18 dead as boat capsizes off Turks and Caicos

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 25, 2013, 23:46

A spokesman for the government of the Turks and Caicos Islands says 18 migrants died when their overloaded boat capsized off the British territory.

140 CISF personnel flagged off for UN mission in Haiti

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 21:08

A 140-member squad of paramilitary CISF was flagged off for rendering United Nations mandated security duties in Haiti in the Caribbean island.

Madonna to spend Christmas with Sean Penn

Last Updated: Saturday, December 14, 2013, 04:13

After parting ways with her boyfriend, Brahim Zaibat, pop star Madonna is reportedly planning to celebrate Christmas with her ex-husband Sean Penn.

Sean Penn, Madonna spotted together in Haiti

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 4, 2013, 15:59

Sean Penn and Madonna have set the rumour mill spinning, after they were spotted together in Haiti to support the actor`s J/P Haitian Relief Organisation.

Haitians take to streets in anti-government protests

Last Updated: Saturday, November 30, 2013, 10:02

Thousands of young Haitians have demonstrated in several cities demanding that President Michel Martelly step down.

Anti-government protesters march in Haiti

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 19, 2013, 12:44

Thousands of critics of Haiti`s President Michel Martelly have staged protest marches that turned violent as people threw rocks and shots were fired in the air.

Uruguay to pull peacekeepers from Haiti: President

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 30, 2013, 10:59

Uruguay`s President Jose Mujica has said he plans to withdraw his country`s peacekeeping troops from Haiti because of the lack of democratic progress there.

UN chief proposes reduction in force in Haiti

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 21, 2013, 10:07

Ban Ki-moon has recommended a 15 percent reduction in the number of UN troops in Haiti and an examination of whether the beleaguered peacekeeping operation remains the best way to support to the impoverished Caribbean nation.

Violence in ‘Carnival of Flowers’ in Haiti, 183 hurt

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 30, 2013, 10:30

A summer Carnival-like celebration in Haiti has turned violent. Haitian police spokesman Gary Desrosiers says 183 people were injured in street fights on the first day of the "Carnival of Flowers."

British embassy reopens in Haiti after 47 years

Last Updated: Thursday, June 13, 2013, 11:56

Britain has reopened its embassy in Haiti after being absent for nearly a half century, a part of an effort to broaden its diplomatic and business presence in the Western Hemisphere.

UN condemns eviction of about 150 Haiti families

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 11, 2013, 10:21

The United Nations is condemning the eviction of up to 150 Haitian families living in a makeshift settlement established after a devastating 2010 earthquake.

Haiti signs decree to create body for elections

Last Updated: Saturday, April 13, 2013, 22:21

Haiti`s government has taken an initial step to solve a problem that has frustrated Haitians and foreign donors alike: the failure to hold local and legislative elections on schedule.