The new U.N.-backed international force charged with combating Haiti’s violent gangs has received more pledges than the 5,500 military and police it is seeking, and Chadian troops have already deployed in the capital, Port-au-Prince.

Authorities say that a stampede at a popular mountaintop fortress in northern Haiti has killed at least 25 people and injured dozens.

Haiti’s government says it is implementing new austerity measures as the war in Iran disrupts critical oil supplies and drives up prices worldwide.

A record 280 political parties and counting have registered to participate in Haiti’s first general election in a decade.

Haiti’s government has opened a 10-day registration period for political parties to run in an upcoming general election.

Haiti’s presidential council has stepped down after almost two years of tumultuous rule alongside a U.S.-backed prime minister who is expected to remain in power as the country prepares for the first general elections in a decade.

A member of Haiti’s transitional presidential council has announced that a majority of the panel has voted to fire the country’s embattled Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé as the country’s political chaos deepens.

Haiti’s transitional presidential council has adopted an electoral law in the latest step toward holding a general election for the first time in nearly a decade.

A wealthy businessman has become president of Haiti's transitional presidential council tasked with restoring order in the troubled country as a top gang leader underscored the challenges facing the nation by vowing to overthrow the government.

Thousands of protesters in Haiti have clashed with police as they denounce a surge in gang violence and demand that the government keep them safe.

Haitian police officers are demanding 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.

Haiti’s international airport was shut down after gangs opened fire at a commercial flight landing in Port-Au-Prince.

A transitionary council created to reestablish democratic order in Haiti has signed a decree firing interim Prime Minister Garry Conille.