Staff Writer
Puerto Rico senators have grilled the island’s newly designated natural resources chief after critics rebuked his recent decision to shelve a probe into allegations of illegal construction in a protected area
The Biden administration is pledging $100 million to support a proposed Kenyan-led multinational force to restore security to conflict-ravaged Haiti and urged other nations to make similar contributions
The U.N. Security Council has voted to send a multinational force led by Kenya to Haiti to help combat violent gangs in the troubled country
Foreigners with guns are met with hostility in most countries in the world
The Dominican Republic has partially reopened its border with Haiti to limited commercial activity nearly a month after shuttering the frontier amid an ongoing spat over construction of a canal targeting water from a shared river
A powerful Haitian gang leader has been charged by U.S. prosecutors with ordering the kidnapping of an American couple, which left a woman dead
Environmental groups are urging a moratorium on deep-sea mining ahead of an international meeting in Jamaica where an obscure U.N. body will debate the issue amid fears it could soon authorize the world’s first license to harvest minerals from the ocean floor
Haiti’s government has banned all charter flights to Nicaragua that migrants fleeing poverty and violence had been increasingly using in their quest to reach the United States
Debate over proposed regulations for deep-sea mining will stretch into next year as a U.N. agency that presides over the international seabed has concluded its last meeting of the year
Kenya says it won't deploy its police officers to Haiti until all conditions on training and funding are met in line with last month’s approval from the U
The tiny Caribbean island of Dominica is creating the world’s first marine protected area for one of earth’s largest animals: the endangered sperm whale
One of Haiti's most vulnerable and impoverished communities is recovering from a gang attack that targeted a hospital serving as a lifeline for many
Officials say that hundreds of stray cats that roam a historic seaside tourist area of Puerto Rico’s capital will be removed over the coming year
A group of residents have sued a public utility company in the U.S. Virgin Islands after authorities there reported finding high levels of lead and copper in the tap water on St. Croix
Notorious coup leader Guy Philippe has returned to Haiti after the U.S. government repatriated him
Guyana's president has told The Associated Press that his country is taking every necessary step to protect itself from Venezuela, which has ordered its state-owned companies to explore and exploit oil and minerals in Guyana’s vast Essequibo region that it considers its own
A century-old territorial dispute is boiling over between neighbors Guyana and Venezuela
Dengue is sweeping across the Western Hemisphere in numbers not seen since record-keeping began in 1980 as experts warn that rising temperatures and rapid urbanization are accelerating the pace of infections
The leaders of Guyana and Venezuela have promised in a tense meeting that neither side will use threats or force against the other, but failed to reach agreement on how to address a bitter dispute over a vast border region rich with oil and minerals
A judge in the Dominican Republic has ordered the conditional release of Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco
Cesareans are surging in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, which has one of the world’s highest rates
With no date in sight of when it will be safe to drink tap water again on the island of St. Croix, officials in the U.S. Virgin Islands have announced they would distribute water filters and provide free lead and copper testing as they work on long-term solutions
Puerto Rico legislators are holding a public hearing on a bill that seeks to prohibit discrimination against certain hairstyles in the racially diverse U.S. territory, sparking a heated debate
People across Haiti are wondering what awaits them after a court in Kenya blocked the deployment of a U.N.-backed police force to help fight gangs in the troubled Caribbean country
A Haitian judge investigating the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse issued an arrest warrant for his wife late last year for failing to meet with him so he could interrogate her about the case, according to a legal document that The Associated Press obtained
Argentina logs largest energy trade surplus in 18 years in win for Milei
Warren Buffett's Pilot Co shuts oil trading business, sources say
OpenAI, SoftBank, Oracle to invest $500 billion in AI, Trump says
Colombians flee to Venezuela as clashes between rebel groups escalate in coca-rich border region
Trump vows to hit EU with tariffs, eyes 10% tariff on China on Feb. 1
US fiscal path unsustainable despite improved budget forecasts, says DoubleLine
With Ben Johnson on the move to Chicago, 5 head coaching vacancies remain
Vikings and coach Kevin O'Connell agree to a multiyear contract extension after a 14-win season
Young collector nabs rare Paul Skenes card that could offer him a hefty haul in trade with Pirates