As the sounds of automatic gunfire in a central working-class Port-au-Prince neighborhood once more sent desperate residents fleeing for refuge on Thursday, hundreds of miles away in this surf-swept eastern island,

Months after Haiti filed a formal request for the return of blue-helmet United Nations peacekeepers to help fight criminal armed gangs, the head of the world agency said he is ready to present a proposal to the U.

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres made the announcement late Wednesday in Barbados, where leaders of a 15-member Caribbean trade bloc known as Caricom gathered for a three-day conference to tackle regional issues,

In an address on Wednesday to Caribbean leaders meeting in Barbados, UN Secretary-General António Guterres announced a potential plan to support an “effective force” in Haiti as armed gangs continue to terrorize the population.

Speaking at the Caribbean Community meeting in Barbados, Antonio Guterres said the model would have a similar structure to the African Union mission in Somalia

Months after Haiti filed a formal request for the return of blue-helmet United Nations peacekeepers to help fight criminal armed gangs, the head of the world agency

A Haiti court has thrown out a prior summons order against three members of the Caribbean nation's ruling transitional presidential council who have been accused of corruption, local newspaper Le Nouvelliste reported on Wednesday.

Haitian police officers Monday demanded better protection and treatment a day after gunmen killed a Kenyan police officer who was part of a U.N.-backed mission tasked with fighting gangs in the troubled Caribbean country.

As the sounds of automatic gunfire in a central working-class Port-au-Prince neighborhood once more sent desperate residents fleeing for refuge on Thursday, hundreds of miles away in this surf-swept eastern island,

The officer’s death appeared to be the first among the Kenyan forces that were sent to Haiti last year as part of an international effort to subdue gang violence.

Months after Haiti filed a formal request for the return of blue-helmet United Nations peacekeepers to help fight criminal armed gangs, the head of the world agency said he is ready to present a proposal to the U.

The United Nations leadership should support the Haitian authorities’ long-standing request to transform the troubled Kenyan-led Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission to Haiti into a UN operation.