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First US screwworm case in 60 years: Should America be worried?
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Who Is Nayib Bukele? El Salvador’s ‘coolest dictator’
At 44, Bukele has built the world’s highest imprisonment rate and scrapped presidential term limits. What comes next?
From: NewsFeed
Mass trial for nearly 500 alleged gang members in El Salvador
Mass trial for nearly 500 alleged gang members in El Salvador
Published On 21 Apr 2026
El Salvador publishes law allowing life sentences for minors as young as 12
The new sentencing measure comes as President Nayib Bukele oversees a four-year-long state of emergency against crime.
Meet the children left without parents under El Salvador’s emergency decree
As El Salvador’s state of emergency turns four years old, families warn of the toll of the mass arrests on children.
![Rubidia Hernández and her 6-year-old granddaughter pictured in their home, where her son also used to live, in the outskirts of Nahuizalco, El Salvador. [Euan Wallace/ Global News Insight]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/DSC00428-1774484123.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Press freedom declines in Americas, with US seeing sharpest drop: Report
A press freedom index has given the Americas its lowest ranking since it started recording results six years ago.
From: Making Peace
‘Pain Didn’t Come to Kill Me’ | Ep 4 – El Salvador
El Salvador’s bereaved mothers unite after gang violence, turning shared grief into solidarity and hope beyond hatred.
Published On 5 Mar 2026
Smoke and fire engulf the Gath shelter for displaced Palestinians during an Israeli air strike in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on January 31, 2026. According to Gaza's Ministry of Health, Israeli air strikes that day killed 11 people across the territory, including Palestinians seeking refuge in a tent in the southern region. [Bashar Taleb/AFP]
Jammu and Kashmir Special Operations Group personnel interrogate local residents during door-to-door searches before India's Republic Day celebrations in Srinagar in India-administered Kashmir. [Mukhtar Khan/AP Photo]
Farmers march through Valladolid, Spain, accompanied by tractors to protest the EU-Mercosur trade deal and mounting economic challenges confronting the agricultural sector. [Cesar Manso/AFP]
Afghan men find an elevated vantage point to watch horsemen vie in Buzkashi, a traditional Central Asian sport, in the Jurm district of Badakhshan province, Afghanistan. [Omer Abrar/AFP]
A landslide in Pasirlangu village in Cisarua district of Indonesia's West Java province killed 16 people, and about 80 people remain missing. [Timur Matahari/AFP]
Inmates are confined to their cells during a visit by Chilean President-elect Jose Antonio Kast to the Terrorism Confinement Centre mega-prison in Tecoluca, El Salvador. The facility is Latin America's largest prison and has become a symbol of President Nayib Bukele's anti-gangs operations. [Oscar Rivera/AFP]
A groundbreaking ceremony marks the start of construction for a regional development policy project in Unnyul County of South Hwanghae province in North Korea. [Handout: KCNA/KNS via AFP]
Cuban soldiers in Havana participate in a torchlight march commemorating the 173rd anniversary of the birth of Cuban independence leader Jose Marti and opposing US threats against the Caribbean island. [Adalberto Roque/AFP]
Rescue workers clear the rubble of a residential building hit in a Russian strike in the southern Black Sea port city of Odesa, Ukraine. [Michael Shtekel/AP Photo]
Family members grieve at a hospital in Quetta, Pakistan, over the loss of a relative killed during an assault by Baloch separatists. Officials reported that on January 31, 2026, ethnic Baloch separatists conducted coordinated attacks throughout Balochistan province, killing nearly 200 people. [Adnan Ahmed/AFP]
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Key Bolsonaro ally arrested in Paraguay while trying to flee to El Salvador
Ex-Brazilian police chief caught using fake Paraguay passport in attempt to board flight to Panama, sent back to Brazil.
Backlash after CBS pulls 60 Minutes report on Salvadoran mega-prison
The correspondent behind the story says it was postponed for political reasons, while network says it needs more work.
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