U.N. report says at least 26 people were killed during 2018 Haiti slum gang massacre
A U.N. report has found at least 26 people were killed during a 2018 massacre in a Haiti slum, at which several members of the police and a government representative were allegedly present. Over two days, five armed gangs carried out planned attacks on residents ...
10 slain in restive eastern Congo massacre blamed on Islamist militiamen
Suspected militiamen killed 10 civilians in a fresh attack in the Democratic Republic of Congo's troubled east, civil and military sources said Tuesday. The massacre occurred overnight in the town of Oicha, in the Beni region, local administrator Donat Kibwana told AFP. The assailants were suspected ...
Former Guatemalan soldier sentenced to over 5,000 years for taking part in 1982 massacre of 171
A Guatemalan court Wednesday sentenced a former soldier to 5,160 years in prison for the massacre of 171 people in what is considered one of the worst atrocities in that country's 36-year-long civil war. Prosecutors said Santos Lopez participated in the 1982 mass killings of ...
Pope to tour Mexico's poor, violent parts, view Texas border migrant plight
Pope Francis will visit some of the poorest and most violent corners of Mexico on his first visit as pontiff, and will also head to the northern border to address the plight of migrants trying to reach the United States. More than 100,000 people have ...
Alleged mastermind behind massacre of 43 Mexicans nabbed but mystery continues
Mexico has caught one of the supposed masterminds behind the apparent massacre of 43 student teachers last year, a police source said on Thursday, potentially raising hopes more will come to light in an incident still shrouded in mystery. Federal police caught Gildardo Lopez, alias ...
South Carolina to seek death penalty for accused, 21, in Charleston church massacre
South Carolina will seek the death penalty for Dylann Roof, who is charged with the June murders of nine black worshippers at a Charleston church, a state prosecutor said on Thursday. The 21-year-old Roof, who is white, has been accused of gunning down his victims, ...
Still reeling from museum massacre, beach carnage looks to doom Tunisia tourism
Tunisian shopkeeper Aghmi Bubaker doesn't need to be told that he is experiencing the worst threat yet to his 40-year career in tourism — the bullet hole in his battered green Mercedes Benz is a daily reminder. Last Friday when a gunman attacked the Imperial ...
In Tunisia's tourist heartland, the anxious wait after attack
The European visitors strolling Tunisia's Hammamet resort are an encouraging sign for a government determined to minimize the fallout of last week's shooting of 20 tourists in the nearby capital. But there is anxiety about the future in the five-star hotels, trinket shops and restaurants ...
Tunisia museum attack kills at least 21, including three Japanese
Gunmen wearing military uniforms stormed Tunisia's national museum on Wednesday, killing at least 18 foreign tourists and three Tunisians in one of the worst militant attacks in a country that had largely escaped the region's Arab Spring turmoil. Prime Minister Habib Essid initially said five ...
Mexican authorities on Sunday said that mounting evidence and initial DNA tests confirmed that 43 trainee teachers who were abducted by corrupt police 10 weeks ago were incinerated at a garbage dump by drug gang members. Attorney General Jesus Murillo told reporters that one of ...
