Damien McGuinness BBC News in Berlin Reuters German police carried out a series of raids on Tuesday, arresting the leaders of the extreme-right Kingdom of Germany A self-declared “king” of Germany and three of his senior “subjects” have been arrested and their group banned for attempting to overthrow the state. Peter Fitzek, 59, was among […]
Zambia’s foreign minister has warned diplomats against interfering in the country’s affairs, days after the US ambassador raised concerns about the “systematic theft” of drugs donated to the southern African state. Mulambo Haimbe said there was an “increasing tendency” by envoys to ignore diplomatic channels, and this could undermine the “spirit of mutual respect”. He […]
At least 24 factories have been set up in the United States to produce electric cars that qualify for the credit, including a Ford plant making plug-in hybrids in Louisville, Ky., and a General Motors battery plant in Ohio, according to a study from Atlas Public Policy, a research firm. Near Savannah, Ga., Hyundai invested […]
President Trump is arrived in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for the first major overseas trip of his second term. Over four days, he also plans to visit the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, from which he is trying to acquire a plane for use as Air Force One. The Middle East has big security challenges, […]
Kim Kardashian, the reality TV star and entrepreneur, is scheduled to testify on Tuesday in Paris court, where she will face the so-called “grandpa robbers” who are accused of violently stealing from her in the French capital nearly a decade ago. Ms. Kardashian is expected to explain how she was gagged, bound with tape and […]
The cellphone of the leader of the Order of St. Augustine, the Rev. Alejandro Moral Antón, buzzed for what seemed like the hundredth time, and he jumped. He had been up since 2:30 a.m. fielding calls, trying to explain to people across the globe how his order, the one that formed Pope Leo XIV, would […]
President Trump and his business partners promoted it as the world’s most “EXCLUSIVE INVITATION” — a dinner with the president of the United States for the cryptocurrency investors who bought the most of his family’s memecoin, called $TRUMP. But as the unusual contest came to a close on Monday, at least 17 of the 220 […]
A volcano in the Philippines has erupted, spewing ash 3km (1.8 miles) in to the air. The eruption of the Mount Kanlaon volcano on the Negros island was caught on a thermal camera, showing debris falling. A four-mile evacuation radius has been in place around the volcano, following an earlier eruption in December. There have […]
A long-awaited resentencing hearing on Tuesday is set to determine whether two brothers who killed their wealthy parents in their Beverly Hills mansion could be freed from prison after three decades. After months of delays, a judge will begin hearing two days of arguments both for and against Erik and Lyle Menendez’s bid to receive […]
The French movie star Gérard Depardieu was convicted by a Paris court on Tuesday on charges of sexually assaulting two women working on the set of a film in which he was starring in 2021. The prosecutor had requested an 18-month suspended sentence and a fine of 20,000 euros, or about $22,200, after a four-day […]