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Folarin Balogun of the U.S. challenges Australia's Jacob Italiano during a Group D match at the FIFA World Cup 2026 in Seattle on June 19.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 26, 2026
FIFA World Cup thrives on diaspora players
The tournament expanded from 32 to 48 teams this year, creating space for more countries and for the transnational communities that define many of them.
New Americans stand for the national anthem at a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services naturalization ceremony at the New York Public Library in Manhattan in July 2018.?
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 23, 2026
The U.S. ¡®assimilate or go home¡¯ crowd could use a history lesson
Recent immigrants also match or outperform earlier generations in noneconomic integration metrics.
Fans cheer in the streets of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, following Haiti's victory over Nicaragua and qualification for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, on Nov. 18.
SOCCER
Nov 25, 2025
Haitians rejoice over their first World Cup berth in 50 years
Haitians called the celebrations a rare outburst of joy given the security crisis in much of Haiti, where gangs have taken advantage of a power vacuum.
Glass eels at the Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie fish market in France on Feb. 13. Gangs in Haiti are profiting from a lucrative trade in baby eels.
WORLD
Nov 19, 2025
Haitian gangs getting rich off murky market for baby eels
Demand for the creatures comes largely from Asia and is filling the coffers of the criminal organizations terrorizing Haiti.
Haitian children walk past piles of garbage at the School Argentine Bellegarde, converted into a shelter for displaced people, in downtown Port-au-Prince on Oct. 3. More than 16,000 people have been killed in armed violence in Haiti since the start of 2022, the United Nations said on October 3, warning that "the worst may be yet to come."
WORLD / Society
Oct 9, 2025
¡®Daily struggle for survival¡¯ for Haiti children, U.N. report says
An estimated 680,000 children have been displaced by gang violence in crisis-wracked Haiti, nearly double the number from a year ago.
The United Nations' World Food Programme is expected to cut up to 30% of its staff.
WORLD
Jun 17, 2025
U.N. slashes global aid plan over ¡®deepest funding cuts ever¡¯
The United States ¡ª the world¡¯s top donor ¡ª has heavily slashed foreign aid since U.S. President Donald Trump returned to office in January.
The minaret of a mosque is pictured next to destroyed buildings in the Khalidiya district in Homs on Feb. 10, 2025.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 2, 2025
¡®Total panic¡¯ as USAID cuts jobs from Syria to Haiti
In 2023, USAID spent $42 billion to support programs across 157 countries ¡ª ranging from malaria and HIV prevention to fighting starvation and helping those displaced by war.
Orphans and children separated from their parents in Kadugli gather to eat boiled leaves at a camp within the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North controlled area in Boram County, Sudan, on June 22, 2024.
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 4, 2025
Millions of malnourished children face lifelong health woes
Famines and other food crises can leave an entire generation with physical and cognitive deficits, experts warn.
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter (center) waves after meeting with authorities in Port-au-Prince about the upcoming elections in Haiti in 1990.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 30, 2024
¡®Democracy and freedom¡¯: Jimmy Carter¡¯s human rights work in Latin America
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter defied the furor of U.S. conservatives to negotiate the handover of the Panama Canal to Panamanian control.
A second contingent of 200 police officers from Kenya arrive at Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Tuesday.
WORLD
Jul 17, 2024
200 more Kenyan police deployed to tackle Haiti violence
Haitian sources say the new batch brings the total to 400 Kenyan boots on the ground in violence-ravaged Port-au-Prince.
People walk through the Petionville street market in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on May 2. Unable to work, Haitian families depend on food rations and hygiene kits brought in by nongovernmental organizations.
WORLD / Society
Jul 4, 2024
Camping in schools, hungry Haiti families ask: When will normality return?
Five million people in Haiti, nearly half its population, are struggling to feed themselves due to conflict.
A street vendor flees from gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 13, 2024
Haiti decrees long-awaited transition council, but questions remain
The long-delayed move is intended as a first step in restoring security to the gang-ravaged Caribbean country.
People pray in Port-au-Prince last month.
WORLD / Society
Apr 12, 2024
Waiting for change, Haitians endure hell on earth
Conditions remain horrific one month after Haiti¡¯s prime minister said he would step down.
People make their way through the rubble in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in January.
WORLD
Mar 18, 2024
Haiti¡¯s hospitals survived cholera and COVID. Gangs are closing them.
Many hospitals in Haiti¡¯s capital have been looted by gangs or abandoned by their staffs amid the violence.
Haiti has been convulsed for the last two weeks by a gang uprising, with the well-armed groups aiming to topple Prime Minister Ariel Henry.
WORLD
Mar 17, 2024
U.S. announces plan to evacuate citizens stranded in Haiti
Haiti has been convulsed for the last two weeks by a gang uprising, with the well-armed groups aiming to topple Prime Minister Ariel Henry.
An armed soldier stands guard next to a sign prohibiting the use of weapons outside the military headquarters as Haiti continues in a state of emergency, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on March 6.
WORLD / Society
Mar 11, 2024
Violence in Haiti puts focus on how to unravel gangs¡¯ grip on power
Armed gangs have profited from collusion, negligence and chaos since the 2021 assassination of former Haitian President Jovenel Moise.
Charred vehicles amid escalating gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Saturday
WORLD
Mar 10, 2024
Haiti capital a ¡®city under siege¡¯ amid spasm of gang violence
Criminal groups already control much of Port-au-Prince as well as roads leading to the rest of the Western hemisphere¡¯s poorest country.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 22, 2022
As Haiti investigation stalls, U.S. probes president¡¯s killing
Congress earlier this month ordered the U.S. State Department to produce a report about the assassination, which deepened a political power vacuum in the impoverished country.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 13, 2021
Haiti¡¯s leader kept a list of drug traffickers. His assassins came for it.
In the months before his murder, President Jovenel Mou00efse took a number of steps to fight drug and arms smugglers. Some officials now fear he was killed for it.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 19, 2021
Haitians voice anger over slow pace of quake aid
Residents in the worst-affected city of Les Cayes, including those camped in a mushrooming tent city, complained of scant help on the ground.

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