US President Donald Trump said he expects a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine this week, and anticipated major business deals with the United States for both sides if a truce is signed in the conflict that began on February 24, 2022.
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Hamas rejected an Israeli offer of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, under which the Palestinian movement would have been forced to disarm. According to the BBC, Israel is demanding the release of half of the remaining live hostages in exchange for a six-week truce and the disarmament of Hamas.
In the proposal, Israel demands the disarmament of Hamas for the first time in the next phase of negotiations and requests the return of the remaining hostages in Gaza. Hamas, for its part, said in a statement that it was studying the proposal and would send its response as soon as possible.
Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitaries in Sudan have killed more than 200 civilians in a wave of attacks on displacement camps and around the town of El Fasher, the last major town still held by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) in the North Darfur region. The deaths include at least 56 civilians killed by the RSF paramilitary group during two...
Chinese President Xi Jinping begins a tour of Vietnam, Malaysia, and Cambodia to strengthen alliances with exporting countries affected by tariffs. Beijing positions itself as a defender of free trade as tariff uncertainty shakes Southeast Asian markets.
Daniel Noboa, candidate and leader of the National Democratic Action (ADN), won Ecuador's presidential election with 56.13% of the valid votes, compared to 43.87% for Luisa Gonzalez, candidate of the Citizen Revolution (RC), who refused to concede defeat and called for a recount.
Israel issued an evacuation order for residents of Khan Yunis and announced that its troops had seized a key corridor in the southern Gaza Strip. Meanwhile, Hamas declared that it expects "real progress" in the talks planned in Cairo, Egypt, between a delegation from the terrorist group and Egyptian mediators with a view to a new truce in Gaza.
Indirect negotiations between Iran and the United States, focusing on the nuclear program and sanctions relief, concluded in Muscat, the capital of Oman. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the meeting lasted two and a half hours and was described as "constructive."
In a new escalation between the world's two largest economies, Chinese President Xi Jinping will increase customs tariffs starting this Saturday in response to those imposed by the United States.
By the middle of the 21st century, it will already surpass Christianity in believers and will represent 31.1% of the world's population. This is due to the faster growth of the Muslim population than the Christian population, driven by factors such as higher birth rates in Muslim-majority countries.