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US returns Chinese drug fugitive in rare extradition, Xinhua says
BEIJING, April 3 (Reuters) - The U.S. handed over a Chinese fugitive suspected of drug-related crimes to China for the first time in recent years, state news agency Xinhua reported on Friday, citing C...
Apr 02, 2026
South Korea, France agree to deepen defence cooperation amid Middle East conflict
By Heejin Kim and Joyce Lee SEOUL, April 3 (Reuters) - South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday they planned to boost defence cooperation and work toget...
Apr 02, 2026
Cuba to free 2,010 prisoners from island jails in 'sovereign gesture'
By Dave Sherwood HAVANA, April 2 (Reuters) - Cuba on Thursday said it would free more than 2,000 prisoners from the island's jails, according to state-run media, the second time this year its communis...
Apr 02, 2026
Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing elected president by pro-military parliament
April 3 (Reuters) - Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing won a parliamentary vote on Friday to become the country's president, formalising his grip on political power in the war-torn nation five years ...
Apr 02, 2026
US experts say American strikes on Iran may amount to war crimes
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, April 2 (Reuters) - Dozens of international law experts in the U.S. have signed an open letter saying that American strikes on Iran may amount to war crimes, after Presid...
Apr 02, 2026
Analysis-Under global spotlight, Australia plays hardball on social media ban
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY, April 3 (Reuters) - Since Australia banned children from using social media in December, lawmakers from Spain to Malaysia have expressed interest in following suit, while U.S. co...
Apr 02, 2026
Russian mariner held after Houthi Red Sea attack leaves Yemen for home
April 2 (Reuters) - A Russian mariner detained for around eight months after being on board a ship attacked by Yemen's Houthi militants has left the country for Russia following medical treatment in S...
Apr 02, 2026
Russian forces maintain day-long drone barrage of Ukraine's Kharkiv
KHARKIV, Ukraine, April 3 (Reuters) - Russian forces maintained a day-long barrage of drone strikes on Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city, on Thursday, injuring at least two people, local official...
Apr 02, 2026
Appeals panel orders resentencing of ex‑Colorado clerk over voting machines
By Brad Brooks April 2 (Reuters) - A Colorado appeals court on Thursday overturned the nine-year prison sentence, but not the conviction, given to Tina Peters, a former county clerk convicted of tampe...
Apr 02, 2026
Zelenskiy offers Ukraine's maritime expertise with Strait of Hormuz
April 2 (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday offered to provide Ukraine's expertise in dealing with freedom of navigation in the Black Sea to countries considering how to keep the Str...
Apr 02, 2026
