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By Luc Cohen, Reuters Trump wants dismissal after Supreme Court immunity ruling Prosecutors say hush money case involved personal acts Trump's scheduled 26 November sentencing date also in question A New York judge is set to decide this week whether president-elect Donald Trump's criminal conviction on charges involving hush money paid to a porn star should be overturned in light of the U.S. Supreme Court's July ruling on presidential immunity. Justice Juan Merchan has said he will make his decision by Tuesday (local time). It is the first of two pivotal choices that the judge must make after Trump's 5 November election victory. Merchan also must decide whether to go ahead with sentencing Trump on 26 November as currently scheduled. Legal experts have said sentencing now is unlikely...

By Anthony Deutsch, Reuters Police officers drive people away from Dam Square during a pro-Palestinian protest. Photo: AFP / Robin van Lonkhuijsen Riot police in Amsterdam began breaking up a pro-Palestinian protest on Sunday (Monday morning NZT) after a court upheld a ban on demonstrations following clashes this week involving Israeli soccer fans. Hundreds of demonstrators defied the prohibition to gather in the Dutch capital's Dam square, chanting demands for an end to violence in Gaza and "Free Palestine". But after a local court ratified the city authorities' ban, police moved in, instructing protesters to leave. Several people were dragged away by police, a Reuters journalist saw. The three-day ban was imposed from Friday after attacks on Israeli soccer supporters following a so...

Catherine, Princess of Wales and Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh view the National Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph on Sunday in London. Photo: Getty Images / Chris Jackson Britain's Princess Kate attended the Remembrance Sunday ceremony in London, her second public appearance in two days, as she gradually returns to public duties after her treatment for cancer. She watched from the balcony of a government building as members of the royal family, including King Charles, and politicians laid wreaths at the Cenotaph war memorial in central London. The Princess of Wales was wearing a black hat and jacket adorned with red poppies, which are worn by Britons as a symbol of respect for those who have lost their lives in conflict. On Saturday, she appeared at the Festival of Remembrance at L...

By Nick Paton Walsh, CNN US President-elect Donald Trump. Photo: CHIP SOMODEVILLA / Getty Images via AFP Analysis - It may be horrific and redefine the world order. Or it may be underwhelmingly bluster over substance. But US President-elect Donald Trump's second term will certainly be disruptive. And even the most severe American isolationism - the greatest amount of doing little - will likely herald significant change. We really know staggeringly little about Trump's foreign policy. He said he likes it that way. We know he's against wars that drag in America. He seems fond of dictators, or at least strongmen. He likes what he sees as good deals and destroys what he thinks of as bad ones. He dislikes American allies that he thinks take advantage. He doesn't believe in global warming....