Here’s What You Need To Know: 

1. Suspected poison gas attack killed at least 40 people in the eastern suburbs of Damascus, Syria.

2. Hungary‘s right-wing Prime Minister Orban easily won a new term as his political party received a super-majority.

3. Brazil‘s top court narrowly ruled against former President Lula. He faces a 12-year jail sentence for corruption.

4. Israeli troops killed dozens of Palestinian protesters along the Israel-Gaza border.

5. French and Malian troops killed 30 Islamist insurgents near the border with Niger.

6. Saudi-led airstrikes killed 12 civilians in the coastal city of Hodeidah in Yemen.

7. U.S. President Trump proposed $100 billion in additional tariffs on China “in light of China’s unfair retaliation” against earlier U.S. tariff actions.

8. Christian militias stormed a U.N. base in the Central African Republic killing one peacekeeper.

9. Former South Korean President Park received a 24-year prison term for corruption.

10. Opposition candidate and former military junta leader Julius Maada Bio was sworn in as Sierra Leone’s new president.

Afghanistan

• Afghan air strike against Taliban causes dozens of casualties
• Afghan airstrike kills ISIS commander

Albania

• Protesters block roads, demanding end to new highway tolls

Argentina

• Drought hits farmers hard, undermining economy

Australia

• Prime Minister loses 30th straight poll, faces leadership pressure

Bahrain

• Bahrain discovers offshore oilfield containing up to 8 billion barrels of oil

Brazil

• Top court rules against former President Lula, must go to jail
• Former President Lula surrenders to police after defying order
• Finance minister quits, eyeing elections
• President names pro-privatization Moreira as new mines and energy minister

Cambodia

• Former opposition leader calls for election boycott
• Japan signs loan agreement with Cambodia totaling over $90 million

Cameroon

• Army fress 18 hostages held in Anglophone region

Canada

• 15 killed in youth hockey team bus crash

Central African Republic

• Christian militias attack U.N. base, killing 22 people including one peacekeeper
• 1 killed, dozens wounded in clashes between peacekeepers, civilians, and militia fighters

China

• China lists $50 billion of U.S. goods it might hit with 25% tariff

Congo

• Gunmen kill parish priest in Eastern Congo after Sunday mass

Czech Republic

• Majority government eludes PM Babis as coalition talks fail

Egypt

• Police raid website office, arrest editor-in-chief for republishing NYT article 

France

• Strikes cause railway chaos and challenge President Macron
• Alps avalanche kills mountain medic
• Saudi Crown Prince visits France, seeks strategic partner 

Georgia

• 6 miners killed in western Georgia coal mine accident

Germany

• Van crashes into bar killing 2 people in Muenster
• Special police raid homes of far-right movement

Ghana

• 6 workers killed in gold mine accident

Hungary

• Prime Minister Orban wins re-election, gets super majority
• Socialist leaders resign after election defeat
• Right-wing party leader tenders resignation after election defeat

Indonesia

• City declares state of emergency after oil spill, 4 dead
• Soldier and two separatist rebels killed in clashes near Freeport mine
• 4 detained in Aceh for alleged gay sex, faces 100 lashes

Israel

• Defense minister vows tough response to Gaza protests 
• PM Netanyahu backtracks on deal to resettle African migrants

Malaysia

• Authorities intercept boat carrying Rohingya refugees
• Parliament approves law banning fake news ahead of elections
• Prime Minister dissolves Parliament, calls for elections in May

Mali

• French and Malian troops kill 30 insurgents in gun battle
• Army kills 14 jihadist suspects in ‘attempted escape’ 

Nigeria

• Armed robbers blow up 5 banks 

North Korea

• U.N. sanctions North Korean ship for fuel transfer at sea
• North Korea tells U.S. it is prepared to discuss denuclearization

Pakistan

• Christian family shot dead in southwestern Pakistan
• Prime Minister Abbasi in Afghanistan to ease tensions
• Pakistanis hold rallies to show solidarity with Kashmiris 

Palestine

• At least 27 killed by Israeli fire in Gaza protests
• Journalist killed by Israeli sniper in Gaza protests

Philippines

• President Duterte lets justice minister resign, picks heads of security forces 

Russia

• Moscow mall fire kills 1, days after Siberian mall fire
• Russia threatens sanctions over Latvian language in schools

Rwanda

• President names new finance minister in reshuffle

Saudi Arabia

• Soldier killed during raid against suspected militants in Qatif province
• Saudi cinema screens re-open on April 18

Sierra Leone

• Opposition candidate Julius Maada Bio wins election, sworn-in as President

Somalia

• U.S. conducts airstrike killing 5 Al Shabaab militants

South Africa

• 6 workers killed in bus attack en route to platinum mine
• Former President Zuma charged with corruption

South Korea

• Former President Park gets 24-year prison term
• Fighter jet crashes, two pilots presumed dead

Spain

• Catalonia’s former leader freed on bail from German jail

Sri Lanka

• Prime Minister Wickremesinghe survives no-confidence vote

Sweden

• Authorities issue maritime warning for Russia’s Baltic Sea drill

Syria

• Suspected poison gas kills at least 40 people in Damascus suburb
• Air strikes on Douma kill 27 people
• Government launches assault on last rebel enclave in Ghouta
• Missile strikes Syrian army base, U.S. accused

Turkey

• 108 Kurdish militants ‘neutralized’ in past week
• Court jails 9 students opposed to Afrin offensive
• 4 people killed in a shooting at university near Ankara
• Authorities to deport nearly 600 Afghan migrants 

United Kingdom

• U.K. rejects joint probe with Russia into spy poisoning

United States of America

• U.S. announces tariffs on $50 billion on Chinese imports
• Woman wounds 3 at Youtube HQ in California, then kills herself
• President Trump to send the military to Mexican border
• Trump proposes $100 billion more in tariffs on China
• U.S. imposes sanctions on prominent Russian businessman
• U.S. raises prospect of Trump-Putin meeting at the White House

Venezuela

• Aide to opposition candidate attacked, suffers severe head injury
• Venezuela cuts commercial ties with Panama officials

Vietnam

• Authorities jail prominent human rights lawyer, 5 other activists 

Yemen

• Saudi-led airstrike kills 12 civilians, including 7 children in Hodeidah 

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