Russian troops stopped a Ukrainian cargo ship attempting to evacuate Azov battalion leaders from the port of Mariupol on Friday night, Russian defense ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said on Saturday

Countries must take urgent action to disembark more than 400 migrants who are currently being held on boats off the coast of Malta after the island nation closed its ports due to the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, Council of Europe (COE) Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatovic said Thursday

Eight leading international journalist organizations, including the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) wrote to the Maltese government on Tuesday

Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, engulfed in crisis over the probe into a murdered journalist, announced on Sunday he planned to step down, saying he would ask his ruling Labour Party to start choosing a new leader for the country next month