Here’s What You Need To Know: 

1. North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un met with Chinese President Xi in a surprise visit to Beijing.

2. Leftist candidate Carlos Alvarado, who campaigned on same-sex marriage, easily won Costa Rica‘s Presidential election run-off.

3. At least 18 Palestinian protesters were killed by Israeli security forces in Gaza.

4. Egyptian President Sisi re-elected for a second term despite extremely low turnout.

5. The United States, European Union, and NATO allies expelled more than 100 Russian diplomats over U.K. nerve attack. Russia retaliated by expelling over 150 diplomats.

6. In Venezuela, a fire in the cells of a police station killed 68 people.

7. The Syrian army declared victory in eastern Ghouta after opposition fighters vacated most of the area.

8. Myanmar‘s Parliament elected a longtime loyalist of Aung San Suu Kyi loyalist as new President.

9. Suspected Boko Haram militants killed 15 people in in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri.

10. Ethiopia‘s ruling coalition named Abiy Ahmed as chairman, becomes new Prime Minister.

Afghanistan

• Afghanistan pledges October date for parliamentary election

Albania

• Demonstrators clash with police in road toll row

Algeria

• Algerian doctors and teachers join pay strikes

Azerbaijan

• Mine kills 3 de-miners in Nagorno-Karabakh

Botswana

• President Khama steps down after a decade

Brazil

• Former President Lula loses procedural appeals, faces prison
• Shots fired at campaign buses of former President Lula
• Police arrest President Temer’s ally in corruption investigation

Burundi

• Head of opposition politician arrested

China

• China raises tariffs on U.S. pork, fruit in trade dispute

Congo

• Islamist rebels kill at least 11 in Northeastern Congo
• 80% of Congolese disapprove of President Kabila

Costa Rica

• Leftist candidate Alvarado easily wins Presidential election 

Croatia

• Government approves $500 million deal to buy Israeli fighter jets

Cyprus

• U.N. to host informal meeting of split rival leaders

Ecuador

• 2 reporters, driver kidnapped near Colombian border
• Government cuts Wikileaks founder Assange’s internet at embassy

Egypt

• President Sisi re-elected, only 40% turnout

Ethiopia

• Ruling coalition approves Abiye Ahmed as Prime Minister

Fiji

• 4 dead, one missing in tropical cyclone

France

• Former President Sarkozy to face corruption trial
• Driver arrested for trying to hit soldiers in the French Alps
• President Macron vows to support Northern Syrians and Kurdish militia 
• Gunman shoots exiled Azeri journalist in Southern France
• French armed officers spark Italy migrant row

Ghana

• Protest over expanded military co-operation deal with U.S. 

India

• Trouble at Hindu festival triggers clashes with Muslims, 3 dead
• Anti-India protests erupt in Kashmir amid deadly fighting
• 4-story hotel collapsed in Central India, killing 10

Iran

• Moderate earthquake rattles Western Iran

Iraq

• Armed forces to prevent militant Kurdish attacks on Turkey

Israel

• Police question Prime Minister Netanyahu again in telecom case
• Military deploys 100 sharpshooters on Gaza border for Palestinian protests 
• Israel warns of military action inside Gaza
• Israel rejects calls for inquiry into Gaza violence

Italy

• 5-Star lawmaker calls for government deal with League
• Anti-terrorism police arrest Moroccan planning truck attack
• Blast in Livorno port kills 2 men

Kenya

• Opposition figure drugged and deported to Dubai
• Court fines interior minister, police chief for contempt of court
• Columnists quit en masse over loss in editorial independence

Lebanon

• Israeli drone crashes in Southern Lebanon

Libya

• Mayor of Tripoli freed after gunpoint abduction
• At least 5 killed by car bomb in Eastern Libya

Mali

• Gunmen attack Central Mali hotel, 1 dead

Mauritania

• Court gives tough sentence for slave owners

Mexico

• 7 police officers die in Veracruz prison riot
• Dozens of Central American children rescued from sweltering truck in Mexico
• Two killed in Acapulco shootout amid panicked Easter procession

Myanmar

• Parliament elects Suu Kyi loyalist as new President

Nigeria

• Suspected Boko Haram militant kills 15 in Maiduguri

North Korea

• Kim Jong-Un meets Chinese President Xi in Beijing
• North and South Korean leaders to meet April 27 in historic summit
• U.N. Security Council blacklists shipping firms

Palestine

• At least 15 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire near Gaza border, over 750 injured
• U.N. leader calls for investigation into deadly Gaza clashes
• Palestinian dies of wounds, bringing death toll to 18

Peru

• President Vizcarra to name opposition lawmaker as Prime Minister

Poland

• President vetoes bill demoting communist-era officers

Romania

• Parliament says would back reunification with Moldova
• Senate passes justice bills; opposition to challenge

Russia

• U.S., E.U. to expel more than 100 Russian diplomats over U.K. nerve attack
• Russia announces expulsion of more than 150 diplomats, including 60 Americans
• Kosovo PM sacks security chief, interior minister over Turkish arrests
• State of emergency declared in Volokolamsk where thousands have protested over toxic fumes
• Governor of Kemerovo resigns over deadly mall fire

Senegal

• Opposition leader jailed 5 years for embezzlement and falsifying documents

Sierra Leone

• Presidential runoff election begins

Slovakia

• Reshuffled government wins confidence vote in Parliament

Somalia

• Al Shabaab attacks an African Union base southwest of Mogadishu

South Africa

• Former President Zuma to challenge decision to prosecute in corruption case

Spain

• Roads blocked in Catalonia to protest ex-leader’s detention

Switzerland

• Alps avalanche leaves 3 dead, 2 injured near glacier

Syria

• 27 killed, 58 injured in Damascus after mortar shelling from the rebel-held area
• Bomb kills 2 coalition troops from U.S. and U.K.
• Army declares victory as rebels vacate most of Ghouta
• France offers to mediate between Turkey and Kurds

Tanzania

• 6 opposition leaders charged with sedition and incitement to violence

Thailand

• Fire on bus kills 20 migrant factory workers

Turkey

• Military kills 11 Kurdish militants in Syria, 2 Turkish soldiers killed
• Prosecutors order 70 army officers detained over Gulen links
• 17 people, mainly migrants, killed in road accident
• 6 Turkish security force members killed in Kurdish militant attack
• President Erdogan calls Israeli PM a ‘terrorist’ as insults fly after Gaza deaths

United Kingdom

• British Jews protest against Labour’s Corbyn over party’s alleged anti-semitism

Uzbekistan

• Uzbekistan offers to host talks between Afghan government and Taliban

Venezuela

• Jail fire kills 68 people in Valencia
• Authorities arrest 5 police officials over deadly jail disaster

Yemen

• 4 Al-Quaeda militants killed in U.S. strike near al-Bayda
• 9 soldiers, 5 militants killed in attack on elite Yemeni forces
• Fire breaks out at World Food Program warehouses 

Zambia

• Parliament delays debate on motion to impeach President

Zimbabwe

• Grace Mugabe linked to alleged ivory smuggling 
• Grace Mugabe’s farm invaded by gold diggers

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