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Well-armed gangs controlling 80 percent of the city have injured 92 people and displaced 20,000 in the past week, as a Kenyan-led international force help the outgunned police restore some government order.

The police have said that they arrested four soldiers on the second day of the G20 gathering, in an operation to dismantle a criminal organisation responsible for planning a coup.

Wars in the Middle East and Ukraine cast a shadow over the gathering of the world’s largest economies in Brazil, as leaders pledge to unite in the fight against global poverty and hunger.

With the African Union now a permanent member of the G20, the upcoming summit in Rio de Janeiro raises a key question: why isn’t the forum being called G21?

Japanese Premier Ishiba and South Korean President Suk Yeol agree to work together with the US to address security issues during their meeting on sidelines of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Peru.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol reaffirmed Seoul's commitment to one-China policy, recognising China’s role in global economic growth.

US President Joe Biden and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping warns of turbulent times ahead, in remarks at Asia-Pacific economic summit in Peru overshadowed by Donald Trump's impending return to White House.

The initiative brings together developed nations, NGOs, and financial institutions to donate money and expertise to countries in need.

The port was officially opened in a ceremony overseen virtually by Xi and Peruvian counterpart Dina Boluarte from Lima, where they will attend an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit on Friday and Saturday.

With the US president-elect having signalled a confrontational approach to Beijing for his second term in the White House, a meeting between Xi and Biden will be a closely watched affair.

The ambulance carrying three young gunshot victims was stopped about 100 metres from the MSF hospital in Drouillard and forced to transfer the patients to a public hospital.

Since 2001, over a dozen outbreaks of violence in Ecuadorian prisons have resulted in more than 400 deaths.

One suspect was detained and the vehicle used in the attack was found abandoned and set on fire, the head of Queretaro's public security department Juan Luis Ferrusca says.

The lawsuit seeks compensation for damages resulting from last month’s massive power outage in Sao Paulo.

With more than 200 soldiers held hostage and damages from roadblocks reaching $2.1 billion, Morales demands negotiations to address the crisis.

Morales, 65, was in office from 2006 to 2019, when he resigned under a cloud after elections marked by fraud.

President Javier Milei axes foreign minister after she voted at the UN to end the six-decade economic blockade on the Caribbean island, challenging the president's fierce anti-communist narrative against the Cuban government.

The announcement comes as the Court considers a proposal to invalidate the election of judges and magistrates following the recent passage of Lopez Obrador’s initiative to make all judges subject to election.

The number of media workers killed in Mexico this year has risen to at least five following the death of journalist Mauricio Solis and Patricia Ramirez Gonzalez.

The Foreign Ministry in a statement denounced the "irrational behaviour of Brazilian diplomats, who contravened the approval of the rest of BRICS members by adopting a blocking policy" at the summit in Russia.

Bolivian ex-president Evo Morales claims the government carried out the attack on him, while Interior Minister Eduardo del Castillo said Morales staged the incident.

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Former Bolivian president Evo Morales narrowly escaped death when assailants opened fire on his vehicle, accusing President Luis Arce of being behind the assassination attempt amid political rivalry.

Rescue teams continue efforts to recover bodies from a nearby ravine.

"We are fixing a disaster that could have been avoided, but wasn't," President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva says.

Cuba's capital was partially illuminated after a large-scale blackout generated a handful of protests and a stern government warning that any unrest would be punished.

The blackout was considered to be Cuba’s worst since Hurricane Ian hit the island as a Category 3 storm in 2022 and damaged power installations.

Themed "Peace with Nature," COP16 has the task of coming up with monitoring and funding mechanisms to ensure UN targets agreed at COP15 two years ago can be met by 2030 to "halt and reverse" the loss of nature.

Viv Ansanm, which means “Living Together,” formed in September 2023, creating a coalition between two large gang federations that were enemies. It has been responsible for launching large-scale attacks on critical government infrastructure.

In Santo Suárez, part of a populous neighborhood in southwestern Havana, people went into the streets banging pots and pans in protest Sunday night.