According to the United Nations, gang violence has displaced more than 1.3 million Haitians from their homes in recent years.

Voters face seemingly extreme choice between communist and rightwing frontrunners, who both promise to fight foreign gangs

Chileans began voting for a new president and parliament on Sunday, in a contest expected to favour the hard right as candidates play on popular fears over organised crime and immigration.

It is the first of an expected two rounds of presidential elections, as polls show none of the candidates clearing the 50% threshold needed to avoid a runoff scheduled for 14 December.

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Corruption scandal involving flood control projects implicates power lawmakers and officials

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“We are ... counting on the resumption of POW exchanges,” Zelensky wrote on X. “Many meetings, negotiations and calls are currently taking place to ensure this.”

Gunner Stockton threw four touchdown passes — two to Noah Thomas — and ran for a score to outplay Arch Manning as No. 5 Georgia defeated Texas.

• Joe Schmidt says 46-19 defeat to Ireland is ‘a tough one to take’

• Australia on brink of first winless Europe trip in 67 years

The beleaguered Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt has ruefully admitted that the best Australian player on the pitch in his side’s latest calamitous defeat was playing in Irish green.

Mack Hansen, the ex-Brumby who grew up in Canberra and was snapped up by his mother’s home country, scored his hat-trick of tries within the first half-hour to kickstart Ireland’s record 46-19 win over Australia in Dublin on Saturday.

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J.T. Miller and Vincent Trocheck scored in the shootout to give the New York Rangers their NHL-leading ninth road win Saturday night.

More than a thousand people took to the streets in Mexico City, Mexico, to protest growing crime, corruption, and impunity, which was organized by members of Generation Z.

The Sooners (7-2, 4-2 SEC) had three takeaways — scoring 17 points off those turnovers.

Four law enforcement officers were shot Saturday morning while responding to a residence in a rural area south of Topeka, Kansas.

Marcel Reed threw for a career-high 439 yards and three touchdowns and No. 3 Texas A&M rallied from a 27-point deficit.

Doctors suggest a mix of aerobic exercise, such as running or walking, and strength training, which slows the loss of bone density.

The latest indictment in the case, issued Friday, expands on previous charges and relies on President Trump’s recent declaration that deems the decentralized movement known as antifa a domestic terrorist organization.

The news came on the heels of the cancellation of a tour after Snider had been the victim of a violent assault in the Salt Lake City area, but local police later arrested Snider for refusing to leave the hospital.

The Catholic Church is currently reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture in the Americas.

UCLA was the first public university to be targeted by the administration over allegations of civil rights violations.

The announcement greatly diminishes the likelihood of redistricting the Midwest state.

The accidental explosion comes days after a deadly car blast in New Delhi which killed at least eight people near the city’s historic Red Fort

At least nine people were killed and 32 injured after a cache of confiscated explosives detonated inside a police station in Indian-controlled Kashmir, police have announced.

The blast occurred in the Nowgam area of Srinagar, the region’s main city, late on Friday while a team of forensic experts and police were examining the explosive material, said Nalin Prabhat, the region’s police director general. He ruled out any foul play, saying it was an accident.

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A South Carolina firing squad has executed a man Friday, the third person to die by that method in the state this year.

Numbers have been drawn for an estimated $980 million Mega Millions jackpot

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The policy comes after officials claimed they were besieged by online grievances that have turned out to be unfounded

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A 27-year-old suspect has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting in Oakland

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