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Outgoing Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has offered condolences to the family of a slain mayoral candidate, Bertha Gisela Gaytán, a candidate representing the left-wing party he founded, Morena, who was shot dead shortly after launching her campaign. The shooting was the latest in a...

Ethiopia’s army “summarily executed several dozen civilians” and committed other war crimes in the northwestern Amhara region earlier this year, Human Rights Watch has said, as it called on the United Nations to launch an independent investigation. The incident in the city of Merawi in late January...

An Israeli airstrike killed seven aid workers from World Central Kitchen, leading the charity to suspend delivery on April 2 of vital food aid to Gaza, where Israel’s offensive has pushed hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to the brink of starvation. Ships still laden with some 240 tons of aid...

Haiti’s gang wars have intensified in recent weeks with heavily armed rivals unleashing waves of attacks, including raids on police stations and the international airport. Prime Minister Ariel Henry announced his resignation on March 11. The UN report documented 4,451 killings last year and 1,554...

Russian troops quickly occupied Bucha after invading Ukraine two years ago and stayed for about a month. When Ukrainian troops retook the town, they found what became known as the epicenter of the war’s atrocities. Dozens of bodies of men, women, and children lay on the streets, in yards and homes...

An Indian court has sent Delhi Chief Minister and key opposition leader Arvind Kejriwal to jail until April 15 in a corruption case, less than three weeks before the country begins voting in a seven-phase national election. Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) says he has been “falsely arrested” in a...

Peru's president replaced six ministers on April 1 after they abruptly resigned, amid a fresh political scandal involving luxury watches that targets her, adding more volatility to the South American nation's increasingly rocky politics. The slew of resignations, including the interior minister...

Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi has appointed the country’s first-ever female prime minister, naming planning minister Judith Suminwa to the role. An economist, she takes over as prime minister from Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde, following Tshisekedi’s sweeping re-election as...

Members of a transitional presidential council who will be responsible for selecting a new prime minister issued their first official statement on March 27, pledging to restore “public and democratic order” in Haiti. The statement, although signed by eight members of what is supposed to be a nine...

Venezuela’s main opposition coalition said it has been blocked from registering its candidate to challenge President Nicolas Maduro in the upcoming elections on July 28. In a video statement on March 26, the Plataforma Unitaria Democratica explained it had been unable to formally register its...