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El Salvador on Tuesday surpassed the one-year mark since the gang-ridden nation began cracking down on organized crime under an emergency ordered anti-gang measure that was originally intended to last for just one month. Monday marked the one-year anniversary since President Nayib Bukele ordered the crackdown following a particularly deadly …

The People’s Republic of China has assigned a new ambassador to North Korea.  Ambassador Wang Yajun reportedly arrived in North Korea on Monday to begin his term of office in Pyongyang. China is among a small group of North Korean allies with fully functioning foreign missions in the country. SOUTH …

One person died and 16 are missing after a boat capsized near the eastern Caribbean island of St. Kitts early Tuesday, authorities said. The boat was carrying 32 passengers, 16 of which were rescued, according to the government’s Antigua and Barbuda Broadcasting Services. Officials in Antigua are leading the search …

The family of an American couple that was kidnapped and held for ransom in Haiti says that they urged the two not to travel to the impoverished island nation. “We were very worried when they said they were going, we told them not to go but they wanted to go,” …

An at-home circumcision attempt in Italy led to the death of a baby due to possible hemorrhage, local officials said.  Authorities in Rome arrested two women, reportedly of Nigerian origin, in connection with the child’s death on Friday last week.  The 20-day-old infant’s mother found a police patrol and asked …

Canada’s self-proclaimed Crypto King, accused of duping investors and accruing losses in the tens of millions of dollars, was allegedly kidnaped in the middle of the night in December and driven around and tortured for three days as he begged his landlord to pay $3 million in ransom, according to …

A fire at an immigration detention center in northern Mexico, near the U.S. border, has claimed the lives of at least three dozen migrants, Mexican authorities said. Mexico’s National Institute of Migration (INM) said 39 foreign migrants died in a fire that started shortly before 10 p.m. local time on …

The situation in Haiti has become so dire that the U.S., Canada and the U.N. have once again turned their attention to the Caribbean nation as gang violence reaches new extremes and violent deaths mount. Haitian gangs have turned to extreme measures with atrocities akin to those reported during the …

Two horses fit for a queen, please. That’s what Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II had asked for as a gift during her state visit to Germany in 1978, weekly Der Spiegel reported Monday. The expensive present raised eyebrows among German bureaucrats at the time, who noted that the cost of the …

Russia fired several anti-ship missiles in the Sea of Japan, according to its defense ministry. Moscow said Tuesday its military was conducting a simulated missile attack, involving two of its boats firing on a mock enemy warship about 60 miles away. Russia’s Defense Ministry said the target was successfully hit …