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Dominican Republic: Tropical Storm Melissa Batters, Causing Damage and Disruptions 2

Tropical Storm Melissa swept through the Dominican Republic, toppling trees, traffic lights, and triggering small landslides. Authorities closed schools and government offices across several provinces as the storm disrupted water systems and threatened severe flooding. Melissa is expected to strengthen into a Category 4 hurricane this weekend as it lashes the Caribbean with heavy rain and destructive winds.

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Dominican Republic: Tropical Storm Melissa Batters, Causing Damage and Disruptions

Tropical Storm Melissa swept through the Dominican Republic, toppling trees, traffic lights, and triggering small landslides. Authorities closed schools and government offices across several provinces as the storm disrupted water systems and threatened severe flooding before moving toward Jamaica and southern Haiti.

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World Exposition in Osaka

Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka (2nd from L) appears in a video message at the World Exposition in Osaka on Oct. 11, 2025, during a ceremony marking Haiti's day at the event set to conclude on Oct. 13. Osaka was born to a Haitian American father and Japanese mother.

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World Exposition in Osaka

Photo taken on Oct. 11, 2025, shows performers during a ceremony at the World Exposition in Osaka marking Haiti's day at the event set to conclude on Oct. 13.

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World Exposition in Osaka

Photo taken on Oct. 11, 2025, shows performers during a ceremony at the World Exposition in Osaka marking Haiti's day at the event set to conclude on Oct. 13.

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World Exposition in Osaka

Photo taken on Oct. 11, 2025, shows performers during a ceremony at the World Exposition in Osaka marking Haiti's day at the event set to conclude on Oct. 13.

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World Exposition in Osaka

Haiti's flag (R) is hoisted during a ceremony at the World Exposition in Osaka on Oct. 11, 2025, marking the Caribbean country's day at the event set to conclude on Oct. 13.

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Haiti's Transitional Presidential Council head in Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (far R) holds talks with Laurent Saint-Cyr (far L), president of Haiti's Transitional Presidential Council, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 9, 2025.

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Haiti's Transitional Presidential Council head in Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (R) shakes hands with Laurent Saint-Cyr, president of Haiti's Transitional Presidential Council, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 9, 2025.

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Haiti's Transitional Presidential Council head in Japan

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (R) shakes hands with Laurent Saint-Cyr, president of Haiti's Transitional Presidential Council, at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Oct. 9, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Haiti's Transitional Presidential Council head in Japan

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (R) and Laurent Saint-Cyr, president of Haiti's Transitional Presidential Council, pose at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Oct. 9, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Haiti's Transitional Presidential Council head in Japan

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (R) meets with Laurent Saint-Cyr, president of Haiti's Transitional Presidential Council, at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Oct. 9, 2025. (Pool photo)

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FIS Nordic Ski World Championships in Trondheim 2025

Celine Marti of Haiti during the women's cross-country skiing sprint freestyle qualification at the FIS Nordic Ski World Championships in Trondheim on February 27, 2025. LEHTIKUVA / MARKKU ULANDER - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Markku Ulander/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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ITALY - POPE FRANCIS RECEIVES RECEIVES IN PRIVATE AUDIECE H.E.MR LESLIE VOLTAIRE AT THE VATICAN - 2025/01/25

Pope Francis receives in private audience H.E. Mr. Leslie Voltaire, President of the Presidential Transitional Council of Haiti at the Vatican, Italy on January 25 2025. RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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ITALY - POPE FRANCIS RECEIVES RECEIVES IN PRIVATE AUDIECE H.E.MR LESLIE VOLTAIRE AT THE VATICAN - 2025/01/25

Pope Francis receives in private audience H.E. Mr. Leslie Voltaire, President of the Presidential Transitional Council of Haiti at the Vatican, Italy on January 25 2025. RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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ITALY - POPE FRANCIS RECEIVES RECEIVES IN PRIVATE AUDIECE H.E.MR LESLIE VOLTAIRE AT THE VATICAN - 2025/01/25

Pope Francis receives in private audience H.E. Mr. Leslie Voltaire, President of the Presidential Transitional Council of Haiti at the Vatican, Italy on January 25 2025. RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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ITALY - POPE FRANCIS RECEIVES RECEIVES IN PRIVATE AUDIECE H.E.MR LESLIE VOLTAIRE AT THE VATICAN - 2025/01/25

Pope Francis receives in private audience H.E. Mr. Leslie Voltaire, President of the Presidential Transitional Council of Haiti at the Vatican, Italy on January 25 2025. RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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ITALY - POPE FRANCIS RECEIVES RECEIVES IN PRIVATE AUDIECE H.E.MR LESLIE VOLTAIRE AT THE VATICAN - 2025/01/25

Pope Francis receives in private audience H.E. Mr. Leslie Voltaire, President of the Presidential Transitional Council of Haiti at the Vatican, Italy on January 25 2025. RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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ITALY - POPE FRANCIS RECEIVES RECEIVES IN PRIVATE AUDIECE H.E.MR LESLIE VOLTAIRE AT THE VATICAN - 2025/01/25

Pope Francis receives in private audience H.E. Mr. Leslie Voltaire, President of the Presidential Transitional Council of Haiti at the Vatican, Italy on January 25 2025. RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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ITALY - POPE FRANCIS RECEIVES RECEIVES IN PRIVATE AUDIECE H.E.MR LESLIE VOLTAIRE AT THE VATICAN - 2025/01/25

Pope Francis receives in private audience H.E. Mr. Leslie Voltaire, President of the Presidential Transitional Council of Haiti at the Vatican, Italy on January 25 2025. RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Blinken Hears Of Progress Made On Gang Violence - Haiti

Handout photo shows Secretary Antony J. Blinken meets with Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, September 5, 2024. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken paid a visit to Haiti on Thursday to evaluate progress in wresting control from gangs that have taken over some 80 percent of the capital Port-au-Prince and push for long-awaited elections. Blinken, the highest-ranking US official to travel to the battered country in nearly a decade, arrived two months after Kenya sent police officers to launch a long-awaited international force aimed at restoring order. Official State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Blinken Hears Of Progress Made On Gang Violence - Haiti

Handout photo shows Secretary Antony J. Blinken meets with Transitional Presidential Council President Edgard Leblanc Fils in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, September 5, 2024. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken paid a visit to Haiti on Thursday to evaluate progress in wresting control from gangs that have taken over some 80 percent of the capital Port-au-Prince and push for long-awaited elections. Blinken, the highest-ranking US official to travel to the battered country in nearly a decade, arrived two months after Kenya sent police officers to launch a long-awaited international force aimed at restoring order. Official State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Blinken Hears Of Progress Made On Gang Violence - Haiti

Handout photo shows Secretary Antony J. Blinken meets with MSS Force Commander Godfrey Otunge and HNP Director Normil Rameau at Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, September 5, 2024. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken paid a visit to Haiti on Thursday to evaluate progress in wresting control from gangs that have taken over some 80 percent of the capital Port-au-Prince and push for long-awaited elections. Blinken, the highest-ranking US official to travel to the battered country in nearly a decade, arrived two months after Kenya sent police officers to launch a long-awaited international force aimed at restoring order. Official State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Blinken Hears Of Progress Made On Gang Violence - Haiti

Handout photo shows Secretary Antony J. Blinken speaks with U.S. Ambassador to Haiti Dennis B. Hankins at the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, September 5, 2024. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken paid a visit to Haiti on Thursday to evaluate progress in wresting control from gangs that have taken over some 80 percent of the capital Port-au-Prince and push for long-awaited elections. Blinken, the highest-ranking US official to travel to the battered country in nearly a decade, arrived two months after Kenya sent police officers to launch a long-awaited international force aimed at restoring order. Official State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Blinken Hears Of Progress Made On Gang Violence - Haiti

Handout photo shows Secretary Antony J. Blinken has a meet and greet with U.S. Ambassador to Haiti Dennis B. Hankins at the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, September 5, 2024. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken paid a visit to Haiti on Thursday to evaluate progress in wresting control from gangs that have taken over some 80 percent of the capital Port-au-Prince and push for long-awaited elections. Blinken, the highest-ranking US official to travel to the battered country in nearly a decade, arrived two months after Kenya sent police officers to launch a long-awaited international force aimed at restoring order. Official State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Blinken Hears Of Progress Made On Gang Violence - Haiti

Handout photo shows Secretary Antony J. Blinken is greeted by Haitian Foreign Minister Dominique Dupuy and U.S. Ambassador to Haiti Dennis Hankins at Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince. Haiti, September 5, 2024. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken paid a visit to Haiti on Thursday to evaluate progress in wresting control from gangs that have taken over some 80 percent of the capital Port-au-Prince and push for long-awaited elections. Blinken, the highest-ranking US official to travel to the battered country in nearly a decade, arrived two months after Kenya sent police officers to launch a long-awaited international force aimed at restoring order. Official State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Blinken Hears Of Progress Made On Gang Violence - Haiti

Handout photo shows Secretary Antony J. Blinken has a meet and greet with U.S. Ambassador to Haiti Dennis B. Hankins at the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, September 5, 2024. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken paid a visit to Haiti on Thursday to evaluate progress in wresting control from gangs that have taken over some 80 percent of the capital Port-au-Prince and push for long-awaited elections. Blinken, the highest-ranking US official to travel to the battered country in nearly a decade, arrived two months after Kenya sent police officers to launch a long-awaited international force aimed at restoring order. Official State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Blinken Hears Of Progress Made On Gang Violence - Haiti

Handout photo shows Secretary Antony J. Blinken meets with Transitional Presidential Council President Edgard Leblanc Fils in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, September 5, 2024. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken paid a visit to Haiti on Thursday to evaluate progress in wresting control from gangs that have taken over some 80 percent of the capital Port-au-Prince and push for long-awaited elections. Blinken, the highest-ranking US official to travel to the battered country in nearly a decade, arrived two months after Kenya sent police officers to launch a long-awaited international force aimed at restoring order. Official State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Blinken Hears Of Progress Made On Gang Violence - Haiti

Handout photo shows Secretary Antony J. Blinken meets with MSS Force Commander Godfrey Otunge and HNP Director Normil Rameau at Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, September 5, 2024. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken paid a visit to Haiti on Thursday to evaluate progress in wresting control from gangs that have taken over some 80 percent of the capital Port-au-Prince and push for long-awaited elections. Blinken, the highest-ranking US official to travel to the battered country in nearly a decade, arrived two months after Kenya sent police officers to launch a long-awaited international force aimed at restoring order. Official State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Blinken Hears Of Progress Made On Gang Violence - Haiti

Handout photo shows Secretary Antony J. Blinken meets with MSS Force Commander Godfrey Otunge and HNP Director Normil Rameau at Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, September 5, 2024. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken paid a visit to Haiti on Thursday to evaluate progress in wresting control from gangs that have taken over some 80 percent of the capital Port-au-Prince and push for long-awaited elections. Blinken, the highest-ranking US official to travel to the battered country in nearly a decade, arrived two months after Kenya sent police officers to launch a long-awaited international force aimed at restoring order. Official State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Blinken Hears Of Progress Made On Gang Violence - Haiti

Handout photo shows Secretary Antony J. Blinken meets with Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, September 5, 2024. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken paid a visit to Haiti on Thursday to evaluate progress in wresting control from gangs that have taken over some 80 percent of the capital Port-au-Prince and push for long-awaited elections. Blinken, the highest-ranking US official to travel to the battered country in nearly a decade, arrived two months after Kenya sent police officers to launch a long-awaited international force aimed at restoring order. Official State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Blinken Hears Of Progress Made On Gang Violence - Haiti

Handout photo shows Secretary Antony J. Blinken meets with MSS Force Commander Godfrey Otunge and HNP Director Normil Rameau at Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, September 5, 2024. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken paid a visit to Haiti on Thursday to evaluate progress in wresting control from gangs that have taken over some 80 percent of the capital Port-au-Prince and push for long-awaited elections. Blinken, the highest-ranking US official to travel to the battered country in nearly a decade, arrived two months after Kenya sent police officers to launch a long-awaited international force aimed at restoring order. Official State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Blinken Hears Of Progress Made On Gang Violence - Haiti

Handout photo shows Secretary Antony J. Blinken has a meet and greet with U.S. Ambassador to Haiti Dennis B. Hankins at the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, September 5, 2024. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken paid a visit to Haiti on Thursday to evaluate progress in wresting control from gangs that have taken over some 80 percent of the capital Port-au-Prince and push for long-awaited elections. Blinken, the highest-ranking US official to travel to the battered country in nearly a decade, arrived two months after Kenya sent police officers to launch a long-awaited international force aimed at restoring order. Official State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy via ABACAPRESS.COM

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(PARIS2024) FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-ATHLETICS-100M-MEN

(240803) -- PARIS, Aug. 3, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Christopher Borzor (1st R) of Haiti competes during the men's 100m preliminary round of Athletics at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 3, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Li Jing)

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(PARIS2024) FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-OPENING CEREMONY

(240726) -- PARIS, July 26, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Members of the delegation of Haiti attend the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, July 26, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Jiang Wenyao)

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US Citizens Fleeing Haiti Land In Miami

NO FILM, NO VIDEO, NO TV, NO DOCUMENTARY - The first evacuation flight out of Cap-Haitien, Haiti, landed at Miami International Airport, FL, USA on Sunday, March 17, 2024. Francius St. Alma of Miami was among the passengers. Photo by Carl Juste/Miami Herald/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM

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US Citizens Fleeing Haiti Land In Miami

NO FILM, NO VIDEO, NO TV, NO DOCUMENTARY - Orlando, Florida, resident Abson Louis, 46, pauses in search of friends after arriving on the first evacuation flight out of Cap-Haitien, Haiti, that landed at Miami International Airport on Sunday, March 17, 2024 in Mimai, FL, USA. Photo by Carl Juste/Miami Herald/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM

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US Citizens Fleeing Haiti Land In Miami

NO FILM, NO VIDEO, NO TV, NO DOCUMENTARY - Passengers walk through the Arrivals area after arriving on the first evacuation flight out of Cap-Haitien, Haiti, at Miami International Airport on Sunday, March 17, 2024 in Mimai, FL, USA. Photo by Carl Juste/Miami Herald/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM

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US Citizens Fleeing Haiti Land In Miami

NO FILM, NO VIDEO, NO TV, NO DOCUMENTARY - Marie Lucie St. Fleur, left, sits in the Arrivals area after arriving on the first evacuation flight out of Cap-Haitien, Haiti, that landed at Miami International Airport on Sunday, March 17, 2024 in Mimai, FL, USA. Photo by Carl Juste/Miami Herald/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Emergency Meeting On Haiti - Kingston

Handout photo shows Secretary Antony J. Blinken meets with Jamaican Foreign Minister Andrew Holness in Kingston, Jamaica, March 11, 2024. A regional bloc has summoned Caribbean, North American and European leaders and envoys to an emergency summit on the crisis in Haiti as attempts by gangs to wrest control from the crisis-racked country’s prime minister fuel deepening unrest. The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) called the meeting on Monday in Jamaica’s capital, Kingston, as more foreign diplomats were evacuated from Haiti, including European Union staff and all non-essential US personnel. Official State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Emergency Meeting On Haiti - Kingston

Handout photo shows Secretary Antony J. Blinken attends an emergency meeting on Haiti at the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in Kingston, Jamaica, on Tuesday, March 11, 2024. A regional bloc has summoned Caribbean, North American and European leaders and envoys to an emergency summit on the crisis in Haiti as attempts by gangs to wrest control from the crisis-racked country’s prime minister fuel deepening unrest. The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) called the meeting on Monday in Jamaica’s capital, Kingston, as more foreign diplomats were evacuated from Haiti, including European Union staff and all non-essential US personnel. Official State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Emergency Meeting On Haiti - Kingston

Handout photo shows Secretary Antony J. Blinken, Guyana's President Irfaan Ali and Jamaica's Prime Minister Andrew Holness attend an emergency meeting on Haiti at the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in Kingston, Jamaica, on Tuesday, March 11, 2024. A regional bloc has summoned Caribbean, North American and European leaders and envoys to an emergency summit on the crisis in Haiti as attempts by gangs to wrest control from the crisis-racked country’s prime minister fuel deepening unrest. The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) called the meeting on Monday in Jamaica’s capital, Kingston, as more foreign diplomats were evacuated from Haiti, including European Union staff and all non-essential US personnel. Official State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Emergency Meeting On Haiti - Kingston

Handout photo shows Secretary Antony J. Blinken attends an emergency meeting on Haiti at the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in Kingston, Jamaica, on Tuesday, March 11, 2024. A regional bloc has summoned Caribbean, North American and European leaders and envoys to an emergency summit on the crisis in Haiti as attempts by gangs to wrest control from the crisis-racked country’s prime minister fuel deepening unrest. The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) called the meeting on Monday in Jamaica’s capital, Kingston, as more foreign diplomats were evacuated from Haiti, including European Union staff and all non-essential US personnel. Official State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Emergency Meeting On Haiti - Kingston

Handout photo shows Secretary Antony J. Blinken meets with Jamaican Foreign Minister Andrew Holness in Kingston, Jamaica, March 11, 2024. A regional bloc has summoned Caribbean, North American and European leaders and envoys to an emergency summit on the crisis in Haiti as attempts by gangs to wrest control from the crisis-racked country’s prime minister fuel deepening unrest. The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) called the meeting on Monday in Jamaica’s capital, Kingston, as more foreign diplomats were evacuated from Haiti, including European Union staff and all non-essential US personnel. Official State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Emergency Meeting On Haiti - Kingston

Handout photo shows Secretary Antony J. Blinken meets with Jamaican Foreign Minister Andrew Holness in Kingston, Jamaica, March 11, 2024. A regional bloc has summoned Caribbean, North American and European leaders and envoys to an emergency summit on the crisis in Haiti as attempts by gangs to wrest control from the crisis-racked country’s prime minister fuel deepening unrest. The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) called the meeting on Monday in Jamaica’s capital, Kingston, as more foreign diplomats were evacuated from Haiti, including European Union staff and all non-essential US personnel. Official State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Emergency Meeting On Haiti - Kingston

Handout photo shows Secretary Antony J. Blinken meets with Jamaican Foreign Minister Andrew Holness in Kingston, Jamaica, March 11, 2024. A regional bloc has summoned Caribbean, North American and European leaders and envoys to an emergency summit on the crisis in Haiti as attempts by gangs to wrest control from the crisis-racked country’s prime minister fuel deepening unrest. The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) called the meeting on Monday in Jamaica’s capital, Kingston, as more foreign diplomats were evacuated from Haiti, including European Union staff and all non-essential US personnel. Official State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Emergency Meeting On Haiti - Kingston

Handout photo shows Secretary Antony J. Blinken, Guyana's President Irfaan Ali and Jamaica's Prime Minister Andrew Holness attend an emergency meeting on Haiti at the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in Kingston, Jamaica, on Tuesday, March 11, 2024. A regional bloc has summoned Caribbean, North American and European leaders and envoys to an emergency summit on the crisis in Haiti as attempts by gangs to wrest control from the crisis-racked country’s prime minister fuel deepening unrest. The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) called the meeting on Monday in Jamaica’s capital, Kingston, as more foreign diplomats were evacuated from Haiti, including European Union staff and all non-essential US personnel. Official State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Emergency Meeting On Haiti - Kingston

Handout photo shows Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken is greeted by U.S. Ambassador Nick Perry as he arrives in Kingston, Jamaica, March 11, 2024. A regional bloc has summoned Caribbean, North American and European leaders and envoys to an emergency summit on the crisis in Haiti as attempts by gangs to wrest control from the crisis-racked country’s prime minister fuel deepening unrest. The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) called the meeting on Monday in Jamaica’s capital, Kingston, as more foreign diplomats were evacuated from Haiti, including European Union staff and all non-essential US personnel. Official State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Emergency Meeting On Haiti - Kingston

Handout photo shows Secretary Antony J. Blinken attends a meeting on Haiti in Kingston, Jamaica, March 11, 2024. A regional bloc has summoned Caribbean, North American and European leaders and envoys to an emergency summit on the crisis in Haiti as attempts by gangs to wrest control from the crisis-racked country’s prime minister fuel deepening unrest. The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) called the meeting on Monday in Jamaica’s capital, Kingston, as more foreign diplomats were evacuated from Haiti, including European Union staff and all non-essential US personnel. Official State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kenya signs deal with Haiti to deploy 1,000 police officers to fight gangs

STORY: Kenya signs deal with Haiti to deploy 1,000 police officers to fight gangs SHOOTING TIME: March 1, 2024 DATELINE: March 2, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:42 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of signing ceremony witnessed by Kenyan President and Haitian Prime Minister 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): WILLIAM RUTO, Kenyan President 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ARIEL HENRY, Haitian Prime Minister STORYLINE: Kenya on Friday signed an agreement with Haiti to deploy 1,000 police officers to a multi-national security support mission, aimed at combating gang violence in the Latin American country. The signing ceremony, held in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, was attended by Kenyan President William Ruto and visiting Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): WILLIAM RUTO, Kenyan President "I want to call on the other stakeholders and the other partners that have made commitments to this journey, that this journey is as urgent as it can get. If what we saw yesterday in Port-au-Prince is anyt