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A US judge ruled on Tuesday that President Donald Trump cannot build a ballroom on White House grounds without congressional approval. Trump's $400 million (€346 million) ballroom was planned for the White House's East Wing, which was demolished last year to make way for the new structure. The US president has said the ballroom is

There is little doubt that the nuclear threat in the Middle East has grown during the current conflict. During the war, which started in late February when the US and Israel attacked Iran,  nuclear sites in both Iran and Israel have been targeted. US President Donald Trump has said that the war on Iran was launched in order

Senegal's official journal on Tuesday showed that President Bassirou Diomaye Faye had formally signed into law new legislation on same-sex relations that have proved contentious abroad despite broad political support within the majority Muslim country's parliament.  Several human rights groups had voiced concerns about the bill, including warning that it would dissuade people at risk from

The US Supreme Court said on Tuesday that Colorado's ban on so-called "conversion therapy" was unconstitutional, violating the First Amendment of freedom of speech. Colorado's law currently bans licensed mental healthcare providers from seeking to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of LGBTQ patients under 18 through therapy. Violators face fines of up to

A Russian oil tanker carrying hundreds of thousands of barrels of crude oil arrived in Cuba in the early hours of Tuesday, providing a small relief to the US-blockaded island nation. The Anatoly Kolodkin docked in Cuba's port of Matanzas east of Havana, carrying 730,000 barrels of crude oil. It is the first crude shipment to

"Thank you all. The score is 10-0. Thank you, Serbia, for the enormous trust." With these words, Serbia's president Aleksandar Vucic declared election victory on Sunday night from the headquarters of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS). Local elections were held in 10 municipalities across Serbia, with 247,985 citizens eligible to vote. On paper, the outcome

At a fish market in the Libyan capital of Tripoli, stallholders shout to attract customers to trays piled high with popular frozen seafood such as octopus, squid and shrimp. But that's not all that's on display. Some trays contain sharks with their bellies still swollen with eggs. Among them are dozens of longnose spurdogs, known

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz spoke of "an explosion of violence" during a session of the Bundestag, Germany's lower house of parliament, in March, where he was asked about violence against women. He said there was a need to talk about the causes of this, adding that "a significant portion of this violence comes from immigrant groups."

Hundreds turned out as Zimbabwe's parliament began nationwide public hearings on a Constitution Amendment Bill drafted by the ruling ZANU‑PF. The proposed changes, which include extending presidential terms and altering how presidents are elected, have drawn both strong support and sharp criticism. At a rural gathering in Chitungwiza, 25 km (15 miles) from Harare, most speakers

Now, more than 80 years after the end of the Nazi dictatorship, anyone can click through millions of index cards in the US National Archives without registering, and search for the names of their own grandparents and great-grandparents. The data contains information on 6.6 million Germans who were members of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP)