Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Rotting fruit, withered vegetables, empty water jugs and spent gas canisters now stock the stores and stands that serve Haiti's poor ...

Residents of Haiti's capital scrambled for safety on Saturday following the latest spasm of gang violence, with a UN group warning of a "city under siege" ...

Jamaica will host a high-level meeting on Haiti on Monday, to be convened under the aegis of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Dozens of foreigners, including many from the United States and Canada, are stranded in Haiti, desperately trying to leave the ...

Non-essential personnel at the U.S. Embassy in Personnel have been evacuated from Haiti, where a united front of armed gangs continue to target key Haitian ...

The United States embassy in Haiti began evacuating some of its personnel on Sunday due to escalating gang violence. “The U.S. Embassy in Haiti remains open ...

The operation took place as the Caribbean nation descended into chaos, with gangs overrunning the capital and the government on the verge of collapse. Gangs ...

The operation was the latest sign of Haiti's troubles as gang violence threatens to bring down the government and has led thousands to flee their homes.

The United Nations says it remains “deeply concerned” by the rapidly deteriorating security situation in Haiti amid ongoing gang violence and police clashes ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Associated Press correspondent Dánica Coto about unrest in Haiti as pressure increases for the prime minister to step down.

The U.S. military said on Sunday it has carried out an operation in Haiti to airlift non-essential embassy personnel from the country and added U.S. forces ...

Officials say marines deployed for night-time evacuation amid intense fighting in Port-au-Prince.

As Haitian gang violence runs rampant, the U.S. military airlifted personnel in and out of the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince, the U.S. Southern Command ...

As gangs have united in concerted attacks against the state, the prime minister is stranded in Puerto Rico, and food, water, fuel and medical care are in ...

U.S. military crews airlifted nonessential personnel out of harm's way, the U.S. Southern Command said.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Police and palace guards worked Saturday to retake some streets in Haiti's capital after gangs launched massive attacks on at least ...

Police and palace guards worked Saturday to retake some streets in Haiti's capital after gangs launched massive attacks on at least three police stations.

The US has airlifted staff from its embassy out of Haiti as violence engulfs the Caribbean country and gangs attack government buildings in the capital, ...

The US operation comes amid gang violence that threatens to bring down the government and has led thousands to flee.

It was careful to point out that “no Haitians were on board the military aircraft.” That seemed aimed at quashing any speculation that senior government ...

The military said U.S. embassy personnel in Haiti were evacuated overnight as gang violence explodes in Port-au-Prince and across the country.

U.S. military personnel airlifted some Americans out of the country's embassy in Haiti as the island nation spirals into violence.

The terrifying violence as anti-government gangs battle police in the streets has crippled the fragile economy and made it extremely difficult for many of the ...

It was careful to point out that “no Haitians were on board the military aircraft.” That seemed aimed at quashing any speculation that senior government ...

The move follows attacks by gangs on the airport, police stations and prisons this week.

The U.S. military said it had flown in forces to beef up security at the U.S. Embassy in Haiti and allow nonessential personnel to leave.

Scores unable to leave country under siege by violent gangs that have shuttered its international airports, trapping citizens from US, Canada and beyond.

"Heightened gang violence in the neighborhood near U.S. embassy compounds and near the airport led to the State Department's decision."

The latest violence in Haiti underscores the powerful sway of armed gangs, which have profited from collusion with the authorities, institutional negligence ...

Haiti faces a serious risk of shortages of food, medical supplies and other basic necessities because of extreme gang violence in Port-au-Prince, wher...