Politics
One Salvadoran goes missing each day under security crackdown, NGOs say
El Salvador, a small Central American nation whose government has spearheaded a brutal crackdown on criminal gangs, is seeing one person go ...Russia says it advances in eastern Ukraine and regroups after incursion
By Andrew Osborn and Mark Trevelyan Reuters Russia said on Tuesday its forces had taken control of what it described as the ...Dominican Republic creates state miner to explore for rare earths
By Sarah Morland Reuters The Dominican Republic on Tuesday said it will create a state mining firm to explore and exploit the ...Israel air strike on Gaza school kills several displaced Palestinians
At least 10 Palestinians were killed on Tuesday in an Israeli airstrike on a school housing displaced families west of Gaza City, ...Lithuania begins construction of base for German troops near Russian border
By Andrius Sytas Reuters Lithuania on Monday began construction of a military base, which will accommodate up to 4,000 combat-ready German troops ...Hamas, Islamic Jihad claim responsibility for bomb blast in Tel Aviv
The armed wings of Hamas and Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility on Monday for a bomb blast near a synagogue in Tel Aviv ...German warships await orders on crossing Taiwan Strait
By Sabine Siebold Reuters Two German warships await orders from Berlin, their commander said, to determine whether next month they will be ...Hamas rejects ‘new conditions’ of Gaza truce proposal
Hamas said the Palestinian group rejected “new conditions” in a Gaza ceasefire plan the United States presented after two days of talks ...Colombia government says it will not unilaterally end ELN peace talks
Colombia’s government will not unilaterally end peace talks with rebels from the National Liberation Army (ELN), its peace delegation said, even though ...Gaza ceasefire talks paused with resumption planned next week
By Andrew Mills and Nidal Al-Mughrabi Reuters Gaza ceasefire talks in Doha paused on Friday with negotiators to meet again next week ...