**World military spending reaches all-time high of $2.24 trillion**
Surge in spending reflects Russia-Ukraine war and 'increasingly insecure world', according to leading think tank.
**Tensions rise after Azerbaijan blocks land route from Armenia**
Azerbaijan says it has set up a checkpoint on the only land route to the contested region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
**Foreigners evacuated as factions battle in Sudan’s Khartoum**
Countries scrambled to evacuate their diplomats and citizens from the Sudanese capital on Saturday and Sunday.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/23/foreign-citizens-evacuated-as-factions-battle-in-khartoum
**China lodges complaint over S Korean president’s Taiwan comments**
China's vice foreign minister rejects Yoon Suk-yeol declaring Taiwan a 'global issue' comparable to North Korea.
**Sudan doctors caught in fighting recount horrors at hospitals**
Battles leave staff and patients trapped in hospitals for days as doctors try to treat wounded with few supplies.
**Gervonta Davis knocks out Ryan Garcia in seventh round**
Davis remains unbeaten after devastating punch to the body ends the much anticipated showdown with Garcia.
https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2023/4/23/boxing-gervonta-davis-knocks-out-ryan-garcia
**Senior military-linked election official shot dead in Myanmar**
Myanmar's army blamed the killing on the anti-coup People's Defence Forces fighting military rule in the country.
**Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 424**
As the war enters its 424th day, we take a look at the main developments.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/23/russia-ukraine-war-list-of-key-events-day-424
**Biden confirms US embassy staff, families evacuated from Sudan**
Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces said that it had coordinated the evacuation with US forces on Sunday.
**Kenya police exhume remains from suspected Christian cult graves**
Police began investigations amid reports that cult followers believed they would go to heaven if they starved to death.
**Tens of thousands of Israelis rally against judicial reform plan**
Plans by Benjamin Netanyahu's government to weaken the Supreme Court have outraged many in Israeli society.
**Russia announces ‘reciprocal’ expulsion of German diplomats**
A foreign ministry official says 'more than 20' German diplomats will have to leave Russia, according to state media.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/22/russia-announces-reciprocal-expulsion-of-german-diplomats
**Foreign states begin Sudan evacuations as fighting rages**
Some foreign nationals have begun evacuating from Sudan, as army uses air raids against RSF during battles in Khartoum.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/22/foreign-states-begin-sudan-evacuations-as-fighting-rages
**Have efforts to deal with climate change failed?**
New report from World Meteorological Organization finds people on every continent are being affected by climate change.
**Thousands evacuated in Russia’s Belgorod after bomb scare**
Seventeen apartment buildings evacuated after an explosive device was found in city near Ukraine border.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/22/thousands-evacuated-in-russias-belgorod-after-bomb-scare
**Brazil’s Lula backs Russia-Ukraine talks to end war**
Brazilian president says he does not want to 'please anyone' with his views about the conflict.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/22/brazils-lula-backs-russia-ukraine-talks-to-end-war
**At least nine killed in central Mali attack**
Attack took place in Savare near a military camp that hosts Malian forces, UN peacekeepers and Russian Wagner fighters.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/22/at-least-nine-killed-in-central-mali-attack
**Russia names new commanders for Baltic and Pacific fleets**
Former head of the Russian Baltic Fleet, Admiral Viktor Liina, named as new chief of the Russian Pacific Fleet.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/22/russia-names-new-commanders-for-baltic-and-pacific
**Solar eclipse wows stargazers in Indonesia, Australia**
Remote town of Exmouth plunges into darkness for 58 seconds in the kind of eclipse that occurs only once a decade.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/20/solar-eclipse-wows-stargazers-in-indonesia-australia
**US man charged with shooting Black teen pleads not guilty**
Andrew Lester, 84, faces first-degree assault and armed criminal action charges for shooting 16-year-old Ralph Yarl.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/19/us-man-charged-with-shooting-black-teen-pleads-not-guilty