Riot police used batons and tear gas to halt tens of thousands of supporters of Nepal’s former king who attempted to march to the center of the capital on Thursday to demand the restoration of the monarchy and the nation’s former status as a Hindu state.The protesters, waving the national…

The Slovak government signed a memorandum of understanding on Thursday with Chinese electric vehicle battery maker Gotion High-Tech and its local partner, InoBat, to build a car battery plant in Slovakia.SLOVAK PM LOOKS TO CURB MIGRATION BY DEPLOYING FORCES TO HUNGARIAN BORDERThe two companies formed Gotion InoBat Batteries, a Chinese-Slovak…

German authorities searched 15 properties on Thursday in connection with a recent ban on activities of Hamas as well as pro-Palestinian group Samidoun, the German interior ministry said in a statement.KATHY IRELAND AMONG THOSE HONORING HOSTAGES ON THANKSGIVING WITH EMPTY SEATS AT DINNER TABLEThe searches in four German states, which started at…

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres arrived Thursday at the bottom of the world on the cusp of international climate talks at COP28. He has previously said the world must slash carbon emissions to prevent this delicate environment from melting.EXCLUSIVE GLIMPSE OF ANTARCTICA: ‘EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED WHEN CRUISING’ THIS HARSH, COLD…

Protesters and rioters clashed with police officers and a police vehicle was set ablaze in Dublin, Ireland Thursday evening, following a knife attack earlier in the day in which five people were injured, including three children.Per Irish media outlet RTÉ, rioters attacked gardaí, officers of the state police force Garda, and…

The World Health Organization (WHO) said it has officially asked China for detailed information about a concerning spike in respiratory illnesses and clusters of pneumonia in children in parts of the country.Chinese authorities from the National Health Commission earlier this month reported an increase in respiratory diseases in China, attributing…

Prosecutors are looking to restrict visits to three Kosovo Liberation Army leaders on trial for war crimes, accusing them of trying to manipulate witnesses and leak testimony.The restrictions are necessary to prevent “further threats to the integrity of the proceedings,” the prosecutors allege.The suspects — President Hashim Thaci, ex-Parliament Speaker…

German police on Thursday arrested two men in connection with a massive migrant smuggling scheme.The arrests follow raids on 14 properties in Lower Saxony and Berlin.The suspects are believed to have smuggled over 200 migrants into the European Union, most of whom were Syrian nationals.German police arrested two men Thursday…

Five people – three children and two adults – were injured during a stabbing incident near a school in Dublin on Thursday, according to multiple reports.The stabbing took place near an elementary school in Parnell Square East just after 1:30 p.m., when a man allegedly attacked the adult woman first…

Turkey’s central bank delivered another huge interest rate hike on Thursday as it tries to curb double-digit inflation that has left households struggling to afford food and other basic goods.The bank pushed its policy rate up by 5 percentage points, to 40%, marking its sixth big interest rate hike in…