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U.S. aid cuts are making it difficult to help Haitians affected by gang violence, UN says

Even as the United Nations continues to crunch the numbers on the rippling effects of the Trump administration’s freeze on U.S. foreign assistance and gutting of the U.S. Agency for…

John McCarthy February 28, 2025

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Haiti not ready for peacekeeping mission, UN chief says, offers alternative to fight gangs

PORT-AU-PRINCE — Faced with resistance from Russia and China, uncertainty from Washington and his own apprehensions about returning blue-helmet peacekeepers to gang-plagued Haiti, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres is recommending…

John McCarthy February 27, 2025

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Gangs launch a new and deadly attack on Haiti’s capital as dozens flee

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Gangs launched a new attack on Haiti’s capital early Tuesday, killing an unknown number of civilians in what used to be a peaceful neighborhood. The attack on…

John McCarthy February 26, 2025

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The UN adopts resolution demanding Russia immediately withdraw troops from Ukraine

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly approved a Ukrainian resolution today demanding an immediate withdrawal of all Russian troops from Ukraine on the third anniversary of the invasion.…

John McCarthy February 24, 2025

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Police in Haiti name former senator among suspects facing arrest over deadly gang attacks

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Authorities in Haiti have issued more than a dozen arrest warrants against suspects accused of backing gang members that have been attacking a peaceful community near the capital for the past…

John McCarthy February 18, 2025

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US has frozen some funding for the UN-backed mission to quell gangs in Haiti

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has notified the United Nations that it is freezing some funding to a U.N.-backed mission in Haiti tasked with fighting gangs trying to seize full control…

John McCarthy February 6, 2025

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How Haiti gangs shattered peace in a mountainous region, exposed deadly police failings

PORT-AU-PRINCE — Gracia Joseph and her 93-year-old husband, Caristaîn, were at home in their remote village of sprawling vegetable gardens and terraced mountain fields at the top of Port-au-Prince when…

John McCarthy January 31, 2025

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A humanitarian waiver to freeze in U.S. foreign aid could offer some relief to Haiti

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio is walking back an almost-total 90-day freeze on U.S. foreign assistance, making an exception for life-saving humanitarian aid, according to a memo the…

John McCarthy January 30, 2025

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As part of Trump aid freeze, police contractors are laid off in Haiti amid gang attacks

PORT-AU-PRINCE — Experts on policing who were contracted by the U.S. government to help a crisis-wracked Haiti take down heavily armed violent gangs are among the first casualties of a…

John McCarthy January 29, 2025

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UN chief asks Trump for additional exceptions to his foreign-aid freeze

NEW YORK — United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres is asking the Trump administration to provide additional exemptions to a 90-day freeze on all U.S. foreign aid. Guterres’ spokesman, Stéphane Dujarric,…

John McCarthy January 28, 2025