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Saudis urge US to suspend weapons to Israel until Gaza aid resumes

Saudis urge US to suspend weapons to Israel until Gaza aid resumes

Ambassador to the U.K. Prince Khalid bin Bandar Al Saud criticized Benjamin Netanyahu’s conduct in Lebanon as well.

October 17, 2024 4:01 am CET
‘A monumental insult’: Aussie state leaders snub King Charles visit
Greece arrests Israeli billionaire on Romanian corruption charges
Japan’s new government falls into Kate Middleton trap
Boris Johnson says Queen Elizabeth II had bone cancer
Spain to boycott Mexico president’s inauguration after she snubbed King Felipe VI
Belgian coalition talks collapse over budget dispute
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Cocaine, Jeffrey Epstein and a dead elephant: Royals behaving badly vex Europe’s leaders

Monarchies endure while repeated scandals trigger embarrassment for top politicians.

August 22, 2024 4:00 am CET

The fugitive prince, the diamond tycoon and the secret plot to snatch €145M of royal land

Romania struggles to bring runaway royal to justice in sprawling European legal drama. 

August 20, 2024 4:00 am CET

King Charles’ €500K lobster dinner blows hole in French presidency’s budget

A state dinner with the U.K.’s king cost the French nearly €500,000.

July 30, 2024 12:45 pm CET

France is at a historic turning point — and it has been here before

The New Popular Front stands on the cusp of a victory that has the potential to transform the course of French history.

July 15, 2024 4:00 am CET

Fugitive Romanian prince triggers legal storm on sun-kissed island

Officials from Bucharest are being dispatched to Malta to push for Paul Philippe’s extradition over an illegal land grab.

July 10, 2024 4:01 am CET

Who is Keir Starmer? Britain’s new prime minister is complex, unknowable, aggrieved

Starmer could be a great reforming Labour PM. Or he could be, as his thwarted enemies call him, a Tory in red.

July 5, 2024 6:04 am CET

An American’s guide to the 2024 UK election

We can’t give you a felon and an old guy on July 4 — but we do have a gambling scandal. And Nigel Farage.

July 3, 2024 4:00 am CET

Bart De Wever wants to break up Belgium. But first he wants to rule it.

On Wednesday, the king tasked a Flemish nationalist with trying to form a government.

June 13, 2024 4:01 am CET

Labour hates King Charles (say Tory election attack ads)

The Conservatives are pushing dubious claims on social media that Labour leader Keir Starmer wants to scrap the monarchy as a July 4 election looms.

June 6, 2024 4:02 am CET

As the media’s resources dwindle, it’ll only get harder to tell fact from fake

Fewer checks and balances across most mainstream media groups mean an increasing threat of reputational damage.

May 1, 2024 4:00 am CET

Sánchez on the edge: Will Spain’s prime minister resign?

His ultimate decision could result in very different scenarios for Spain, and could impact negotiations over the new leaders of the EU’s institutions.

April 28, 2024 7:39 pm CET

The king’s health: After annus horribilis, finally some good news

British royals Kate Middleton and King Charles continue to battle cancer.

April 26, 2024 7:34 pm CET
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King Charles III heads back to work as cancer treatment continues

Cautiously upbeat statement from Buckingham Palace comes as British ruler continues cancer treatment.

April 26, 2024 7:13 pm CET

Blood covered royal horses rampage through London

The Household Cavalry horses caused havoc in central London but are now accounted for, said police.

April 24, 2024 12:25 pm CET

Downing Street was ‘infested with fleas,’ Liz Truss says in new memoir

Boris Johnson’s dog Dilyn may have been the cause, Truss charges in excerpts in the Daily Mail.

April 13, 2024 11:21 am CET

Revealed: Queen Elizabeth II’s advice to Liz Truss

The former prime minister admits failing to heed the late monarch’s guidance.

April 10, 2024 12:26 pm CET

Kate Middleton cancer: UK reels as princess joins King Charles in sharing health diagnosis

Politicians have condemned the conspiracy theories and internet gossip surrounding the princess’s health.

March 22, 2024 8:22 pm CET

Back off Kate Middleton, says UK Labour’s Keir Starmer

The Labour leader commented on the royal conspiracy theories swirling around the internet.

March 21, 2024 11:47 am CET

Kate Middleton photo scandal links Palace to North Korea and Iran, news chief says

“Like with anything, when you’re let down by a source the bar is raised,” said AFP’s global news director.

March 14, 2024 5:28 pm CET

Kate Middleton says sorry for ‘editing’ Mother’s Day photo that caused furor

Princess of Wales underwent abdominal surgery in January and has since remained out of the public eye.

March 11, 2024 10:04 am CET

Britain’s royal vacuum as King Charles and Kate Middleton retreat from view

Illness is keeping key royals out of action — and causing headaches for Britain’s elected politicians.

March 5, 2024 4:37 pm CET

The careful choreography behind King Charles III’s cancer announcement

Buckingham Palace’s candid announcement is part of a carefully-managed media strategy.

February 7, 2024 4:00 am CET

King Charles has cancer. So what happens next?

Britain’s ‘unwritten’ constitution is unusually clear on the political arrangements if a monarch is too sick to work.

February 6, 2024 1:05 pm CET

King Charles III’s cancer ‘caught early,’ says PM Rishi Sunak

The British prime minister is ‘in regular contact with’ the king.

February 6, 2024 10:47 am CET
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