The Omicron COVID-19 variant can survive longer than earlier strains of the virus on plastic surfaces and human skin, new research by Japanese scientists has found.
The study by a team from the Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, which is not (...)
Roberta Metsola has been elected to succeed David Sassoli as the president of the European Parliament. winning an absolute majority of 458 votes.
Metsola, a member of the right-wing EPP group from Malta, was among four candidates for the position, (...)
Around one in five European Union (EU) citizens have received a third COVID-19 vaccine dose, European Commissioner for Health Stella Kyriakides has said.
Kyriakides, a Cypriot psychologist and politician, said that the ratio now stands at 19 percent (...)
At least 13 people died after a migrant boat capsized in the Aegean Sea late Friday, adding to the toll of as many as 27 casualties over the course of three days in several separate incidents in Greek waters.
Earlier, 11 people were confirmed dead (...)
The Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Dr. Nayef Falah Mubarak Al-Hajraf met here today with Malta Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Dr. Clive Aquilina.
During the meeting, they discussed aspects of cooperation between (...)
With nearly three quarters of all adults fully vaccinated against Covid-19, the European Union is a world leader in inoculations. But the impressive headline number is obscuring an uncomfortable reality: the rollout has been extremely unequal across (...)
Europe is battling a record-breaking surge in energy prices that threatens to derail the post-pandemic economic recovery, strain household incomes and even tarnish the nascent green transition.
A series of market, geographic and political factors (...)
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has sent a cable of congratulations to President Armen Sarkissian of the Republic of Armenia on the anniversary of his country's Independence Day.
King Salman has also sent a cable of congratulations to (...)
His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, has sent a cable of congratulation to President George Vella of the Republic of Malta on the anniversary of his (...)
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has sent a cable of congratulation to President George Vella of the Republic of Malta on the anniversary of his country's Independence Day.
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques (...)
The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT- Abu Dhabi) has issued the updated 'Green List' for travel to Abu Dhabi.
Below is the full list of 'green' countries, regions and territories that you can travel from if planning a trip to Abu (...)
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has extended its green list of countries and destinations from which travelers can enter the emirate without needing to quarantine on arrival. The latest update adds three countries to the list of approved places from (...)
With wildfires increasing in frequency and intensity due to climate change, a new study shows this may make us more vulnerable to respiratory diseases — including COVID-19.
Research by Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health has found a direct link (...)
The Shapoorji Pallonji Group, a 156-year-old giant business conglomerate with interests in construction, real estate, oil & gas, infrastructure, water engineering, shipping, and biotechnology, has increased its presence in the Gulf region, including (...)
RIYADH — As of Aug. 1, Saudi Arabia opened its doors to tourists from 49 countries from around the world. All the procedures have been simplified for obtaining multiple-entry electronic visa for a period of one year, allowing tourists to spend up to (...)
Humanitarian ships rescued over 700 migrants off the coasts of Libya and Malta in just one weekend, NGO SOS Mediterranee said.
The migrant aid group said its Ocean Viking vessel had conducted six operations in international waters since Saturday.
In (...)
Malta's government must "bear responsibility" for the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, an independent inquiry has found.
The probe said that Maltese authorities had created a "culture of impunity" that led to her killing.
Caruana Galizia (...)
In what many are calling the Vatican's "trial of the century," a Vatican court on Tuesday opened proceedings against Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu, the Pope's former chief of staff, and nine other defendants charged with fraud and embezzlement, (...)
Dutch crime journalist Peter De Vries, who was shot in Amsterdam on July 6, has died of his injuries, his family says.
Dutch media network RTL — for whom De Vries worked — carried a statement that read: "Peter fought to the end, but was unable to (...)
The European Union has announced that the transport sector must cut greenhouse gases by 90 percent by 2050 in order to meet the goals of the European Green Deal.
As part of a raft of new legislation, announced on Wednesday, passenger cars - which (...)
The European Union has received enough vaccine doses to fully inoculate 70% of its adult population, Ursula von der Leyen announced on Saturday.
The Commission chief said in a statement that some 500 million doses would have been distributed to the (...)
Millions of Europeans have freely lived, worked and studied in the UK for decades, but Brexit means that those rights are no longer automatically granted. Britain's government introduced a "settlement" plan for the country's large European migrant (...)
For those dreading the consequences of Brexit, it is a most unwelcome deadline: European Union citizens living in the United Kingdom have just a week left to apply for permanent residency.
Those who don't risk eventually losing their right to live, (...)
The UN chief welcomed the election on Monday of Abdulla Shahid, foreign minister of the Maldives, as president-elect of the 76th session of the General Assembly.
"Abdulla Shahid's longstanding diplomatic experience, including in his current role as (...)
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Wednesday urged Libya's unity government and European Union (EU) countries to act to protect migrants making the dangerous crossing in the central Mediterranean Sea.
Calling for urgent (...)
