Mustafa al-Kadhimi chaired his first cabinet meeting Saturday

It's been ages since Malta has unsettled the powers that be in Europe; but sadly, that seems to be the only way to get member states acting on finding common solutions on migration

Creating a safe, online space, where people across the Maltese Islands can come together as a community and combat our society’s greatest challenges

Malta withdrawal from Operation Irini signals support for Turkish-Libyan corridor, unsettling EU leaders

Three tourist boat operators complain of having been left out of process which saw the government charter Captain Morgan to host migrants

For women in Covid-19 lockdown around the world, rights groups are warning that the restriction of movement can be more harmful to them than the virus, writes Jackie Fox.

More and more indicators are spelling out the scale of economic damage being wreaked by Covid-19 and the containment measures taken to tackle it, writes Robert Shortt.

Ten people were arrested and a police officer was injured at an anti-lockdown protest in Melbourne, Australia today when demonstrators claimed coronavirus was a government-engineered conspiracy designed to control the population.

The Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (ASTI) is advising its members to engage with the new calculated grading plan for the Leaving Cert - but has a number of "major concerns" about the process.

British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, is expected to unveil a coronavirus warning system when he outlines his plans to gradually ease the lockdown while dropping the "stay home" slogan.

The number of coronavirus cases worldwide topped four million as some of the hardest-hit countries readied to lift lockdown restrictions, despite concerns about a second wave of infections.

[Daily News] Young Africans kit and merchandise suppliers GSM said restructuring the club's management system will be the first task towards the transformation processes.

[New Zimbabwe] Councillors here are headed for a nasty showdown with former mayor Somveli Dlamini, who was last week reinstated as councillor, has clashed with fellow councillors claiming he remained the town's legitimate first citizen.

[This Day] As the scourge of Covid-19 pandemic continues to bite harder in many states across the country, the Nigeria Governors' Forum (NGF) has concluded plans to mobilise assistance to states with difficulties to navigate challenges thrown up by the global health pandemic.

[This Day] Akure -The Ondo State Government yesterday asked all residents that have deceased relations in all government mortuaries in the state to claim and burry them within one month or it would conduct mass burial for the corpses after the ultimatum.

[Premium Times] Nigeria's tally of confirmed cases of COVID-19 rose to 4,151 as 239 new infections were announced Saturday by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.

[Vanguard] On the 9th of May 2020, 239 new confirmed cases and 11 deaths were recorded in Nigeria, according to a report by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).

[Vanguard] A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain in Delta State has urged Nigerians to stop accusing Chinese investors of taking over most of the investments in the country.

[Monitor] Two more truckers have tested positive for coronavirus in Uganda bringing the country's total number of confirmed cases to 116, according to Ministry of Health.

[Zimbabwe Standard] UNITED STATES-BASED gospel musician Sthandwa Ncube will at the end of this month launch her debut album titled Seated On The Throne, marking a new thrust in her career.

[Zimbabwe Standard] HE might have just made a paltry eight appearances for Belgian Pro League football side Anderlecht, scoring just one goal since his big move in July 2018, but Warriors captain Knowledge Musona is the fourth highest paid player at the Brussels club earning over US$1 million annually.

[Zimbabwe Standard] The Supreme Court's MDC-T presidential legitimacy has brought to the fore issues on appointments of key figures to Parliament; Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission; and the MDC-T national executive.

[Zimbabwe Standard] AN acute shortage of buses has hampered the fast movement of Zimbabweans repatriated from South Africa with some of the returnees stuck in Beitbridge for the past two days despite having completed formalities to travel to provincial quarantine centres.

[Wellbeing Foundation] CHICAGO, Illinois and LAGOS, NIGERIA -Partnership combines private sector ingenuity with local know-how and leadership to save the lives of millions of women and children suffering from iron deficiency

[The Exchange] The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is stealing the life out of the billion-dollar tourism industry in Tanzania, the government has already laid out a warning that at about 477,000 jobs could be lost, while revenue will shrink by 77 per cent if the virus outbreak endures hurting people past October this year.

[New Zimbabwe] THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) is expected to introduce a new set of higher denomination banknotes worth $600 million to increase the physical money supply and curb severe cash shortages in the country.

[Vanguard] There may be hundreds of thousands of COVID-19 patients without symptoms silently spreading the virus according to medical professionals in their assessment of one week into the relaxation of lockdown imposed by the federal authorities on Lagos and Ogun states as well as Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

[Zimbabwe Standard] MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa has vowed to fight back after his rivals recalled four of his legislators from Parliament on Tuesday, in a development that poses a threat to the future of Zimbabwe's largest opposition party.

KARACHI: The Pakistan Medical Association expressed its dissatisfaction over the existing lockdown in the country, warning the government against lifting restrictions as it would allow the coronavirus to spread further.“A better lockdown should be imposed,” said Dr Ikram Tunio,...

ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau Saturday rejected media reports about PML-N leader Hamza Shahbaz and said it had solid evidence in the assets case against him.The NAB spokesman said solid evidence, statements of witnesses and necessary documents would be presented before the...

ISLAMABAD: The son of the Afghan Taliban’s late founder Mulla Mohammad Omer has been appointed as the Taliban military chief in a political reshuffle to check the power of his predecessor, senior militant figures have said.Mulla Mohammad Yaqoob has been announced head of the military...

BEIJING: The coronavirus outbreak exposed “shortcomings” in China’s public healthcare system, a top health official admitted Saturday, saying that reforms are underway to improve the country’s disease prevention and control mechanisms.China has faced criticism both at home...

ISLAMABAD: YouTube said it would provide $5 million to Pakistan to help the country tackle the coronavirus pandemic.Pakistan has recorded just over 640 deaths but experts have voiced fears that the country of 215 million people could see a rapid and devastating increase due to its shortage of...

QUETTA: A terrorist group claimed responsibility Saturday for targeting a security convoy with a roadside bomb that martyred six soldiers, including an army major, in the country’s southwest.Friday’s attack in Kech in Balochistan province took place as the troops, who were assigned to...

RAWALPINDI/LAHORE/KARACHI/PESHAWAR: The countrywide protests by workers of the Jang/Geo Group against the illegal detention of Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman continued for 58th day on Friday.Political workers and others joined different protest camps of journalists and media organisations,...

ISLAMABAD: In a shocking move, Federal Investigation Agency’s own internal inquiry has revealed how an official of the agency converted a business deal between two private parties into a human trafficking case and implicated innocent citizens in a bogus case.Raja Muhammad Ishaq — an...

GAINESVILLE, Florida: The decision to shelve detailed advice from the nation’s top disease control experts for reopening communities during the coronavirus pandemic came from the highest levels of the White House, according to internal government emails obtained, reported international...

NEW DELHI: An Indian pharmacist died and his boss was left hospitalised after the pair drank a chemical concoction they had developed in an effort to treat coronavirus, police said Saturday.The men worked for a herbal medicine company and were testing their treatment — a mix of nitric oxide...

ISLAMABAD: The FBR is mulling over different options to fetch additional Rs600 billion through effective enforcement and administrative improvements as well as moving ahead with one-time tax on sectors earning abnormal profits at difficult times, it is learnt.The FBR’s task for generating...

Ag AgenciesLAHORE: Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad has claimed that the Chaudhry brothers are our own and it does not seem that anything will happen to them.He was responding to questions by the media about National Accountability Bureau inquiries against the Chaudhry brothers at Railways...

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Shibli Faraz Saturday said the PML-N leaders were reaping what they had sown adding that if they were innocent, then they should not worry and give answers to the NAB questions.In tweets, he said lengthy press conferences by the...

SHEIKHUPURA: Eight people were killed while four others sustained bullet injuries in a clash between two groups in the jurisdiction of Bheki police station on Saturday.According to police, the incident occurred near Kharianwala area where GhulamRasool Group and Khadim Group exchanged fire over...

ISLAMABAD: At least 278,445 people have died of the novel coronavirus since the epidemic surfaced in China late last year, according to international media reports.There have been more than 4,067,088 officially recorded cases across the globe.The United States is the worst-hit country with 79,239...

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Saturday regretted the incidents of unfair treatment of coronavirus patients, saying this was intolerable and a cause of fear.He observed this while presiding over a meeting of the National Task Force here.Chairman National Health Task Force Dr. Nosherwan...

ISLAMABAD: Government’s top adviser on civil service reforms Dr Ishrat Hussain unveils the variety of changes being made in the country’s bureaucratic structures and systems from civil servants’ induction, recruitment, training, performance, promotion, compensation and retirement...

UNITED NATIONS: The United States on Friday stunned other members of the UN Security Council by preventing a vote on a resolution for a ceasefire in various conflicts around the world to help troubled nations better fight the coronavirus pandemic, diplomats said.Washington´s reversal came a...

ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau on Saturday rejected the media reports about PML-N leader Hamza Shahbaz and said it had solid evidence in the assets case against him.The NAB spokesman said solid evidence, statements of witnesses and necessary documents would be presented before...

ISLAMABAD: In a shocking move, Federal Investigation Agency’s own internal inquiry has revealed how an official of the agency converted a business deal between two private parties into a human trafficking case and implicated innocent citizens in a bogus case.Raja Muhammad Ishaq — an...

WASHINGTON: Former president Barack Obama has launched a scathing attack on Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, calling it an "absolute chaotic disaster."In a leaked web call on Friday night with former members of his administration, Obama also said the Justice...

ISLAMABAD: The son of the Afghan Taliban's late founder Mulla Mohammad Omer has been appointed as the Taliban military chief in a political reshuffle to check the power of his predecessor, senior militant figures have said.Mulla Mohammad Yaqoob has been announced head of the military commission...