Wars are on the rebound. There are twice as many civil conflicts today, for example, as there were in 2001. 

Cristian Sabino was sitting on a plastic chair by this beach resort’s central market when a gunman walked up and shot him five times. As the 22-year-old dropped to the ground, the assailant fired a final bullet to the head and walked away.

Though I’ve been lucky to have been insulated from gun violence most of my life, it was at the core of the identity of my hometown, Washington, D.C.

Sold from vending machines in Pennsylvania, feed depots in Nevada, pharmacies in Georgia and jewelry stores in Texas, ammunition is in many states easier to buy than cold medicine.

The planet is urbanizing at an unprecedented speed, generating enormous social, economic and climatic stress. If sustainable urbanization is one of the paramount challenges of the 21st century, then Asia is ground zero for determining whether humanity can succeed.

ATT Monitor is a project of Control Arms. The project was launched in January 2015 with the support of the governments of Austria, Australia, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, and Trinidad and Tobago.

On this edition of “Deep South” Ilona Szabo de Carvalho, Executive Director of Instituto Igarapé, discusses security concerns and upcoming elections in Brazil.

n one of the most lawless corners of Brazil, the former paratrooper and leading presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro is finding a receptive audience for his hardline stance on law and order.

Mali experienced a rare glimmer of stability this month. Although voter turnout was dampened by security fears, the country pulled off the second round of a presidential election on Aug. 12.

Canada recently became the second country — and the first Group of Seven country — to legalize marijuana for adults.

BANGUI, Central African Republic—To locals, he is known simply as “Force.” The moniker is appropriate. In a country teeming with warlords—feared and admired in equal parts

This ugly tale of domestic abuse is related from various angles by the security cameras in a residential block in Paraná, southern Brazil.

Homicide rates in Mexico and Brazil are climbing even further. Yet Britain could learn from listening to debates in Latin America

Data show a 3% increase of people killed in 2017 from the previous year; rapes also rose 8% to 60,018

Démocraties fatiguées 3|6. La montée de l’autoritarisme est inquiétante, mais les libertés continuent leur marche en avant. Sans excès de confiance, battons-nous pour elles, estiment les chercheurs Steven Pinker et Robert Muggah.