World Oct 19 Haitian gangs target foreign troops in biggest attack since force began operations Gangs in Haiti opened fire on an armored vehicle over the weekend, leaving four soldiers from El Salvador unaccounted for in the first major attack since an international gang suppression force began operations in the violence-wracked Caribbean country.
World Sep 20 18 suspects accused in the 2021 killing of Haiti's president being extradited from Haiti to U.S. The suspects who remain in Haiti awaiting trial included more than a dozen Colombian soldiers, a former Haitian police officer and Joseph Badio, a former Haiti Ministry of Justice employee who was part of an anti-corruption unit.
World Aug 31 Hundreds attend funeral in Haiti for 4 victims of brutal gang attack that killed 47 Hundreds of mourners have gathered at a church near Haiti’s capital for the funeral of four victims of a brutal gang attack.
Nation Aug 26 U.S. declares drought disaster for parts of Puerto Rico after driest month on record for San Juan July was the driest month on record for San Juan in more than 120 years and the second hottest for the island's capital.
Science Jul 31 Huge blankets of seaweed are smothering coastlines from the Caribbean to Mexico Some 27 million metric tons of self-sustaining sargassum have been recorded in the Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico in July, according to a report released Friday by the University of South Florida’s Optical Oceanography Lab.
Politics Jul 22 WATCH: UN Ambassador Mike Waltz testifies before House Foreign Affairs Committee Waltz will testify before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on "United Nations Accountability and Reform." Watch here.
Nation Jul 20 U.S. Virgin Islands' housing authority accused of corruption as federal funding is suspended U.S. Housing Secretary Scott Turner said Monday that nine years after the territory received $1.9 billion in disaster recovery funding, it has spent less than a third of the funds.
World Jul 03 Venezuelans rush to identify the bodies of their loved ones as earthquake deaths multiply Many fear mass graves are coming as they search for the bodies of loved ones who died in the earthquakes.
Science Jun 25 The 2 earthquakes that struck Venezuela are known as a 'doublet.' Here's what to know about them The doublet occurred where the Caribbean plate, located north of Venezuela, moves eastward relative to the South American plate at an average rate of 0.79 inches a year.
World Jun 23 U.S slaps new sanctions on Cuban companies key to island's economy The U.S. government has slapped additional sanctions on Cuban companies that are expected to spook foreign investors and deepen a severe economic crisis.