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The woman told the court the alleged assault was a one-off. File photo: Matthew Mirabelli.

Court case of forced abortion dropped at request of victim

She was three months pregnant when she terminated the pregnancy

March 13, 2025| Claudia Calleja
MEPs vote during a plenary session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg earlier this month. Photo: FREDERICK FLORIN / AFP.

Belgium carries out raids in EU parliament corruption probe

Investigation linked to Chinese tech giant Huawei

March 13, 2025| AFP
The man was charged on Thursday. File photo: Matthew Mirabelli.

Man charged with stealing €250 from taxi while serving suspended sentence

Bail was requested on grounds accused had job interviews lined up - but was denied

March 13, 2025| Claudia Calleja
File photo: Times of Malta

German arrested on European warrant for drug trafficking and armed robbery

The man contested his extradition to Germany

March 12, 2025| Marc Galdes
The vehicle which was destroyed by fire in Valletta.

Man charged with torching pick-up truck in Valletta

The 30-year-old chef was denied bail

March 12, 2025| Marc Galdes
Domestic violence cases made up 13.4 per cent of all crimes in 2024. Photo: Shutterstock

Domestic violence crimes up by 7%: report

There were 2,225 domestic violence cases in 2024

March 12, 2025| Marc Galdes
The Valletta law courts. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli

Man pleads guilty to possessing child porn

Accused was found with sexual images of children aged under nine

March 12, 2025| Times of Malta
Thieves entered the master bedroom and stole the jewelry. File photo: Times of Malta

‘I felt like I was being watched’ - Family was in kitchen as house was burgled

Thieves struck when the house was occupied and alarm systems would not have been activated

March 12, 2025| Fiona Galea Debono
Police Commissioner Angelo Gafà (second from left) at a news conference last month. Photo: Jonathan Borg

PN slam police commissioner for miscalculating how much drugs were stolen at AFM

Police officials stated 226kgs of cannabis was missing, but forensic examiners estimated 132kg of drugs were stolen

March 11, 2025| Times of Malta
From left to right: Michael Debono, Luke Bjorn Scerri, Luke Collins (who has since been left out of the charges) and Giorgio Grigolo were arrested after trying to warn a popular student app about security flaws. File photo: Times of Malta

Cabinet recommends presidential pardon for student ethical hacking case

The students were arrested in 2022 after FreeHour founder reported them to the police

March 11, 2025| Times of Malta
Thieves cut a hole in a fence to enter an AFM barracks and steal drugs from a container.

DNA found on flashlights at scene of AFM drug heist, CCTV recorded the theft

Forensic examiners determine that the amount of drugs stolen was 132kg not the 226kg previously estimated

March 11, 2025| Claudia Calleja
From left to right: Michael Debono, Luke Bjorn Scerri, Luke Collins (who has since been left out of the charges) and Giorgio Grigolo were arrested after trying to warn a popular student app about security flaws. File photo: Times of Malta

Editorial: 700 days were not enough

No change has been presented to parliament to amend hacking laws

March 11, 2025| Times of Malta
An argument over WhatsApp is alleged to have escalated to murder. Photo: Shutterstock.

WhatsApp group admin shot dead in Pakistan for allegedly removing member

Victim had removed alleged killer from a WhatsApp group following an argument

March 8, 2025| AFP
Bari Balla died in a construction site accident in Sliema. File photo: Go Get Funding

Owners of Sliema site where worker died had no control over accident, court told

Bari Balla died in April last year when the roof of a property collapsed while he was working underneath it

March 7, 2025| Giulia Magri
From left to right: Michael Debono, Luke Bjorn Scerri, Luke Collins (who has since been left out of the charges) and Giorgio Grigolo were arrested after trying to warn a popular student app about security flaws. File photo: Times of Malta

Cabinet mulls presidential pardon in students hacking case

Robert Abela says government reviewing current legal framework

March 7, 2025| Times of Malta
Brad Sigmon was given a choice between lethal injection, firing squad or electric chair. Photo: HANDOUT / South Carolina Department of Corrections / AFP.

US to carry out first firing squad execution since 2010

The man beat his ex-girlfriend's parents to death with a baseball bat

March 6, 2025| AFP
File photo: Times of Malta

Two acquitted, one fined €10,000 for causing death of teenage plasterer

Kasim Ibrahim died in 2014

March 6, 2025| Claudia Calleja
From left to right: Michael Debono, Luke Bjorn Scerri, Luke Collins (who has since been left out of the charges) and Giorgio Grigolo were arrested after trying to warn a popular student app about security flaws. File photo: Times of Malta

'Drop the charges against students, lecturer and reform law': Momentum

PN joins calls for legislative reform

March 6, 2025| Times of Malta
Times of Malta file photo.

Today's front pages – March 6, 2025

The top stories in Malta's newspapers

March 6, 2025| Times of Malta
From left to right: Michael Debono, Luke Bjorn Scerri, Luke Collins (who has since been left out of the charges) and Giorgio Grigolo were arrested after trying to warn a popular student app about security flaws. File photo: Times of Malta

Three students and lecturer charged with hacking popular student app

The students were arrested in 2022 after FreeHour founder reported them to the police

March 5, 2025| Marc Galdes
Times of Malta file photo.

Man charged with hitting wife who watched football match without informing him

He also tore her clothes with a knife

March 5, 2025| Marc Galdes
One of the alleged thieves looking through someone's drawer.

Police increase patrols after spate of home thefts caught on camera

There were five thefts across five localities in one week

March 5, 2025| Marc Galdes
Times of Malta file photo.

Today's front pages – March 5, 2025

The top stories in Malta's newspapers

March 5, 2025| Times of Malta
Payments between would-be investors and the scammers passed through a Maltese company called OpenPayd. Image: OCCRP/James O’Brien.

Maltese firm linked to international network of phone scammers

A new leak sheds light on the operations of scam call centres

March 5, 2025| Jacob Borg
Kurt Grech (L) and his father Joseph Grech (R) were accused of murdering Brandon Pace in 2017. File photos.

Kurt Grech and his father found guilty for the murder of Brandon Pace

Victim was stabbed to death in 2017

March 3, 2025| Giulia Magri
The court heard that a motorcycle involved in the attack had been stolen around a month ago. File photo: Matthew Mirabelli.

Man pleads not guilty to setting cars on fire and breaching bail

Jurgen Cassar was involved in an armed robbery a week before the alleged attack

March 3, 2025| Giulia Magri
The taxi driver was denied bail when he was arraigned on Monday. File photo: Matthew Mirabelli

Taxi driver denies sexually harassing teenage boy

15-year-old claimed driver made unwanted sexual advance towards him

March 3, 2025| Giulia Magri
The painting entitled ‘Woman Carrying Embers’, also known as ‘Woman Moving A Bonfire’. Photo: Fred Ersnt/Museum Gouda/AFP

Police, art sleuth crack case of Brueghel stolen in Poland in 1974

The round painting measures just 17 centimetres

March 3, 2025| AFP
File photo: Times of Malta

Theft from Sliema optician’s shop foiled

One of the burglars was arrested on site after police found him locked up in the shop 

March 2, 2025| Jacob Borg
Carmel and the late Miriam Pace. Photo: Facebook/Carmel Pace

'Stop using our tragedy for political mileage': Miriam Pace's widower

Miriam Pace was killed five years ago in a Ħamrun house collapse

March 2, 2025| Sarah Carabott