VALLETTA, April 27 (Reuters) – Malta will hold a parliamentary election on May 30, Prime Minister Robert Abela said on Monday, calling the vote a year before his current five-year term expires. Abela said in a televised message that with the coming months expected to be “crucial” given the international situation, Malta needed a government…
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — One train slammed into another at a station outside Indonesia’s capital on Monday, killing at least three people, officials said. “There are 29 victims who have been evacuated to three nearby hospitals,” Jakarta Police Chief Asep Edi Suheri told reporters at the scene in the suburb of Bekasi. An investigation is…
‘Our message to those involved is clear, we will keep coming’ Wayne Garnett, 34, has been jailed.(Image: Merseyside Police) A 34-year-old man has been sentenced to a decade in prison following a successful Merseyside Police operation targeting a county lines drug network, the ECHO reports. Wayne Garnett, of Rosegarth Green in West Derby, appeared at…
Two trains collided outside the Indonesian capital Jakarta late on Monday, the state-owned KAI rail company said, while also confirming the death of two passengers. The train collision happened near the Indonesian capital Jakarta (Representative) “Hospital records show that two victims have died,” KAI spokesman Franoto Wibowo told Kompas TV at the scene, adding that…
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BEIRUT, April 27 (Reuters) – The Israeli military began carrying out strikes in eastern Lebanon on Monday, expanding the scope of its bombing campaign during a ceasefire that has failed to fully halt hostilities with Lebanese armed group Hezbollah. The strikes on Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa Valley marked the first time the area has been hit…
SMALL businesses across the UK are being given the chance to take their next big step, as Spring Fair announces the return of its partnership with retail entrepreneur & TV Dragon, Theo Paphitis and his #SBS Small Business Sunday initiative for 2027. This year, the opportunity is bigger than ever, with 18 small businesses set…
MOSCOW, April 27 (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi in St. Petersburg on Monday and told him he hoped the Iranian people would weather what he described as a “difficult period” and that peace would soon prevail. Russia has offered to mediate to try to help restore…
BERLIN, April 27 (Reuters) – German Chancellor Friedrich Merz suggested on Monday that Ukraine may have to accept that parts of its territory could remain outside Kyiv’s control in a future peace deal with Russia, linking such concessions to the country’s prospects for joining the European Union. “At some point, Ukraine will sign a ceasefire…
BRUSSELS, April 27 (Reuters) – Top EU officials and Hungary’s incoming government will discuss on Wednesday the changes Budapest needs to push through to release 17 billion euros in EU funds that have been blocked due to rule-of-law concerns under the outgoing government. Some of the frozen funds, such as 11 billion euros ($13 billion)…