The debate over how to address persistently low voter turnout is heating up ahead of the midterm elections.

El Salvador’s homicide rate plummeted in recent years, but a spate of killings has drawn attention to President Nayib Bukele’s controversial approach to tackling gang violence.

Canada’s federal election poses a stiff test for the governing Liberal Party, with implications for its global role on issues such as climate change.

Nigeria is experiencing a dramatic upsurge in everyday violence, including abductions, religiously motivated attacks, assaults by armed gangs, and police brutality. Authorities are failing to contain…