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Haiti’s government announced that it is implementing a three-month state of emergency in the country’s central region as gang violence surges. The measure will cover Haiti’s West, Artibonite, and Center departments “to continue the fight against insecurity and respond to the agricultural and food...

Bangladesh’s interim leader, Muhammad Yunus, has unveiled a roadmap of democratic reforms as the nation marks a year since a mass uprising toppled Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Rallies, concerts, and prayer sessions were held in the capital, Dhaka, on Tuesday as people in the South Asian nation...

Slovenia has announced that it will ban the import, export, and transit of all weapons to and from Israel in response to the country’s actions in Gaza. Slovenia, which has often criticized Israel over reported atrocities in Gaza, called the ban, “the first such move by a European Union member state...

El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly pushed through a constitutional reform overnight eliminating presidential term limits, fueling concerns that it paves the way for President Nayib Bukele to indefinitely stay in power. Watchdogs and critics of the self-described “world’s coolest dictator” said they...

Myanmar’s military government announced Thursday it was ending the state of emergency it first declared after seizing power 4 1/2 years ago and restructuring its administrative bodies to prepare for a new election at the end of the year. The plans for the polls on an unspecified date in December...

The decision of Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara to run for a fourth term risks a return to a past era of “old guard dictator rule” in a region where democracy is increasingly being challenged, warned Ibrahim Anoba, an Africa affairs analyst at the Atlas Network. While Ouattara, 83, said...

The U.S. Treasury Department said Wednesday it was imposing sanctions on Brazil’s Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes over alleged suppression of freedom of expression and the ongoing trial of former President Jair Bolsonaro. Bolsonaro is accused of masterminding a plot to stay in power...

France and 14 other countries have co-signed a declaration that suggests a wave of future recognitions of an independent Palestinian state could take place in the coming months. The signatories include Andorra, Australia, Canada, Finland, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Portugal, and San Marino, each of...

The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court struck down a colonial-era law in St. Lucia that criminalized gay sex in a ruling Tuesday celebrated by activists in the largely conservative region. The court found that the island’s so-called buggery and gross indecency laws were unconstitutional. Raise Your...

The U.K. will recognize a Palestinian state in September unless Israel agrees to a ceasefire in Gaza, allows the U.N. to bring in aid and takes other steps toward long-term peace, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Tuesday. Starmer, who is under mounting domestic pressure over the issue as scenes of...