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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...

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.

In a statement, the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) of the People's Republic of China said the new tariff rate will take effect on April 10. "If the United States insists on further tightening its economic and trade restrictions, China has the firm will and abundant means to take necessary countermeasures and fight to the bitter end," they said.

US President Donald Trump has decided to increase tariffs on China to a total of 104% in response to Beijing's retaliation for his tariff increases, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said. For its part, the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) of the People's Republic of China indicated that additional tariffs would trigger more countermeasures...