Loading…
Headlines, analysis, and in-depth reporting from around the world.
Russia and Ukraine said they would observe a 32-hour Orthodox Easter ceasefire, but civilians and soldiers have seen too many failed pauses to assume it will last.
Ecuador raised tariffs on Colombian imports to 100%, and Colombia answered with matching duties, formalising a trade rupture that had been building for months.
Israel says it has authorized direct negotiations with Lebanon, but continued strikes and competing conditions leave the opening fragile.
UN agencies say more than one million Sudanese refugees in Chad risk severe cuts to water, food and health services as funding gaps widen.
The Philippines has entered a national energy emergency and Japan is preparing further oil releases, showing how little relief Asia has felt from ceasefire headlines in the Gulf.
UN agencies say a $428 million funding shortfall is forcing deeper cuts for Sudanese refugees in Chad, where many families already lack shelter and safe water.
China’s final ruling lowered tariffs on EU pork imports, easing pressure on Spanish exporters while keeping a broader EU-China trade dispute alive.
A U.S.-Iran ceasefire has not restored normal tanker traffic through Hormuz, leaving exporters, importers and freight markets to price risk rather than peace.
President Vladimir Putin declared a 32-hour Orthodox Easter ceasefire and Ukraine signaled it would respond in kind, though both sides have a record of accusing each other of breaking holiday truces.
Beijing cut its final anti-dumping tariffs on EU pork to 4.9%–19.8%, easing pressure on Spain and other exporters in a trade dispute that drew heavy non-English coverage and barely registered in English feeds.
Pakistan is hosting indirect U.S.-Iran talks in Islamabad after helping broker a two-week ceasefire, turning a regional power often treated as peripheral into the main channel for a fragile negotiation.
Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains far below normal despite the U.S.-Iran ceasefire, showing that a formal truce has not yet restored confidence in the world’s most important oil chokepoint.
