Haiti's gangs have gained "near-total control" of the capital and authorities are unable to stop escalating violence across the impoverished Caribbean nation, senior UN officials warned Wednesday.

UNITED NATIONS — Haiti's gangs have gained "near-total control" of the capital and authorities are unable to stop escalating violence across the impoverished Caribbean nation, senior U.N ...

Two people, including an elderly woman, have been arrested during a raid at a home in Phoenix, north of Durban.

Gangs control an estimated 90% of Port-au-Prince, Ghada Fathy Waly, executive director of the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime, told the U.N. Security Council.

Yet some observers believe the use of drones to hit back against the gangs falls short of a legal standard for the use of such weapons, even if Haiti faces sustained pressure from those adversaries.

Two police officers are recovering in hospital after they were shot near KwaMashu, north of Durban. It's understood that a ...

UNITED NATIONS — Haiti's gangs have gained "near-total control" of the capital and authorities are unable to stop escalating violence across the impoverished Caribbean nation, senior U.N ...

Embattled Caribbean nation has struggled to dispel gangs' grip on capital A man holds up placards as he yells toward a police patrol car during a protest against gang-related violence in Haiti's ...

Haiti’s criminal gangs have exerted “near-total control” over the capital, as escalating violence pushes the Caribbean nation “closer to the brink,” senior U.N. officials warned Wednesday.