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Ecuador hunkers down for a government war on drug gangs after attack during live TV newscast

Schools and stores are shuttered, many people stayed home and soldiers are roaming the streets of Ecuador’s biggest cities after armed gang members invaded a television station live afternoon newscast

12:04AM ( 3 months ago )

"We are on air!" Masked gunmen storm TV studio in Ecuador as gang attacks in the country escalate

It was a day like any other at the TC Television studio in Guayaquil, Ecuador, with its mid-afternoon newscast underway, when the masked gunmen burst in unleashing at least 15 minutes of threats and fear – all broadcast live

12:04AM ( 3 months ago )

Ecuador's escalating gang violence is broadcast live to the nation as masked gunmen storm TV studio

It was a day like any other at the TC Television studio in Guayaquil, Ecuador

12:04AM ( 3 months ago )

Schools and shops are closed in Ecuador's biggest cities after a gang attack is broadcast on live TV

12:04AM ( 3 months ago )

The world has a wealth of high-stakes elections in 2024. Are they a test or a triumph for democracy?

More than 50 countries that together have half the world’s population are expecting national elections in 2024

12:03AM ( 3 months ago )

Over 50 countries go to the polls in 2024. The year will test even the most robust democracies

More than 50 countries that together have half the world’s population are expecting national elections in 2024

12:03AM ( 3 months ago )

Armed attack during live broadcast at Ecuadorian TV station. What's behind the spiraling violence?

A group of armed, masked men in Ecuador launched an audacious attack on a television station during a live broadcast and so revealed the country’s spiraling violence in the wake of an apparent recent prison escape

12:00AM ( 3 months ago )

UN Security Council adopts resolution demanding that Houthi rebels stop attacks on Red Sea shipping

The U.N. Security Council demanded an immediate halt to attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on ships in the Red Sea in a new resolution that implicitly condemned their main weapons supplier -- Iran

11:33PM ( 3 months ago )

UN Security Council demands Houthi rebels stop Red Sea attacks in vote that implicitly condemns Iran

The U.N. Security Council has voted to demand Yemen’s Houthi rebels immediately stop their attacks on ships in the Red Sea

11:33PM ( 3 months ago )

UN Security Council to vote on a resolution demanding Houthi rebels stop attacks on Red Sea shipping

The U.N. Security Council has scheduled a vote Wednesday on a resolution that would condemn and demand an immediate halt to attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on merchant and commercial vessels in the Red Sea area

11:33PM ( 3 months ago )