King Charles’s younger brother, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, has been released after his arrest over allegations of misconduct in public office, becoming the first senior British royal in modern history to face arrest. Mountbatten-Windsor, who turned 66 on Thursday, was questioned by detectives from Thames Valley Police about his links to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey … Read moreWhy was former Prince Andrew arrested by UK police?
The arrest of former British royal Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has sparked renewed calls for accountability for Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes and proper investigations into the late sex offender’s networks in the United States and across the world. Police in the United Kingdom detained the ex-prince, brother of King Charles, on Thursday, with authorities saying that they had … Read moreEx-Prince Andrew’s arrest spurs Epstein accountability calls from UK to US
Olympic hosts Italy called for a reversal of the decision to let 10 Russian and Belarusian athletes compete with national flags and anthems at next month’s Paralympic Games. Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani and Sports Minister Andrea Abodi urged the International Paralympic Committee to reconsider its stance due to Russia’s four-year-old invasion of Ukraine, saying on … Read moreItaly opposes Paralympics allowing Russia and Belarus to use flags, anthems
French President Emmanuel Macron has clashed with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni over the killing of a French far-right activist who was beaten to death by hard-left activists in Lyon. Meloni, a conservative, said on social media on Wednesday that the killing “by groups linked to left-wing extremism … is a wound for all of … Read moreMacron and Meloni clash over killing of French far-right activist in Lyon
Buckingham Palace says King Charles III will “support” UK police assessing reports that the former Prince Andrew gave confidential information to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The statement on Monday came after police said they were examining reports that the former prince, now known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, sent trade reports to Epstein in 2010. Thames … Read morePalace says King Charles will ‘support’ police probe into ex-Prince Andrew
United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing more pressure to resign as the leader of the Scottish Labour Party has urged him to quit over the fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. Labour’s leader in Scotland, Anas Sarwar, said on Monday: “The distraction needs to end and the leadership in Downing Street has to … Read morePressure grows on UK PM Starmer as Scottish Labour leader urges him to quit
The world’s largest shipping line has been enabling the transport of goods to and from illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, as the United States and Europe continue to promote trade despite clear responsibilities under international law, a joint investigation by Al Jazeera and the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) reveals. The Switzerland-based Mediterranean … Read moreShipping giant MSC facilitates trade from Israeli settlements through EU
Antonio Jose Seguro of the centre-left Socialist Party has secured a landslide victory and a five-year term as Portugal’s president in a run-off vote, beating his far-right, anti-establishment rival, Andre Ventura, according to partial results. With 95 percent of votes counted, 63-year-old Seguro has garnered 66 percent. Ventura trailed at 34 percent, still likely to … Read morePortugal elects Socialist Party’s Seguro as president in landslide
Anastasiya Buchkouska, a 20-year-old student from western Ukraine, gently brushes away layers of snow and ice from her father’s grave. She pauses, looking up at the photograph fixed to the gravestone. His face bears a striking resemblance to hers. When her father was younger, he had served in the military. When Russia launched its full-scale … Read more‘Trauma does not define us’: Living with loss in wartime Ukraine
United States special envoy Steve Witkoff has said he held “productive and constructive meetings” with Russian special envoy Kirill Dmitriev in Florida, as President Donald Trump’s administration presses to end Russia’s nearly four-year war in Ukraine. “We are encouraged by this meeting that Russia is working toward securing peace in Ukraine,” wrote Witkoff in a … Read moreUS envoy Witkoff says Ukraine talks with Russia ‘productive’