A fire set by gangs at the country’s largest public hospital underscores long-simmering problems in Haiti, which is heavily dependent on international aid.

LES CAYES, Haiti (AP) — A hospital in southwestern Haiti ... verandas and hallways. Then the approach of a storm expected to drench the quake zone Monday night forced officials to relocate them ...

The adage is very much on the minds of seismologists and engineers who worry about what might happen if India were rocked by a powerful quake. Haiti's experience, where 2,30,000 people are thought ...

Guterres said the 7.0 magnitude quake that hit Haiti's capital and surrounding area Jan. 12, 2010, “created serious new threats to Haiti’s security, stability and prosperity.” He said the ...

Little wonder USAID is so threatened by the sudden scrutiny. Paul Vallas made some 40 trips to Haiti in the post-quake period to help facilitate its recovery. Courtesy of Paul Vallas It remains ...

He had not lived in Haiti since age 4. Now, finally freed, he knew no one. He was stranded in a country where political upheaval and gang violence have become so dire that its capital is now ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A Kenyan police officer patrols an area in the Kenscoff neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Feb ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, March 13 (Reuters) - Armed men set fire overnight to a building in Haiti's capital that had long served as headquarters for the nation's oldest radio station, as an alliance of ...

USAID cuts are hitting especially hard in Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere which is struggling with a surge in hunger, gang violence, malnutrition and diseases including cholera. ( ...

It's doable," William O'Neill, the U.N. High Commissioner's Designated Expert on Human Rights in Haiti, told a press briefing. Sign up here. The U.N. Security Council is set to debate a hybrid ...

Joseph’s Home For Boys after police closed it down in the Delmas area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sept. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery, File) Michael Geilenfeld arrives at U.S. Bankruptcy Court, ...