World Aug 15 Death toll rises to 11 in powerful explosion near the Dominican Republic’s capital; 11 still missing More than 50 people were injured in Monday's explosion at a bustling commercial center in the city of San Cristobal. It is located just west of Santo Domingo, the country's capital.
World Aug 14 Rights group urges rapid international intervention to end spiraling gang violence in Haiti A human rights group urged the international community on Monday to intervene quickly to end spiraling violence by gangs in Haiti as it detailed the brutal rapes and killings committed in the troubled nation's capital.
World Jun 23 Gang violence pushes Haitians from their homes into makeshift shelters A gang rampaged through the Cite Soleil slum, killing and raping and setting fire to hundreds of wood-and-tin homes.
Politics Jun 08 Vice President Harris announces aid for Haiti, support for climate change initiatives ahead of visit to Caribbean The U.S. says it also will work with Haiti’s National Police, a severely underfunded and understaffed agency struggling to quell a surge in gang violence, to help investigate and prosecute crimes with U.S. ties that involve gangs, weapons smuggling and…
World Jun 06 3 dead after 4.9 magnitude earthquake strikes southern Haiti The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake struck before dawn on Tuesday near the southern coastal city of Jeremie at a depth of six miles.
World Feb 16 As gang violence worsens in Haiti, Canada to deploy Navy vessels Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the announcement Thursday in the Bahamas at an annual meeting of Caribbean leaders.
Politics Feb 14 WATCH: U.S. Attorney announces 4 new arrests tied to assassination of Haitian president U.S. authorities have arrested four more people in the slaying of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, including the owner of a Miami-area security company that hired former soldiers from Colombia for the mission.
World Jan 23 UN chief insists on deploying special armed forces as crises in Haiti worsen U.N. Secretary General António Guterres is insisting on the deployment of an international specialized armed force to Haiti and calling on governments to consider halting deportations as the country's situation spirals.
Nation Jan 03 U.S. Virgin Islands fires attorney general in Jeffrey Epstein cases The removal comes just days after she filed a lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase in New York and accused the company of helping Epstein finance the illegal exploitation of women and children in the U.S. Virgin Islands and beyond.
World Dec 16 Netherlands expected to apologize for its role in slavery in the Caribbean Dutch colonizers kidnapped men, women and children and enslaved them on plantations growing sugar, coffee and other goods that built wealth at the price of misery.