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Washing priests' feet, Pope Leo urges Catholics to aid the oppressed
By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY, April 2 (Reuters) - Pope Leo washed the feet of 12 priests on Thursday as part of a special ritual before Easter and said the action, emulating a gesture of humility by...
Apr 02, 2026
Hamas wants guarantees of Israeli troop withdrawal before disarmament talks, sources say
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ahmed Shalaby CAIRO, April 2 (Reuters) - Palestinian militant group Hamas has told mediators it will not discuss giving up arms without guarantees that Israel will fully quit ...
Apr 02, 2026
China calls for promoting Middle East ceasefire in talks with EU, Germany
BEIJING, April 2 (Reuters) - China on Thursday repeated calls for a ceasefire in the Middle East and safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz in conversations with Western counterparts, widening its ...
Apr 02, 2026
Descendant of key figure in 1898 citizenship case hopes for the best from US Supreme Court
WASHINGTON, April 2 (Reuters) - While many Americans are following the U.S. Supreme Court case involving President Donald Trump's attempt to limit birthright citizenship, Norman Wong is doing so with ...
Apr 02, 2026
Russian court convicts German sculptor in absentia for depicting Putin and patriarch in sex act
By Anna Peverieri April 2 (Reuters) - German sculptor Jacques Tilly, the creator of a carnival float showing Russian President Vladimir Putin and Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill engaging in a sex act...
Apr 02, 2026
Medical needs surging in Iran and supplies under threat, Red Cross warns
(Fixes typo in paragraph 19 with no changes to the rest of the text) By Emma Farge GENEVA, April 2 (Reuters) - Emergency medical needs in Iran are rising exponentially, and stocks of trauma kits and o...
Apr 02, 2026
Six Ukrainian children to be returned from Russia and reunited with families, US says
WASHINGTON, April 2 (Reuters) - Six Ukrainian children will be returned from Russia to their families in Ukraine, the White House said on Thursday, citing efforts by first lady Melania Trump to expedi...
Apr 02, 2026
Fuel tanker that rerouted from Cuba now discharging in Venezuela, data and source say
April 2 (Reuters) - A fuel tanker that according to ship tracking services loaded a Russia-origin cargo originally bound for Cuba began discharging on Thursday at an independently-owned terminal in Ve...
Apr 02, 2026
Polish prosecutors to investigate attack on Polish UN soldiers in Lebanon
WARSAW, April 2 (Reuters) - Polish prosecutors have opened an investigation into a bomb attack that wounded a Polish soldier who was part of a U.N. peacekeeping patrol in Lebanon, the District Prosecu...
Apr 02, 2026
Argentina expels Iran's charge d'affaires
BUENOS AIRES, April 2 (Reuters) - Argentina's government declared Iran's charge d'affaires, Mohsen Tehrani, "persona non grata" and expelled him from the country, Argentina's Foreign Minister said in ...
Apr 02, 2026
