World Mar 19 Dominican Republic is urged to stop deporting people to Haiti as people flee surge in gang violence Small trucks with customized cages are ferrying dozens of Haitians every day from a detention center to the border on the island of Hispaniola as the gang attacks paralyze parts of Haiti's capital.
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 Jun 06 Dominican Republic cabinet minister killed in his office Officials say the Dominican Republic's minister of the environment and natural resources has been shot and killed in his office by a close friend.