US will 'move on' from Ukraine peace talks if no progress soon
James Waterhouse
The US will abandon trying to broker a Russia-Ukraine peace deal within days unless there are clear signs a truce can be reached, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has warned.
"We're not going to continue with this endeavour for weeks and months on end," Rubio said, adding that the US had "other priorities to focus on".
Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and has placed a number of conditions on any potential ceasefire.
Hamas rejects Israel’s latest ceasefire proposal over ‘impossible conditions’
Militant group says it will not accept deal without guarantee of end to Gaza war or full withdrawal of Israeli troops
Fri 18 Apr 2025 12.21 BST
Hamas has formally rejected Israel’s latest ceasefire proposal, saying it will not accept a “partial” deal that does not guarantee an end to the war or a full withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza.
Hamas’s chief negotiator, Khalil al-Hayya, accused Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, of putting forward an offer that “set impossible conditions for a deal that does not lead to the end of the war or full withdrawal”.
There are 58 hostages held in Gaza who were captured by Hamas after the 7 October attack on southern Israel in 2023, with 24 still believed to be alive.
Myanmar parties ready to extend quake truce — Malaysia PM
Myanmar's military rulers and representatives of the country's opposition seem ready to extend a ceasefire, Malaysia's prime minister says. Fighting in the strife-riven nation was put on hold after a deadly earthquake.
Malaysia's prime minister announced Friday that Myanmar's military junta and a leading opposition group appear ready to extend their ceasefire to allow for more earthquake relief efforts.
Malaysian premier Anwar Ibrahim said outreach talks he held with Myanmar's junta chief Min Aung Hlaing and the prime minister of its toppled shadow government had proved successful.
"There will be a ceasefire and no unnecessary provocations, because otherwise, the whole humanitarian exercise would fail," Anwar told reporters in the Thai capital, Bangkok.
European weapons in Sudan (2/5): A €50 million Emirati contract
From a Bulgarian factory to Sudanese militias, the FRANCE 24 Observers team reveals how European-made ammunition ended up on the Sudanese battlefield, despite a European Union embargo on sending weapons to this war-torn country. This second article in our five-part investigation focuses on International Golden Group, an Emirati company known for its involvement in diverting arms to countries under international embargo.
How did European bombs get to a Sudanese battlefield, despite an EU embargo on shipping weapons there? After identifying the Bulgarian company that manufactured the mortar shells, Dunarit, the FRANCE 24 Observers team tried to trace the history of these weapons. We questioned the Interministerial Commission on Export Control, the Bulgarian authority that oversees arms exportations.
Initially, the commission did not disclose where the mortar bombs shown in the video filmed on November 21, 2024 in Sudan had been exported. All they said was that they “had not issued an export permit to Sudan”.
Children in Gaza survive on ‘less than a meal a day’: Aid groups
About 95 percent of aid groups have suspended or cut their services due to Israeli bombardment and blockade.
Israel’s total siege and bombardment of the Gaza Strip have left Palestinian children surviving on less than one meal a day, according to an urgent warning by the leaders of 12 major aid groups in the enclave.
The humanitarian aid system in Gaza “is facing total collapse” due to 18 months of Israel’s military operation and the recent imposition of a full blockade last month, the joint statement said on Thursday.
Choking, Shaking, Foaming at the Mouth: Syrians Recount Gas Attack
Syria’s ousted dictator, Bashar al-Assad, unleashed a Sarin gas strike on the suburbs of Damascus in 2013, killing at least 1,500. Now, the survivors want justice.
It was a hot, windless summer night, just after 2 a.m., when a barrage of rockets slammed into the Damascus suburb of eastern Ghouta.
The explosions were small and sounded like duds, rescuers said, but within minutes as they went to check the bomb sites for casualties, they found people choking and shaking and foaming at the mouth. Soon, people were dying in droves.
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