Category: World News
Judge upholds Evan Gershkovich detention as WSJ reporter seen for first time since arrest on espionage charges
Fox News Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich made his first public appearance in Russia after being arrested nearly three weeks ago on espionage charges, as a judge upheld his pretrial detention at a Tuesday hearing, according to The Wall Street Journal. Gershkovich, who has denied the charges against him, was in Moscow City Court…
Read MoreLive Updates: Putin Traveled to Kherson Region, Close to the Fighting, Kremlin Says
New York Times Images released by Moscow showed a rare visit by Russia’s president to an occupied part of Ukraine. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/04/18/world/russia-ukraine-news
Read MoreSudan Live Updates: Army Rejects Call for Humanitarian Cease-Fire
New York Times The Rapid Support Forces paramilitaries had proposed a 24-hour pause in fighting, the longest since clashes in Sudan began three days ago. A U.S. diplomatic convoy was attacked on Monday in a sign of deteriorating security. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/04/18/world/sudan-khartoum-fighting-news
Read MoreUnited Arab Emirates, Qatar edge toward reopening embassies
Washington Post Qatar and the United Arab Emirates are both acknowledging that they’re edging closer to reopening embassies in each others’ countries after a yearslong boycott of Doha over a political dispute https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/18/uae-emirates-qatar-reconciliation-boycott/1db1bffe-ddd2-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreIrish climber dies, Indian missing on Nepal’s Annapurna
Washington Post An Irish climber has died and an Indian climber is missing after falling into a crevasse in two separate incidents on Mount Annapurna, the world’s 10th highest mountain https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/18/nepal-mountaineering-annapurna-climber-dead/f22c9764-ddd1-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MorePutin visits occupied Kherson region in Ukraine, pushing illegal annexation
Washington Post Russian President Vladimir Putin made a secretive trip to an area in south Ukraine that he declared would be Russia’s “forever” but where his troops were forced to retreat last fall. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/18/vladimir-putin-kherson-visit-ukraine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreSudan’s power struggle has killed nearly 200. Here’s what to know.
Washington Post Sudan’s military is fighting the Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary group known as RSF, in a conflict unleashing violence across the country. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/18/sudan-conflict-military-rsf-paramilitary/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreU.S. diplomatic convoy fired on in Sudan as U.N. aid workers assaulted
Washington Post Secretary Antony Blinken said a U.S. convoy came under fire in Sudan, while the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces said they agreed to a 24-hour ceasefire. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/18/sudan-us-convoy-attacks-aid-groups/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreG-7 stresses unity on China following unease over Macron’s comments
Washington Post Foreign ministers put on a unified front after French President Emmanuel Macron suggested Europe should avoid getting dragged into a confrontation over Taiwan. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/04/18/g7-china-macron-taiwan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreRussia sees historic population drop spurring demographic crisis amid war in Ukraine
Fox News Russia is in the midst of a historic population decline as it continues to grapple with low birth rates, high emigration, staggering health statistics and a deadly war in Ukraine. The growing crisis has been described by some as a “silent war” against its own human capital. Russian President Vladimir Putin has listed…
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