MOSCOW (Reuters) — The U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child today urged Russia to end the forcible transfer of children from occupied areas of Ukraine in violation of international law, and return them…
PORT-AU-PRINCE — Five armed environmental protection agents have been killed in Haiti’s capital on the third consecutive day of protests. The Associated Press is an independent global news organization dedicated to factual reporting. Founded in…
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Prime Minister Ariel Henry met for the first time Tuesday with officials from various countries who are part of an international steering committee aimed at boosting the country’s beleaguered police department as…
SAN JUAN – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers South Atlantic Division formally commissioned Task Force Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico in a ceremony at the historic Fort Castillo San Cristóbal in the heart of…
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Radio stations across Haiti got jammed with calls just hours after a court in Kenya blocked the deployment of a U.N.-backed police force to help fight gangs in the troubled Caribbean country. Many callers…
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — An unprecedented surge in gang violence is plaguing Haiti, with the number of victims killed, injured and kidnapped more than doubling last year, the U.N. special envoy for the conflict-wracked Caribbean nations said Thursday.…
SAN JUAN — Coast Guard and Puerto Rico Police air and surface crews rescued three boaters just off Desecheo Island in Puerto Rico today. Rescued are Abdiel Alvarez, 21, Carlos Rosado, 23, and Jerry Mendez,…
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Gang members have raided a key community in Haiti’s capital that is home to numerous police officers and has been under siege for four days in an ongoing attack, with residents fearful…
MADRID (Reuters) — Some cruise operators have cancelled or adjusted their itineraries to avoid the Red Sea due to attacks on ships by Houthi militia, but the overall impact on the multi-billion dollar industry is…
SAN JUAN — A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter aircrew conducted the medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) of a passenger from the MS Nieuw Amsterdam cruise ship Monday afternoon, approximately 100 nautical miles north of Aguadilla, Puerto…