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BELGRADE - Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo says his country supports the territorial integrity of Serbia, retaining a firm stance of non-recognition of the unilaterally declared independence of the so-called Kosovo.

Twelve people were killed on May 20 in a stampede at an El Salvador stadium where football fans had gathered to watch a local tournament, police said.

Authorities said initial reports pointed to a crush of fans who tried to enter Cuscatlan Stadium in the Central American country's capital San Salvador to watch a match between teams Alianza and FAS.

A blanket of multi-colored plastic waste flowing in from tributaries covers Lake Suchitlan in El Salvador.

It is a sorry scene that has also become an all too common sight on the Caribbean beaches of Honduras, where thousands of tons of rubbish arrive from neighboring Guatemala.

Turkey has reshuffled dozens of ambassadors, including Deputy Foreign Minister Yavuz Selim Kıran, who has been appointed as Turkey's ambassador to Zagreb.

SAN SALVADOR: A Salvadoran journalist reported missing Sunday has been found dead on the side of a road, according to media reports.

According to media reports, the body of Karla Turcios, 33, was found on a highway on the outskirts of Santa Rosa Guachipilin, 100 kilometres northeast of San Salvador.

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - El Salvador has launched its first commission to find people still missing from the nation's civil war (1979-1992) in another small step toward reconciling with its past after years of demands from citizens for such an agency.

Officials in Mexico are scrambling to respond to a 8.1 magnitude earthquake off the country's southern coast that has killed at least 61 people and triggered tremors across the region, according to The Independent. 

The most powerful earthquake to strike in around 100 years saw with tremors reported from Mexico City to San Salvador to the south.

Of the 50 cities on the list, 43 are in Latin America, including 19 in Brazil, eight in Mexico, and seven in Venezuela.
The region’s violence is in large part drug related, driven by traffickers and supplemented by gang wars, political instability, and widespread poverty that has been exacerbated by sluggish economic growth or economic reversals.

A group of 180 Cuban migrants took a step closer to a new life in the United States early Jan. 13 after flying out of Costa Rica in a trial plan designed to blaze a path for thousands of stranded compatriots to follow.

A 7.4-magnitude earthquake was registered off the coast of El Salvador late on Monday.

The earthquake occurred at 9:52 p.m. local time and its epicenter was located about 169 km southeast of San Salvador, at a depth of 70.5km, according to reports of CNN.

The earthquake killed at least one personin San Miguel.