never be able to leg...

Belgians advised to have enough supplies to last 72 hours

Belgium’s National Crisis Centre has launched a nationwide campaign urging citizens to be ready to c...

Russian official says Russians in Moldova’s Transdniestria under threat

The safety of Russian citizens in Moldova's breakaway Transdniestria region is currently under threa...