PORT-AU-PRINCE/KINGSTON/HAVANA – The death toll from Hurricane Melissa rose to 49 on Thursday after the Category 5 storm tore through the northern Caribbean, devastating Jamaica and Haiti before moving toward Bermuda. The storm, one of the strongest on record in the Atlantic, caused widespread flooding, power outages, and infrastructure damage across multiple nations. Haitian authorities […]
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UN raises red alert as global hunger crisis threatens millions
ROME – The United Nations has issued a stark warning as hunger deepens across 13 global hotspots, with countries like Gaza, Sudan, South Sudan, Haiti, and Mali facing the highest risk of famine. A joint report by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Food Programme (WFP) urges immediate humanitarian action. The “Hunger […]
Trump’s travel ban deepens refugee crisis for afghans in Pakistan
In a significant setback for thousands of Afghan nationals awaiting resettlement in the United States from Pakistan, President Donald Trump signed a proclamation reinstating a travel ban on citizens from 12 countries, including Afghanistan. The banned countries are Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen. Trump cited concerns […]
Trump reinstates travel ban on 12 countries, citing national security concerns
President Donald Trump has announced a new travel ban on 12 countries, set to begin Monday at 12:01 a.m. The list includes Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen. Additionally, travelers from seven other countries like Cuba, Venezuela, and Turkmenistan will face stricter entry restrictions. Trump […]
Wife of slain Haiti leader says killers left her for dead
The wife of Haiti’s murdered president, seriously wounded in the very attack that killed her husband, listened in terror as the gunmen ransacked their home, she said in her first interview since the assassination. The killers eventually found what they were looking for in president Jovenel Moise’s residence, and made cursory efforts on their way […]
Slain Haiti leader’s funeral set for July 23, ex-president Aristide back home
The funeral for Haiti’s slain president Jovenel Moise will take place on July 23, officials said Friday, as the troubled nation’s first democratically elected leader Jean-Bertrand Aristide arrived home after receiving medical care in Cuba. The state funeral services will take place in Cap-Haitien, a historic city in the north of Haiti, which has slid […]
Colombian mercenaries say they were hired to capture Haiti leader
Colombian mercenaries detained for allegedly taking part in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise say they were hired to capture him and hand him over to the US Drug Enforcement Administration, Colombia’s police said on Thursday. Colombian intelligence agents are cooperating with Haitian authorities in investigating the July 7 murder of Moise. Two Americans […]
Widow of Haiti’s slain leader speaks as political intrigue swirls
The widow of slain Haitian leader Jovenel Moise, who was critically wounded in the attack that claimed his life, on Saturday issued her first public remarks since the assault, calling on the nation not to “lose its way.” Martine Moise’s comments came three days after she was airlifted to a Miami hospital for treatment of […]
Who will lead Haiti after president’s killing?
Three days after the assassination of Haitian leader Jovenel Moise, questions are mounting about how the power vacuum left by his sudden death will be filled, in a violence-wracked country with no working parliament and no workable succession process. The following is a look at what could happen next in the impoverished Caribbean nation, which […]
US calls on Haiti to hold elections this year as planned
The United States on Wednesday called on Haiti to go ahead with elections scheduled later this year, saying they would provide a path forward after the assassination of President Jovenel Moise. “It is still the view of the United States that elections this year should proceed,” State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters. Price said […]