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Maduro case to test US narcoterrorism law with limited trial success

FILE PHOTO: Venezuela's captured President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores attend their arraignment with defense lawyers Barry Pollack and Mark Donnelly to face U.S. federal charges including narco-terrorism, conspiracy, drug trafficking, money laundering and others, at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., January 5, 2026 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Venezuela's captured President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores attend their arraignment with defense lawyers Barry Pollack and Mark Donnelly to face U.S. federal charges including narco-terrorism, conspiracy, drug trafficking, money laundering and others, at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., January 5, 2026 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg/File Photo

Venezuelan man sues US over deportation to El Salvadoran prison

Neiyerver Adrian Leon Rengel, who has filed a formal complaint against the U.S. government for sending him to El Salvador's most notorious prison, claiming he was falsely accused of gang membership by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration, looks on during an interview, in Caracas, Venezuela July 29, 2025. REUTERS/Gaby Oraa
Neiyerver Adrian Leon Rengel, who has filed a formal complaint against the U.S. government for sending him to El Salvador's most notorious prison, claiming he was falsely accused of gang membership by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration, looks on during an interview, in Caracas, Venezuela July 29, 2025. REUTERS/Gaby Oraa

Belgium deploys soldiers to reinforce security at Jewish sites

Belgian army personnel patroll a street as part of a deployment of soldiers outside Jewish institutions in Antwerp and Brussels following attacks at Jewish sites in Belgium and other European countries, in Antwerp, Belgium, March 23, 2026. REUTERS/Yves Herman
Belgian army personnel patroll a street as part of a deployment of soldiers outside Jewish institutions in Antwerp and Brussels following attacks at Jewish sites in Belgium and other European countries, in Antwerp, Belgium, March 23, 2026. REUTERS/Yves Herman

Belgium commemorates Brussels terror attacks 10 years on

Flowers are laid in front of a commemorative plaque at Brussels Airport in Zaventem, Belgium on March 22, 2026.
Flowers are laid in front of a commemorative plaque at Brussels Airport in Zaventem, Belgium on March 22, 2026.

FBI investigates counter-terrorism chief who quit over Iran war, angering Trump

Mr Joe Kent, who quit as the Trump administration’s counter-terrorism official, had concluded that Iran did not pose an “imminent threat” to the US.
Mr Joe Kent, who quit as the Trump administration’s counter-terrorism official, had concluded that Iran did not pose an “imminent threat” to the US.

Netherlands probing if Rotterdam synagogue attack has Iran link, minister says

FILE PHOTO: Dutch Foreign Minister David van Weel speaks to the media, on the day of a Council of Europe diplomatic conference to launch a convention establishing the International Claims Commission for Ukraine, aimed at handling compensation claims related to Russia's war in Ukraine, in The Hague, Netherlands, December 16, 2025. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Dutch Foreign Minister David van Weel speaks to the media, on the day of a Council of Europe diplomatic conference to launch a convention establishing the International Claims Commission for Ukraine, aimed at handling compensation claims related to Russia's war in Ukraine, in The Hague, Netherlands, December 16, 2025. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo

Bondi shooting: Family members of alleged gunman fear for their safety, court hears

Naveed Akram, 24, is accused of opening fire on a Hanukkah celebration on Dec 14, 2025 in Australia’s worst mass shooting in decades.
Naveed Akram, 24, is accused of opening fire on a Hanukkah celebration on Dec 14, 2025 in Australia’s worst mass shooting in decades.

Two brothers arrested in France over ‘deadly and antisemitic’ plot: Anti-terror prosecutors

French municipal police patrol in downtown Marseille.
French municipal police patrol in downtown Marseille.

Iran war puts many in US on high alert, but synagogue attack shows limits of vigilance

FILE PHOTO: FBI members work on the site after the Michigan State Police reported an active shooting incident at the Temple Israel Synagogue in West Bloomfield, Michigan, U.S., March 12, 2026. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: FBI members work on the site after the Michigan State Police reported an active shooting incident at the Temple Israel Synagogue in West Bloomfield, Michigan, U.S., March 12, 2026. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo

US-owned tanker attacked near Iraq was hit by unmanned boats, early findings show

A ship burns, after Iranian explosive-laden boats appear to have attacked two fuel tankers in Iraqi waters setting them ablaze, according to port, maritime security and risk firms, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in this screengrab taken from a handout video released March 12, 2026.     Media Office of Iraqi Ports/Handout via REUTERS
A ship burns, after Iranian explosive-laden boats appear to have attacked two fuel tankers in Iraqi waters setting them ablaze, according to port, maritime security and risk firms, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in this screengrab taken from a handout video released March 12, 2026.     Media Office of Iraqi Ports/Handout via REUTERS

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.