Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic is urged to stop deporting people to Haiti as people flee surge in gang violence

By Martín Adames, Associated Press

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.

Haiti’s prime minister is locked out of his country and faces pressure to resign

By Dánica Coto, Associated Press

Henry remained in Puerto Rico as of midday Wednesday. He landed in the U.S. territory on Tuesday after he was barred from landing in neighboring Dominican Republic, where officials closed the airspace to flights to and from Haiti.

Dominican Republic closes all borders with Haiti in escalation of diplomatic crisis

By Martín Adames Alcántara, Dánica Coto, Associated Press

Flights have been canceled and border towns usually teeming with vendors and Haitians crossing daily for work are subdued.

Dominican president suspends visas for Haitians and threatens to close border

By Martín Adames Alcántara, Associated Press

The measures announced Monday by President Luis Abinader follow the recent excavation of a supposed canal in Haiti that Dominican officials argue will divert water from the shared Massacre River and harm its farmers and the environment.

News Wrap: Giuliani surrenders in Georgia on charges of conspiring to overturn election

In our news wrap Wednesday, Rudy Giuliani turned himself in at an Atlanta jail on charges of conspiring to overturn the 2020 election results, Tropical Storm Franklin lashed the Dominican Republic and Haiti, authorities on Maui are urging families to…

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Flooding expected as Tropical Storm Franklin makes deadly landfall on Haiti and Dominican Republic

By Martín Adames Alcántara, Dánica Coto, Associated Press

The storm has killed at least one person and injured two others.

Haiti and Dominican Republic warn of floods and landslides as Tropical Storm Franklin approaches

By Dánica Coto, Associated Press

Franklin is expected to strengthen before making landfall late Tuesday in Hispaniola, the island shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

News Wrap: Russian drone strikes damage port infrastructure along Danube in Ukraine

In our news wrap Wednesday, Ukraine resumed operations at ports along the Danube River after a night of Russian drone strikes, 55 people were killed in Libya during intense militia clashes, an explosion in the Dominican Republic claimed the lives…

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Death toll rises to 11 in powerful explosion near the Dominican Republic’s capital; 11 still missing

By Martín Adames, Dánica Coto, Associated Press

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.

UNICEF says the Dominican Republic has expelled 1,800 children back to Haiti

By Megan Janetsky, Associated Press

A U.N. agency says Dominican authorities have expelled at least 1,800 unaccompanied Haitian migrant children this year, sending them back to their crisis-stricken country.