A new report by the United Nations’ leading child welfare agency, UNICEF, says the number of children being recruited by the country’s violent gangs has soared by 70% in the last year.

The Associated Press / Residents flee their homes to escape gang violence in the Nazon neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Nov. 14. SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Gangs in Haiti are recruiting ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Gangs in Haiti are recruiting children at unprecedented levels, with the number of minors targeted soaring by 70% in the past year, according to a report released ...

The increase comes as poverty deepens and violence increases amid political instability, with gangs that control 85% of Port-au-Prince attacking once peaceful communities in a push to assume total ...

CAIRO — As Gaza’s hunger crisis worsens, organized gangs are stealing much of the aid Israel allows into the enclave, operating freely in areas controlled by the Israeli military, according to ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Memphis Police (MPD) reported two incidents involving Venezuelan gangs, including an arrest made just this week. This comes days after the director of the Tennessee Bureau of ...

That road, a 15-mile stretch known as Route National 2, was the first major highway to fall in June 2021 when gangs began occupying sections of Martissant, a community of single-family homes and ...

The fighting has sent poverty and hunger skyrocketing and children are caught between the gangs and their tenuous futures. Special correspondent Marcia Biggs and videographer Eric O'Connor report.