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The impact of gang violence on kids in Haiti
Warning: Some details of this report may be disturbing. A new Amnesty International report shows the harrowing effect gang violence has had on children in Haiti. Miami Herald Caribbean ...CBS News - 6d -
Ecuador chooses president against backdrop of gang violence
Whoever wins the presidential election will be tasked with restoring security to the country.BBC News - Feb. 7 -
How Birmingham Is Trying to Reduce Gun Violence
Birmingham, Ala., which had a record year for homicides, is trying to curb shootings by blocking streets. But the effort has come to mean something else.The New York Times - Feb. 8 -
How Venezuela Helps Feed the Violence in Colombia
After finding refuge and building power in Venezuela, a decades-old rebel group has waged the worst violence in Colombia in a generation, setting off troubling regional tensions.The New York Times - Feb. 12 -
How Escalating Violence Is Upending Lives in the West Bank
Since Oct. 7, 2023, Israeli military raids in areas dominated by Palestinian militants in the West Bank have increased, often leaving civilians with limited access to medical care and caught in the ...The New York Times - Feb. 12 -
Ecuador goes to the polls amid rise in drug-related gang violence
Voters who have become victims of crime wave linked to cocaine trade will determine outcome of presidential election. Ecuadorians are voting in a presidential election that has shaped up to be a ...The Guardian - Feb. 9 -
Fresh Violence as Bangladesh’s Ousted Ex-Leader Addresses Nation
Students who led a revolution resulting in former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fleeing the country in August sparred anew with supporters of her political party.The New York Times - Feb. 10 -
Palestinians in West Bank fear being pushed out amid heightened violence
While the truce in Gaza holds, Israel is hitting Hamas in the West Bank, and Palestinians there are deeply concerned they, too, could be forced out. Chris Livesay has more.CBS News - Feb. 11 -
Amnesty International details gruesome impact of gang violence on children in Haiti
Amnesty International has released a report that details the impact gang violence has had on children across Haiti and called for immediate actionABC News - Feb. 12 -
Documentary shorts nominees home in on gun violence, celebrate female musicians
This year's nominees examine the aftermaths of gun violence and two female musicians — one a trailblazer and the other just getting started.Los Angeles Times - Feb. 12 -
Popular spring break destination to implement restrictions to curb violence
As spring break nears, Miami Beach has announced a series of measures to stop the violence that has broken out at the popular destination in the past. The restrictions include DUI and security ...CBS News - Feb. 12 -
Amnesty International details gruesome impact of gang violence on children in Haiti
Haiti’s children are increasingly caught in the crossfire of gang violence, forced to carry weapons, spy on police and rival gangs and run errands for gunmen, according to a report released ...NBC News - Feb. 12 -
Trump’s foreign aid freeze exports misogyny, insults sexual violence survivors
Americans must speak out to challenge these regressive, dangerous moves, and call for the end to U.S. complicity in a global culture of impunity for sexual violence and inhumanity toward survivors.The Hill - Feb. 13 -
Sexual Violence Against Children Soars in Congo, U.N. Group Says
UNICEF accused “armed men” of raping scores of children in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has been ravaged by conflict recently.The New York Times - 6d -
Vermont border agent's death exposed latest violence linked to cultlike group
A third, a shadowy figure known online as "Ziz," remains missing in connection with the death of the U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont after authorities linked their cultlike group to six deaths ...CBS News - 5d -
Gay kiss 'furore' to domestic violence: How EastEnders shattered taboos
EastEnders stars and commentators reflect on times the soap tackled social taboos over 40 years.BBC News - 1d -
Ecuador will seek foreign military aid to combat drug cartels as violence surges
The government of Ecuador has taken another step in its effort to gain help from foreign military forces to combat drug cartels and various organized crime groupsABC News - 20h -
UN rights body condemns Rwanda and the rebels it backs in neighboring Congo. Violence mounts in east
The U.N.’s top human rights body has condemned Rwanda’s support of rebel fighters across the border in eastern Congo and ordered a team of experts to examine rights violations in the regionABC News - Feb. 7 -
Family fleeing violence in eastern Congo sees little hope as rebels grab more land
Thousands of families have been displaced by violence in eastern Congo, where Rwanda-backed rebels last month seized the key city of Goma in a blitz offensive in the mineral-rich regionABC News - Feb. 8 -
Palestinian Authority's president orders end to paying families of prisoners involved in violence against Israel
Palestinian Authority's president orders end to paying families of prisoners involved in violence against IsraelABC News - Feb. 10 -
Dancehall artist Kiprich arrested over lyrics police say endorse gang violence
Police in Jamaica have arrested a dancehall artist accused of recording and playing a song they say promotes criminal activityABC News - Feb. 11 -
‘All hell broke loose’: Colombia rethinks ‘total peace’ plan as violence grips north
With an ex-guerrilla as president, many hoped for an end to a 60-year war that has killed 450,000 people. But as rebels and cartels vie for control of the drug trade, many fear peace will never ...The Guardian - Feb. 12 -
Young, old, refugees and returnees: thousands fleeing violence cross border into South Sudan
Makeshift hospitals and informal settlements deal with daily influx of those escaping the war in neighbouring Sudan. Photographs by Diego Menjíbar Reynés At the Joda border crossing between ...The Guardian - 3d -
‘Biologists were not part of the crime food chain’: why Ecuador’s scientists are facing violence, threats and kidnapping
Despite government efforts, armed groups control many remote areas. Now researchers are caught in the crosshairs. Raul*, a biologist from Quito, has been leading conservation projects in the Chocó ...The Guardian - 3d -
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Migrants say racist attacks up in German city after deadly Christmas market violence
Migrants who have settled in the German city of Magdeburg say they have experienced a sharp increase in racism and anti-immigration sentiments following a deadly Christmas market attack last yearABC News - 1d -
New Cowboys OC Klayton Adams wants every player on offense 'to create violence in the game'
Adams is a former offensive line coach, and he sounds like itCBS Sports - 1d -
All eyes on far-right AfD in German election rocked by violence and US interference
Extremists tipped for second place after shifting debate to immigration and crime and winning endorsements from Musk and Vance. In the tumultuous German election campaign, which has been rocked by ...The Guardian - 14h
