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A powerful gang coalition has launched new attacks on Haiti’s capital, driving dozens of families from homes as police vowed to hold the gunmen back. Authorities evacuated students at a Catholic school in western Port-au-Prince as heavy gunfire continued in the area near the renowned Oloffson Hotel...

Demonstrators have taken to the streets across Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas to mark International Women’s Day, with many demanding an end to gender-based violence and inequality. In cities like Buenos Aires, Argentina, those warnings were particularly grave, as protesters railed against...

Former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo went on trial charged with rebellion, grave abuse of authority, and perturbing public tranquility in a case that has polarized the South American nation. The charges stem from a failed effort by Castillo to declare a state of emergency and dissolve Peru’s...

Argentina’s President Javier Milei temporarily appointed two Supreme Court judges by decree, bypassing Congress during its summer recess to push through a particularly controversial candidate in a move criticized as an overreach of executive power. The president’s office said it was within Milei’s...

Residents of a violence-torn province in northern Colombia are bracing for further bloodshed as a conflict between rival armed groups spread to a regional capital in scenes residents said they had not witnessed since the cartel unrest of the 1990s. The mayor of Cúcuta imposed a 48-hour curfew on the...

Former colonial powers must apologize and pay compensation for their historic role in the enslavement of Africans, Grenadian Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell told European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Mitchell addressed von der Leyen late on Wednesday at the 48th heads of government...

Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro has been charged with allegedly masterminding and leading a far-right conspiracy to cling to power through a military coup. The South American country’s attorney general, Paulo Gonet, leveled the charges against the radical rightwing populist and several key...

Gangs in Haiti are recruiting children and targeting them with violence and sexual assault, Amnesty International said in a report detailing the effects of the long-running civil unrest ravaging the Caribbean nation. A report published estimates that more than one million children live in areas...

A series of constitutional reforms granting sweeping new powers to Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega have been passed without dissent by the country’s legislature. A unanimous vote ushered in what critics have described as a power grab by Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo. The...

The U.S. and Lebanon say the ceasefire deal with Israel, due to expire on January 26, has been extended until mid-February. Israel had kept troops deployed in Lebanon beyond the initial deadline, accusing the Lebanese government of not fully implementing its part of the deal, which required the...