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French Far-Left Member of European Parliament Rima Hassan Held in Police Custody
Swiss Finance Minister Sues for Defamation Over Grok-Created Post
Date: April 1, 2026
ZURICH, April 1 (Reuters) - Swiss Finance Minister Karin Keller-Sutter has filed a criminal complaint for defamation and insult after an X user published an obscene post about her created by Elon...
Jailed Palestinians Fear Death by Hanging Without Due Process Under New Israeli Law
Date: March 31, 2026
By Ali Sawafta and Pesha Magid RAMALLAH/JERUSALEM, March 31 (Reuters) - Palestinians in the occupied West Bank voiced fears on Tuesday that their jailed relatives could be hanged without due process...
Spain's PM Labels Israel's Death Penalty Law 'step Towards Apartheid'
Date: March 31, 2026
MADRID, March 31 (Reuters) - Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez condemned as a "step towards apartheid" Monday's approval by the Israeli parliament of a law that would impose death sentence for...
Israeli Death Penalty Bill for Palestinian Murder Convicts Faces Vote
Date: March 30, 2026
JERUSALEM, March 30 (Reuters) - Israel's parliament is expected on Monday to vote on a bill that would make the death penalty a default sentence for Palestinians convicted in military court of killing...
Long-Sought Red Army Faction Suspect Charged in Germany for 1990s Attacks
Date: March 27, 2026
BERLIN, March 27 (Reuters) - German prosecutors have charged one of the last surviving alleged militants of the Red Army Faction with attempted murder and a string of violent attacks carried out more...
Analysis-Maduro Case to Test US Narcoterrorism Law That Has Had Limited Trial Success
Date: March 26, 2026
By Luc Cohen and Jack Queen NEW YORK, March 26 (Reuters) - Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro returns to a U.S. court on Thursday on criminal charges including narcoterrorism, a statute that...