For the past seventeen years, Iceland has remained the undisputed leader in global safety rankings, claiming the top spot on the Global Peace Index since 2008. Since 2008, Iceland, a Nordic island ...

President Donald Trump cranked up the pressure Monday on America’s trading partners, firing off letters to heads of several countries, informing them of their new tariff rate. But at the same time, ...

In 1970, a woman in Mexico might have expected to have seven children, on average. By 2014, that figure had fallen to around two. As of 2023, it was just 1.6. That means that the population is no ...

Kidnapping statistics always have some context behind them. A country could rank high because of organized criminal networks, insurgent activity, or widespread ransom schemes. Others may land near the ...

Despite the widespread use of states of emergency, the increasingly militarized response to organized crime, and the growth of criminal economies, the murder rate in 2025 across Latin America and the ...