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Italy, Malta recover bodies after migrant boat tragedy
Three deadly Mediterranean shipwrecks that claimed the lives of hundreds of would-be asylum-seekers fleeing war.
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Captain, crew member of capsized migrant boat arrested says Italian prosecutor
Rescue crews searched Monday for survivors and bodies from what could be the Mediterranean's deadliest migrant tragedy ever as hundreds more migrants took to the sea undeterred and European Union...
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Malta honours dead of Mediterranean’s worst migrant disaster
European officials honoured the dead of the Mediterranean's worst-ever migrant disaster Wednesday as more would-be refugees arrived in Italy and prosecutors questioned the suspected smugglers.
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Out-of-control Porsche slams into spectators during auto show in Malta
At least 26 people were injured after a Porsche 918 Spyder driven by British tycoon Paul Bailey slammed into a crowd of spectators at an auto show in Malta.
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Commonwealth meeting is ‘training camp’ for Paris climate talks: Dion
Leaders of 53 Commonwealth countries are grappling with their own negotiations on addressing climate change in what Canada's foreign minister calls a "training camp" for next week's United Nations...
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Queen Elizabeth II opens Commonwealth meeting in Malta
Queen Elizabeth II opened the Commonwealth summit Friday on the Mediterranean island of Malta - a meeting that will focus on climate change and the threat of extremist violence.
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‘I was thrown into the deep end’: Trudeau wraps up Malta summit before...
Justin Trudeau says he's been "thrown into the deep end" of international summitry since his election last month as prime minister.
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‘You are forever young’: Trudeau responds to Queen Elizabeth on Twitter
After Prime Minister Justin Trudeau detailed Queen Elizabeth II’s long and full career, she cheekily expressed her gratitude, thanking him for “making [her] feel so old.”
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5 killed after plane crashes on takeoff at Malta airport
Officials say a light plane has crashed after takeoff from Malta International Airport, killing all five people on board.
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Plane monitoring migrant trafficking routes crashes in Malta, 5 dead
A small plane heading toward Libya's coast to monitor migrant trafficking routes for the French government crashed soon after takeoff from Malta's airport Monday, killing all five French crew members,...
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Malta becomes 1st European country to ban gay conversion therapy
Malta has become the first European country to ban gay conversion therapy, imposing fines of up to 10,000 euros ($10,750) and a jail term of up to one year for offenders.
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Libyan plane hijackers surrender after freeing passengers, crew in Malta
An airliner on an internal flight in Libya was hijacked by a man claiming to have a hand grenade on Friday and diverted to Malta, where it landed with 118 people on board.
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Malta’s iconic Azure Window, featured in ‘Game of Thrones,’ collapses into sea
Malta Prime Minister Joseph Muscat tweeted his "heartbreaking" sadness at the loss Wednesday of one of the main tourist attractions on the island of Gozo.
View ArticleMalta arrests 10 in car bomb murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia
Ten suspects were arrested Monday over the Oct. 16 car bomb murder of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, Malta's prime minister announced.
View ArticleSuspect in car bombing that killed Maltese journalist listened to blast over...
Police allege that George Degiorgio was sitting on a boat outside Valletta harbour on Oct. 16 when he sent an SMS which detonated the bomb as Caruana Galizia drove out of her village, Bidnija, in...
View ArticleMaltese tour bus slams into low-hanging tree branch killing 2, injuring 45,...
The accident happened in Zurrieq, a popular tourist destination just outside the capital Valletta that is famous for its ruins and "blue grotto."
View ArticleSpain offers to take in stranded boat with 600 migrants aboard
Italy and Malta have both refused to let the rescue ship with 629 people aboard dock in their ports, leaving the migrants at sea for days.
View ArticleBoat carrying 692 migrants arrives in Spain after being turned away by Italy
The migrant rescue boat ended a gruelling voyage which has made it a symbol of Europe's failure to agree on immigration.
View ArticleOver 1,000 migrants have drowned attempting to cross Mediterranean this year,...
More than 1,000 people have drowned this year attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea, while 200 hundred of those have died in the past three days, according to the International Organization for...
View ArticleRescued migrants hijack cargo ship in Mediterranean Sea: Italian minister
Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said the merchant ship, El Hiblu 1, rescued migrants in the Mediterranean Sea earlier Wednesday.
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