CAMBODIA—By July 28, O’Smach, on Cambodia’s northern border, had become a ghost town. Five days of intense fighting with Thailand, erupting after months of tensions over contested territory, saw more ...
On Sept. 2, U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the sinking of an outboard motor-powered, open boat somewhere in the Caribbean, killing 11 people. The Trump administration claims that the boat ...
Last week, the Trump administration proudly posted footage of the U.S. military carrying out the apparent extrajudicial execution of 11 unidentified men on a boat in the Caribbean. At the ...
On Sept. 2, U.S. President Donald Trump said the U.S. Navy had sunk a small boat in international waters and claimed that the 11 passengers on board were gang members ...
For almost four decades, Jamaica has ranked among the countries with the highest homicide rates in the world. But since 2022, thanks to concerted government efforts, its murder rate has ...
The U.S. State Department’s recent designation of five Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs) may well be a prelude to U.S. military action against them, something that President ...
The power to control access to money is no longer the exclusive privilege of the sovereign. Increasingly, the rules governing how money is created, moves, and is held are enforced ...
El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, is on a roll. At home, he enjoys an approval rating of around 83 percent, according to recent polls. His profile is rising abroad, too. ...
QUITO, Ecuador — Latin America’s first presidential election of 2025 is in the books. Ecuador’s president, Daniel Noboa, comfortably won reelection over his rival, Luisa González, after a campaign dominated ...
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at the United States’ deportation scheme with El Salvador, Chinese trade efforts to counter U.S. tariffs, and deadly Russian strikes on Ukraine. ...
