Gerard Filitti, senior counsel at The Lawfare Project, offers his analysis of the latest news on the Israel–Hamas war—including the difficulties faced by the Kingdom of Jordan, a long-term U.S. ally with a substantial population of Palestinians.
ATLANTA—Dexter Scott King, who dedicated much of his life to shepherding the civil rights legacy of his parents, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, died Monday after battling prostate cancer. He was 62. The King Center in Atlanta, which Dexter King served as chairman, said the younger son of the civil […]
COPENHAGEN, Denmark—Denmark’s prime minister proclaimed Frederik X as king on Sunday after his mother Queen Margrethe II formally signed her abdication, with massive crowds turning out to rejoice in the throne passing from a beloved monarch to her popular son. Margrethe, 83, is the first Danish monarch to voluntarily relinquish the throne in nearly 900 […]
North Korea has responded to United Nations Command’s request for information about an American soldier who illegally dashed across the heavily-guarded border from South Korea, a U.S. official said on Aug. 1. The soldier has been identified as Pvt. Travis King, 23. He was partaking in a tour of the Joint Security Area on the […]
The king and the mayor of London this week unveiled a so-called climate clock that has a countdown of six years and around 22 days, at which point they say the earth will heat beyond 1.5 degrees Celsius. NTD spoke about it with the director of CAR26, Lois Perry, who’s a vocal critic of climate […]
King Charles’s state visit to France, originally planned for Sunday, has been postponed. It comes after protests over pension reform erupted overnight into some of the worst street violence seen in years. French President Macron defended the move, saying it would have lacked sense to stage the historic visit amid social unrest. During the demonstrations, […]
STOCKHOLM—Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf will undergo a planned a keyhole surgical procedure “in the heart area,” the palace said Tuesday. The official announcement did not elaborate on the nature of the surgery. The king is not known to have had surgery for a any serious ailment before. After the surgery, scheduled for Feb. 20, […]
ATHENS, Greece—Constantine, the former and last king of Greece, who won an Olympic gold medal before becoming entangled in his country’s volatile politics in the 1960s as king and spent decades in exile, has died. He was 82. Doctors at the private Hygeia Hospital in Athens confirmed to The Associated Press that Constantine died late […]
The UK’s King Charles III has been formally proclaimed sovereign on Saturday morning in the first televised accession council. The 73-year-old new monarch automatically became King when his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, died on Thursday afternoon, but it is tradition for the Accession Council to convene, usually within 24 hours of a monarch’s death, to formally […]
AMMAN—Jordan’s King Abdullah said on Thursday he was restricting the movements of his estranged half brother Prince Hamza and curtailing his contacts with the outside world to ensure he does not act against his country’s interests. Hamza, a former heir to Jordan’s throne who was placed under house arrest last year, was accused in April […]
COPENHAGEN, Denmark—Norway’s 85-year-old King Harald V tested positive for the coronavirus on Tuesday and has mild symptoms, royal officials said. Harald will take a break from his duties for a few days and that his son and heir to the throne, Crown Prince Haakon, would take them over for now, the royal household said in […]
STOCKHOLM—Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia have tested positive for COVID-19, the palace said in a statement on Tuesday. “The King and Queen, who are fully vaccinated with three injections, have mild symptoms and are feeling well, given the circumstances,” the palace said in a statement. The palace said the king, 75, and […]
BANGKOK—Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn on May 3 completed intricate Buddhist and Brahmin rituals to symbolically transform him into a divine embodiment of the gods as the Southeast Asian nation officially crowned its first monarch in nearly seven decades. King Vajiralongkorn, 66, became constitutional monarch after the death of his revered father, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, in October […]
NEW YORK—Wire fox terriers are still King at Westminster. A wire fox from Brazil who’s won big in Europe became America’s top dog Tuesday night, beating out a crowd-pleasing longhaired dachshund and popular Sussex spaniel. There were some boos—along with modest cheers—at Madison Square Garden when judge Peter Green pointed at the 7-year-old King. “It […]
BANGKOK—A Thai student activist was jailed for two and a half years on Tuesday for posting on Facebook a BBC article deemed offensive to Thailand’s king, his lawyer said. Jatupat Boonpattaraksa, also known as Pai, an activist and critic of the ruling junta, was the first person to be charged with royal insult, known as […]
A Prince Harry Newsweek interview has the U.K. in shock. Harry asked, “Is there any one of the royal family who wants to be king or queen? I don’t think so …” Prince Harry and Prince William have never been totally at ease since the death of their mother. Although he lives in the privilege […]
