Plane carrying evacuees from Haiti lands in Central Florida
Amid the rising gang violence in Haiti, the first of what Florida Gov. DeSantis calls many flights that will bring Americans back to the United States and out of harmโs way is expected to arrive at Orlando-Sanford International Airport Wednesday evening.
Program that allows 30,000 migrants from 4 countries into the US each month upheld by judge
The Biden administration can keep operating a program that allows a limited number of migrants from four countries to enter the U.S. on humanitarian grounds after a federal judge dismissed a challenge from Republican-led states.
Kenyan opposition lawmakers say the Haiti peacekeeping mission must be approved by parliament
Kenyan lawmakers say that parliamentary approval is required before the deployment of police to the Kenya-led peacekeeping mission in Haiti to combat gang violence that was approved by the U.N. Security Council this week.
Haiti police probe killings of parishioners who were led by a pastor into gang territory
The director of Haitiโs National Police is vowing to hold accountable those who encouraged hundreds of parishioners to take up machetes and sticks over the weekend to rid a community of gang members, only to be fatally shot by them.
UN chief urges deployment of police special forces and military support to combat gangs in Haiti
The United Nations chief is urging the international community to deploy a multinational force comprising โpolice special forces and military support unitsโ to Haiti to combat gangs with sophisticated weapons and restore security to the impoverished Caribbean nation.
Calls for help, humanitarian corridor as gangs siege Haiti
The United Nations is proposing a โhumanitarian corridorโ in Haitiโs capital to help people get gasoline and aid amid a mounting crisis as gangs keep blockading roads and access to some areas, including to one key fuel terminal in Port-au-Prince.
38 rescued, 11 dead as US searches waters after boat capsizes near Puerto Rico
Haitians are fleeing in greater numbers to the neighboring Dominican Republic, where they step onto rickety wooden boats as they attempt to reach Puerto Rico โ a trip in which 11 Haitian women drowned this week, with dozens of other migrants believed missing.
US charges 2nd key suspect in killing of Haitiโs president
A Haitian-Chilean businessman considered a key suspect in the killing of Haitian president Jovenel Moรฏse has appeared in U.S. federal court and was accused of providing weapons to former Colombian soldiers charged with fatally shooting the countryโs leader.
Captive missionaries made daring escape in Haiti, church agency says
Captive missionaries in Haiti found freedom last week by making a daring overnight escape, eluding their kidnappers and walking for miles over difficult, moonlit terrain with an infant and other children in tow, according to the agency they work for.
Haitians heading to US change plans, ready to wait in Mexico
As U.S. authorities moved out the last of the more than 14,000 migrants who gathered beside a border bridge in Del Rio, thousands of other Haitians en route between the border and South America are coming to the realization that a window of time has closed.
In Haiti, close relation between the living and the dead
Haitiโs unusually close relationship between the living and the dead has helped hide, in part, the huge toll of Saturdayโs earthquake: people in Haiti want to be close to their deceased relatives, to the point of sometimes burying themselves in their front yards.
2 US men, ex-Colombia soldiers held in assassination of Haiti president
Haitiโs interim government has asked the U.S. to deploy troops to protect key infrastructure as it tries to stabilize the country and prepare the way for elections in the aftermath of the assassination of President Jovenel Moรฏse.