PORT-AU-PRINCE (Miami Herald) — A rebooted effort in Haiti to disarm the country’s criminal gangs and reintegrate child soldiers into society is getting put on hold. The government of the volatile country, whose armed gangs…
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — The U.S. officially designated a powerful gang coalition in Haiti as a foreign terrorist organization today, raising concerns the move could deepen the country’s humanitarian crisis at a critical time. The Viv Ansanm coalition,…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s swift action after his Monday inauguration to return Cuba to the list of countries that support terrorism is a necessary step to uphold U.S. national security interests — and to…
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk accused Russia on Wednesday of planning acts of sabotage worldwide that included “acts of air terror” against airlines. Tusk spoke at a news conference in Warsaw alongside Ukrainian…
MIAMI — All U.S. airlines and other commercial operators have been banned from flying into Haiti for at least 30 days, the Federal Aviation Administration announced Tuesday. The announcements came as a third U.S. carrier,…
ANKARA — Turkey said it launched strikes on Kurdish militants in Iraq and Syria today after blaming them for an attack that killed five people at a defence firm near Ankara. A further 22 people…
HAVANA (AP) — Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused as the mastermind of al-Qaida’s Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, has agreed to plead guilty, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The development points to a long-delayed resolution…
HAVANA — Cuba said this week that Russian warships would arrive in Havana next week, but that the four navy ships carried no nuclear weapons and did not present a threat to the region. “This…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken removed Cuba Wednesday from the State Department’s short list of countries that it deems less than fully cooperative against violent groups. In a statement, the State Department said Blinken…
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — A transitional council tasked with bringing political stability to Haiti was installed Thursday in the capital of this Caribbean country, which is marred by gang violence and soaring hunger and poverty. The freshly sworn-in council will…