British Prime Minister Andy Burnham called for calm in Northern Ireland on Sunday after a contentious parade was given the go-ahead by the High Court in Belfast in a late-night sitting. Thousands of protesters, many wearing balaclavas, delayed the march as they blocked the Orange Order, a group hugely supportive of Northern Ireland being part…
Madrid — Spain’s national intelligence agency issued multiple warnings before the Ceuta border crisis about a potential mass crossing of migrants from Morocco into the Spanish exclave in late July, according to declassified documents released by the government on Wednesday. The trove of 40 documents, which includes alerts, intelligence reports, charts and communications from multiple…
London — Britain’s Prince William has announced a new project aimed at eradicating homelessness in the U.K. through partnerships with local communities and businesses. It’s a cause close to the Prince of Wales’ heart, and he’s said his inspiration to tackle the issue comes from his mother, the late Princess Diana. It’s the first major…
A plane carrying Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy from Moldova to Oslo for the funeral of Norway’s King Harald V was almost hit by a drone, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store said Wednesday. “His flight was almost hit by a drone when it was taking off from Moldova. That is the reality he lives in,”…
Stavanger, Norway — King Harald V of Norway, who went into exile in the United States as a child during the Nazi occupation of his homeland and refused a string of European noblewomen to marry his school sweetheart, died Friday. He was 89. The palace said he died at the National Hospital in Oslo at…
Liechtenstein’s royal house said Saturday that the tiny country’s rules of succession will be changed so that a woman could inherit the principality’s throne in the future. Hereditary Prince Alois announced the change in his speech marking the country’s national day. He said it was approved on Wednesday by the necessary two-thirds majority of family…
