The government is rescheduling tax payments of Maltese companies which operate in Libya or which export to the Arab state and which have found themselves with cash flow problems, the Finance Ministry said.
The ministry was referring to a…

The defecting Libyan Foreign Minister Mousa Kousa could hold the key to persuading other key regime figures to turn their back on Muammar Gaddafi, analysts said today .
But they warned that the Libyan leader’s close-knit inner circle of…

At least 30 people have been killed in two suicide bombings at a shrine in Pakistan, an emergency official said.
Thousands of people were visiting the shrine in the Dera Ghazi Khan district of Punjab when the bombers struck.
Emergency…

Jordan’s archaeology chief says he has a solid legal case to press for the return of 70 ancient lead books stolen and smuggled into Israel.
Ziad al-Saad says the relics could be the earliest Christian writing in existence.
If authenticated, he…

Milk was celebrated in the rural village of Gharghur today rural in a festival which offered visitors the possibility to learn about milk production and the preparation of various dairy products.
The festival, held for the first time last year,…

Allied forces prepared today for new raids on Libya to enforce a UN resolution aimed at halting its leader Muammar Gaddafi’s attacks on civilians in suppressing a month-long uprising.
A first round of strikes by aircraft and cruise missiles…

UN chief Ban Ki-moon said today that Libya had to stop its offensive against rebels before there could be discussions on international military strikes against Muammar Gaddafi ‘s regime.
Ban said he could only hope that the Libyan leader would…

Anti-aircraft fire erupted in the Libyan capital tonight with volleys of tracer fire arching into the air, marking the start of a second night of allied strikes aimed at enforcing a no-fly zone.
There was no immediate word on the targets in…

Strong blasts rocked the Libyan capital tonight,with a missile also hitting Gaddafi’s compound as a column of smoke rose skywards and anti-aircraft fire rang out.
A missile totally destroyed an administrative building of Gaddafi’s residence…