Hamas rejects Israeli ceasefire disarmament proposal, Palestinian official says
Yolande Knell
Hamas is said to have rejected an Israeli proposal for a six-week ceasefire in Gaza which called for the armed group to give up its weapons.
A senior Palestinian official familiar with the talks said the plan gave no commitment to end the war or for an Israeli troop pull-out - key Hamas demands - in exchange for releasing half of the living hostages which it holds.
It comes as Israel continues its military offensive in Gaza.
Sudan in ‘world’s largest humanitarian crisis’ after two years of civil war
NGOs and UN say country is ‘worse off than ever before’ with wide-scale displacement, hunger and attacks on refugee camps
Tue 15 Apr 2025 03.00 BST
Sudan is suffering from the largest humanitarian crisis globally and its civilians are continuing to pay the price for inaction by the international community, NGOs and the UN have said, as the country’s civil war enters its third year.
The UK is hosting ministers from 20 countries in London on Tuesday in an attempt to restart stalled peace talks. However, diplomatic efforts have often been sidelined by other crises, including the wars in Ukraine and Gaza
Piracy on the rise across the world — maritime watchdog
Acts of piracy on the world's seas have surged this year, according to the International Maritime Bureau (IMB). It pointed to the waters between Singapore and Indonesia in particular.
Pirates have posed a growing problem for global shipping this year, with 45 cases of piracy and armed robbery against ships recorded in the first quarter, according to the London-based International Maritime Bureau (IMB).
The increase represents an almost 35% rise compared to the same period in 2024, the IMB said.
From January to March of last year, 33 incidents were reported, and 27 in the first quarter of 2023.
'Trump tore up nuclear deal: Ironically, Iran's nuclear program among most advanced in the world'
Kremlin says there is no outline yet for US-Russia deal on Ukraine, but political will is there
"There are no clear outlines of any agreement yet, but there is political will to move towards an agreement. And I repeat once again, we highly highly rate the constructive and meaningful contacts that we have had (with the U.S.)."
FTC orders Google to stop requiring its app only on phones
By YOSUKE TAKASHIMA/ Staff Writer
April 15, 2025 at 18:05 JST
Japan’s Fair Trade Commission issued a cease-and-desist order to Google LLC on April 15 to stop forcing smartphone manufacturers to pre-install only its Google Search app.
The consumer watchdog agency said the requirement violated the Anti-Monopoly Law.
This marked the first time the FTC has issued such a cease-and-desist order against one of the four global technology giants, which include Apple, Meta and Amazon.
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