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.

The new sentencing measure comes as President Nayib Bukele oversees a four-year-long state of emergency against crime.



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Italian PM Giorgia Meloni said that Italy had suspended an automatic renewal of a defence cooperation deal with Israel.
Centre-right Tisza party wins two-thirds majority in parliament that would allow it to amend constitution.
Judges, however, raise questions about Trump arguments that completing the ballroom is necessary for national security.
In the span of a decade, Peru has seen nine presidents come and go. How has that affected this year’s presidential race?
Libya shows it is ‘capable of overcoming its differences’ with rare budget deal, central bank says.
President Lula’s government said it has seized 1,168 illicit arms imported from the US in the last 12 months alone.
The tit-for-tat tariff increase comes amid cross-border tension over illicit drugs and fate of politician Jorge Glas.

Washington, Moscow, Kyiv and Brussels will be eagerly awaiting the outcome of the election.
Formerly the vice president under Biden, Harris mused to Al Sharpton that she knows ‘what it requires’ to be president.