Mexico’s ruling Morena party, led by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, appears to have avoided a desertion crisis in the leadup to the country’s 2024 elections.Morena was expected to face potential dissolution because of its base largely consisting of a cult of personality surrounding the term-limited López Obrador.López Obrador, a…

A powerful and feared gang leader in Haiti who was once a math and physics teacher was killed in a neighborhood within a sprawling seaside slum that he controlled for years, local media reported on Monday.The death of Iskar Andrice, who also has been identified as Iscar Andris, raised concerns…

Polish President Andrzej Duda on Monday named Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, a fellow member of the right-wing Law and Justice party, the caretaker leader of the eastern European nation’s transitional government.Morawiecki lost control of Parliament last month to a centrist, pro-European coalition led by former Prime Minister Donald Tusk.Moriawecki’s appointment…

The Israeli peace activist and leader of Women Wage Peace, who was thought to be kidnapped by Hamas terrorists, has been identified five weeks after she was killed.Forensic examiners have identified the remains as Vivian Silver, 74, confirming she was killed during the October 7 massacres in southern Israel by…

A British convert to Islam who was convicted in Turkey of being part of the Islamic State group was sentenced to eight years in prison in Britain on Monday after he pleaded guilty to terrorism charges.Aine Leslie Davis, 39, was deported from Turkey in August 2022 and detained on arrival…

The Arakan Army, a Burmese ethnic rebel group, has reportedly ambushed two Border Guard Police outposts in Rakhine, a state in the country’s west.The Arakan Army is one of three rebel groups comprising the Three Brotherhood Alliance, which began collaborative efforts to reclaim territory from the military government in Naypyidaw. Burma…

Video footage released by Israel Defense Forces shows the inside of a tunnel system used by Hamas terrorists, connecting to a hospital where the militants based operations.In the video, IDF spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari stands in front of the house of a senior terrorist who led the raids into…

The tiny Caribbean island of Dominica is creating the world’s first marine protected area for one of earth’s largest animals: the endangered sperm whale.Nearly 300 square miles of royal blue waters on the western side of the island nation that serve as key nursing and feeding grounds will be designated…

Nepal’s government decided to ban the popular social media app TikTok on Monday, saying it was disrupting “social harmony” in the country.The announcement was made following a Cabinet meeting. Foreign Minister Narayan Prakash Saud said the app would be banned immediately.”The government has decided to ban TikTok as it was…

An escaped circus lion terrorized an Italian town for hours before finally being sedated and captured.State and local police officers, in addition to the Carabinieri, descended on the town of Ladispoli, a suburb 28 miles west of Rome, in an attempt to corral a circus lion who had escaped captivity…