Hurricane Melissa strengthened into a Category 5 storm early Monday, unleashing torrential rain and threatening to bring catastrophic flooding to the northern Caribbean.

The catastrophic storm, which caused widespread devastation across Jamaica, Cuba and Haiti, is being blamed for at least 34 deaths.

To Sudan, where the people of government held El Fasher in the west of the war-torn country remain trapped without food, water or medical care, UN aid coordinators, OCHA, said on Monday.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Federal immigration agents have arrested Dimitri Vorbe, one of Haiti's most powerful businessmen and the latest elite figure from the troubled Caribbean country to be detained on U.S. soil. Vorbe was in custody of U.S. Immigration ...

U.N. Security Council members have warned Haiti’s leaders that time is running out to restore security and hold general elections as the deadline to install a new government nears.

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials arrested Dimitri Vorbe, an influential businessman based in Haiti and the head of Sogener, an energy generation firm, on September 23. He was taken to Krome North Service Processing Center in ...

Hurricane Melissa has caused severe flooding and storm surge in Cuba after leaving Jamaica with power outages and killing 25 people in Haiti.