Nov 16 Watch 5:17 News Wrap: House Ethics Committee reports evidence Rep. Santos broke the law In our news wrap Thursday, the House Ethics Committee reported there's overwhelming evidence that Congressman George Santos broke the law, a federal jury in San Francisco convicted a man of assaulting Paul Pelosi, an appeals court judge in New York… Continue watching
Nov 15 Watch 3:54 News Wrap: Armed gang in Haiti takes hundreds hostage at hospital In our news wrap Wednesday, a heavily armed gang in Haiti reportedly stormed a hospital and took hundreds of hostages including women, children and newborns, U.K. leaders insisted they'll keep trying to send asylum seekers to Rwanda even after Britain's… Continue watching
Oct 31 UN human rights official is alarmed by sprawling gang violence in Haiti By Evens Sanon, Dánica Coto, Associated Press The United Nations expert on human rights in Haiti says he is alarmed by the rapid spread of gang violence and the bleak future awaiting children in the embattled country. Continue reading
Oct 02 Watch 6:31 UN to send international police force to Haiti to combat rising gang violence By Amna Nawaz, Teresa Cebrian Aranda The United Nations Security Council approved sending an international police force, led by Kenya, to Haiti. The U.S. drafted resolution was approved with abstentions from China and Russia and aims to combat rising gang violence in the Caribbean nation. U.S. Continue watching
Oct 02 UN Security Council approves deploying a Kenya-led force to Haiti to fight gangs By Dánica Coto, Associated Press The resolution authorizes the force to deploy for one year, with a review after nine months. It would mark the first time a force is deployed to Haiti since a U.N.-approved mission nearly 20 years ago. Continue reading
Oct 02 What to know about a UN vote to send a Kenya-led force curb Haiti gang violence By Dánica Coto, Associated Press The U.N. Security Council is preparing to vote on a resolution to authorize a multinational force to Haiti led by Kenya to help combat violent gangs that have grown incredibly powerful and overwhelmed police. Continue reading
Sep 25 U.S. and Kenya sign a defense agreement ahead of planned Haiti peacekeeping deployment By Evelyne Musambi, Associated Press The agreement guides the countries' defense relations for the next five years as the war in East Africa against the al-Qaeda linked al-Shabab extremist group intensifies. Continue reading
Sep 22 WATCH: U.S. pledges $100 million to back proposed Kenyan-led multinational force to Haiti By Matthew Lee, Associated Press Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Friday that the U.S. would provide logistics, including intelligence, airlift, communications and medical support to the mission. Continue reading
Sep 15 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. Continue reading
Sep 11 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. Continue reading