Water shortages are at a critical level in Iran with once lush regions experiencing severe drought. How has the Islamic Republic sacrificed this vital resource?   ...

Angola's billionaire former first daughter Isabel dos Santos has been charged with money laundering and mismanagement during her stewardship of state-owned oil firm...

Two concerts will be held tomorrow as part of the Valletta International Baroque Festival. Voces Suaves, a vocal ensemble based in Basel, Swizerland, that performs ...

Photographer, Matthew Christopher loves taking pictures of abandoned spaces - but he doesn't ever trespass. He works with local communities to highlight their forgo...

Bushfires near the Australian capital Canberra forced the city's airport to close on Thursday, as passenger flights were halted to make way for aircraft working to ...

Badly damaged quays at Zonqor, Marsascala, are being rebuilt by Infrastructure Malta in a €1m project. The agency said the quays have been in a dangerous state af...

Finance Minister Edward Scicluna should assume responsibility for having appointed then assistant police commissioner Silvio Valletta to the board of governors of t...

In mid-December I had written an article about the impact on the Maltese capital market from the political developments that suddenly erupted the previous month. I ...

An exhibition entitled Bibles and Liturgical Books from Christian Churches in Malta: An Ecumenical Confluence is being held from tomorrow to Sunday at the Archbisho...

Gżira United have reached an agreement with Paul Zammit to take charge as first team coach, the Premier League club announced. The Maroons this week have parted wa...

A book on Ta’ Liesse church in Valletta will be launched today at 5.30pm at the church. The book, entitled Ta’ Liesse, Malta’s Waterfront Shrine for Mariners,...

Toyota is set to introduce a new crossover to take on the likes of the Nissan Juke and Ford Puma. Set to be based on the recently-unveiled fourth-generation Yaris, ...

The front pages of Times of Malta from 50, 25 and 10 years ago.  Become a Times of Malta premium member to gain full access to our archive dating back to January 1...

The government is looking into a €50,000 tender awarded to Keith Schembri’s paper company, Kasco Limited, just days before the former chief of staff was taken i...

China banned trains and planes from leaving a major city at the centre of a virus outbreak on Thursday, seeking to seal off its 11 million people to contain the con...

The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Thursday. Times of Malta reports that the contract for a Comino ferry operator has been stalled amid comp...

The news that a major prevalence study targeting adolescent mental health was launched in mid-January has once again focussed attention on psychiatric issues, speci...

Stephanie Sammut, a biologist at Heritage Malta, will tomorrow deliver a talk on the changes that occurred in biological communities in the soil and on the stones a...

The Venice Commission had recommended that “there should be a public competition for the post of police commissioner and the appointing authority (prime minister ...

Paradox. Contradiction. Horns of a dilemma. Catch-22. Take your pick. You’ll need one of those terms to describe one of the main constraints of Robert Abela’s a...