Xenophobia

Germany: Man deliberately drives car at pedestrians in what its being treated as xenophobic attack

A man drove a car into pedestrians in two neighboring German cities overnight to New Year's Day, injuring four people in what police say could be attacks motivated by the xenophobic…

Insight: Politics of fear and hate

Long read. Article prepared and researched by Nathanael Muscat for Corporate Dispatch. Boris Johnson invited a deluge of complaints this week when he compared women wearing the burqa to letter boxes.…

Britain’s policy on austerity, immigration and tackling terrorism are racist – UN Envoy

Britain's policies on austerity, immigration and tackling terrorism are racist, a United Nations watchdog has found. The Telegraph reports that UN Envoy and Law Professor Tendayi Achiume, a Special Rapporteur for…

Malta News Briefing – Saturday 7 March 2026

Morning Briefing Wealth Soars but Gap WidensA new Central Bank study reveals that household wealt...

Iran-backed militias intensify attacks against US, Israel and allies

Iran-backed militias around the Middle East are intensifying attacks against Israel, the US and thei...

12 members of money laundering scheme exploiting Ukrainian women arrested in Spain

An international operation in Spain targeting a money laundering scheme resulted in the arrest of 12...

Syria opens Mediterranean-Aleppo air corridor that could help ease regional snarl

Syria has opened a newly reactivated air corridor from the northern city of Aleppo toward the Medite...

Updated – Malta News Briefing – Friday 6 March 2026

Updated 1210 Malta Maritime Sector Urges EU Rethink on Emissions Tax Rules: The Malta Maritime Fo...

Kosovo president dissolves parliament, calls snap election after failed presidential vote

Kosovo's President Vjosa Osmani on Friday dissolved parliament and called snap elections after lawma...

Rome boosts air defence to maximum amid Iran crisis as Meloni rules out any current US request for base use

Italy has raised its air-defence protection to the highest level as tensions escalate across the Mid...

International crackdown dismantles sprawling drug network spanning Europe, Asia and Australia

An international law-enforcement operation has dismantled key parts of a sprawling drug trafficking ...

EU Emissions Rules Threaten Malta’s Maritime Hub, Forum Warns MEPs

The Malta Maritime Forum presented compelling data at the European Parliament in Brussels, showing h...

Macron asks Netanyahu to ‘refrain from a ground offensive’ in Lebanon

Emmanuel Macron said he asked Benjamin Netanyahu to refrain from launching a ground offensive in Leb...