Executions of Ukrainian POWs surge in 2024
Some 104 soldiers have been killed in cold blood by Russian troops despite having surrendered. A total of 80% of the cases occurred this year
Some 104 soldiers have been killed in cold blood by Russian troops despite having surrendered. A total of 80% of the cases occurred this year
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin warns it would be ‘very, very serious’ if Pyongyang deploys troops to fight in the war in Ukraine
The National Defense Secretariat confirms the blow to the La Mayiza structure, dealt in a pitched battle against dozens of hitmen loyal to the cartel leader in a rural area of Culiacán
The minister, arrested for allegedly leaking information to a company linked to the US intelligence services, was praised for his work at state oil company PDVSA
Opposition parties have called for an investigation into alleged links between Rodrigo Chaves’ government and criminal gangs in a nation that once prided itself on being the safest in Central America
The battle unleashed between factions of Mexico’s organized crime groups following the arrest of ‘El Mayo’ Zambada has put journalists at the center of attacks, kidnappings and threats
Attacks on merchant ships in the Red Sea and against Israel strengthen the Yemeni rebels’ regional alliance with Iran, partly offsetting the setbacks suffered by Hamas and Hezbollah
The Argentine lawyer talks to EL PAÍS about Biden’s inability to influence Netanyahu, the need for a model that pursues justice, not war, and why Europe should negotiate with Putin to end the conflict in Ukraine
Experts attribute the collapse to the island’s economic emergency: it relies on imports it cannot afford and on trading partners that are supplying increasingly diminishing amounts of oil
Count Victor Lustig, an Austro-Hungarian swindler, arrived in Paris in 1925 ready to pull off the ultimate scam
Health authorities in Rio de Janeiro are reviewing samples from 288 donors after discovering that two HIV-positive people were declared fit to be organ donors
María Corina Machado recalls the primary elections that a year ago made her the leader of the opposition to the government of Nicolás Maduro
‘In less than a year, you will see the Jews come to Gaza and the Arabs disappear,’ said Daniella Weiss, leader of the supremacist movement, at an event attended by ultra-nationalist Israeli government ministers
Jeffrey Lichtman speaks out at El Ratón’s first appearance in Chicago following El Mayo’s capture; both brothers are set to appear at a joint hearing on January 7
Ukrainian military personnel on the Kurakhove front report that troop numbers have been drastically reduced — a setback more severe than the pressing need for additional weapons
The world biodiversity summit expects collaborating countries to present national plans to address species loss
More than 95% of power comes from fossil fuels, with no investment to upgrade the system and blackouts a regular problem
The army shows the underground ‘VIP’ shelters of Sinwar, leader of the Islamist group, to undermine his popularity among Palestinians and counter the legendary status generated by images of his death
Eighty years later, the Guatemalan Revolution remains an emblematic period of profound social and political transformation in Latin American history
As the largest gangs shift their confrontations with the government to the Ecuadorian capital, it has become the scene of terrorist attacks and a multitude of homicides
Recent accusations of sexual abuse levied against the former president of Bolivia point to a pact of silence in service of the country’s political elite and a troubling history with the legal status of statutory rape
Ten months after taking office in Argentina, the far-right president has reduced the federal budget by 30% as part of his battle against deficits. The cuts have affected the entire administration of the state, with particular impacts on education, infrastructure and social development. Priority has been given to the Ministries of Defense and Security
US arms traffickers are flooding the country with guns and automatic rifles that are used to murder thousands of people
An expert in artificial intelligence and feminism, the Mexican-Ecuadorian professor speaks with EL PAÍS about how big tech is building a model of the world that will deepen inequality
Groups of motorcyclists practice their tricks, especially in the poor neighborhoods of Venezuela. Subsidized by the state, they make up a special division in the National Police
‘When NATO members get tired of fighting us, we will remain ready to continue this fight. And victory will be ours,” the Russian president said
Washington is pushing for the delivery of brothers Miguel Ángel and Omar Treviño Morales and accuses the Mexican judiciary of delaying the process