On behalf of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz, and Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Eng. Waleed El-Khereiji attended the inauguration ceremony of President Nayib (...)
There was no doubting Francisco Villegas' political colors as he stepped off his flight into El Salvador.
Draped in a flag bearing President Nayib Bukele's face, he was dressed in light blue —- the color of the ruling party, Nuevas Ideas.
"We're (...)
Nicaraguan police late on Friday charged the owner of the local Miss Universe franchise with conspiracy, money laundering and spreading fake news, just weeks after the Central American nation's first victory in the pageant, Reuters (...)
Sheynnis Palacios of Nicaragua was crowned the 2023 Miss Universe at the culmination of the annual beauty pageant, which took place on Saturday night in El Salvador's capital, San Salvador. Anntonia Porsild of Thailand placed as first (...)
The decision by El Salvador to extend a state of emergency aimed at cracking down on gangs undermines the right to fair trial, three experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council said on Monday.
The state of emergency was first approved in March (...)
The first group of 2,000 suspected gang members in El Salvador have been moved to a huge new prison, the centerpiece of President Nayib Bukele's self-declared war on crime.
Tens of thousands of suspected gangsters have been rounded up in the country (...)
At least 46 people have been found dead in an abandoned truck on the outskirts of San Antonio, Texas.
A fire official said 16 people, including four children, had also been taken to hospital.
The survivors were "hot to the touch" and suffering from (...)
El Salvador's defense minister has praised the extension by Congress of emergency measures which he says are having a "positive" effect in the battle against rampant gang violence.
René Merino said that more than 17,000 suspected gang members had (...)
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele on Friday unveiled a new independent commission to tackle corruption, taking inspiration from a U.N.-backed body that toppled the previous president of neighboring Guatemala.
Bukele, who took office in June, has (...)
A federal judge in San Francisco on Wednesday blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a new rule that aimed to bar almost all asylum applications at the US-Mexico border.
US District Judge Jon Tigar in the Northern District of California (...)
Salvadoran President-elect Nayib Bukele will assess whether the country should maintain diplomatic relations with China, a member of his team said on Thursday, less than a year after the outgoing government broke ties with Taiwan.
During the (...)
A former mayor campaigning on an anti-corruption ticket swept to victory in El Salvador's presidential election on Sunday, bringing an end to a two-party system that has held sway over the violence-plagued Central American country for three (...)
The Arab Islamic Salvadorian Center condemned todat the launching of a ballistic missile by the Houthi militia, targeting the city of Riyadh.
The Center said in a press statement that the Arab and Salvadorian Islamic Center, in his name and on (...)
Pope Francis elevated five senior clerics from outside Italy and the Vatican to the top rank of cardinal on Wednesday, urging them to be humble and not forget refugees and victims of war, terrorism and injustice.
Appointing new cardinals is one of (...)
The U.S. Geological Survey says a strong earthquake has struck off the coast of El Salvador.
The quake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2, struck at around 4:40 a.m. today morning. Its depth was measured at a shallow 10 kilometers (6 miles). It (...)
COPA Airlines, subsidiary of Copa Holdings, S.A., and Turkish Airlines, both members of Star Alliance, the leading global airline network, signed a Codeshare Agreement which will offer passengers more flight options with seamless connections through (...)
Sebastien Loeb threw down the gauntlet with an emphatic win for Peugeot on Stage 2 of the Dakar Rally Tuesday, taking the overall lead as well.
The nine-time world rally champion defied the apparent odds to beat Nasser Al-Attiyah in the first of the (...)
Four people were dead after late-season Hurricane Otto thrashed Costa Rica, dpa quoted President Luis Guillermo Solis as saying Friday.
The damage from the storm was heaviest in northern Costa Rica, he said.
Otto, which began as in Atlantic storm, (...)
A magnitude-7.0 earthquake struck off the coast of El Salvador and Nicaragua on Thursday.
According to dpa, the epicentre of the quake was about 150 kilometres south-west of the Salvadoran town Puerto El Triunfo in the Pacific Ocean, the US (...)
Members of El Salvador's national team say a businessman offered them bribes to ensure their World Cup qualifier against Canada Tuesday helps Honduras make it through to the next round.
At a press conference hosted by El Salvador captain Nelson (...)
Costa Rica and Panama secured their spots in the final round of CONCACAF qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup Friday with victories over Haiti and Jamaica in Group 2.
The pair join Group 1 winner Mexico in the next round along with Trinidad and Tobago (...)
Salvadoran authorities captured 120 members and associates of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang, the prosecutor's office said on Thursday, part of a broad offensive to curb the escalation of gang-related killings in the Central American nation, (...)
Perpetrators of human rights violations during El Salvador's civil war can be prosecuted now that the country's Supreme Court has struck down an amnesty law. Those include crimes such as the 1980 assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero, according (...)
A new migration crisis is brewing in Costa Rica as
thousands of US-bound migrants, mostly from Africa, remain stranded
at the country's border with Nicaragua, a local police chief said Wednesday, according to dpa.
More than 3,000 migrants, mostly (...)
Police in El Salvador have arrested gang members and intercepted a load of seven assault rifles being brought into the country from neighboring Guatemala, according to AP.
Authorities said Friday that among those arrested was a top leader of the (...)
