Sources: AFP via Global Post
Several airlines suspend flights to Haiti after a flight attendant was injured when a Spirit Airlines aircraft was hit by gunfire while attempting to land at Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and was diverted to Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic. 2024-11-11
Armed gunmen from the Gran Grif gang commit a mass shooting with automatic rifles and a series of arson attacks in the town of Pont-Sondé, Haiti, killing at least 70 people and seriously injuring 16 others, with a local government prosecutor describing the incident as a massacre. 2024-10-3
Four armed men storm the Bank of the Republic of Haiti in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, injuring a security guard. All the attackers are killed in the ensuing shootout with police. 2024-03-19
Seven people are killed when gang members open fire on a protest in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. 2023-08-26
Notable gang leader Arnel Joseph and other detainees escape from prison in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti, during a riot that also resulted in the death of eight people inside the jail, including the prison's director. Casualties are also reported in the city's streets. 2021-02-25
An overnight fire destroys parts of Haiti's historic Marché en Fer (Iron Market) in Port‑au‑Prince. It is unclear what started the fire. 2018-02-13
Haitian Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe announces a new "sin tax" on gambling, alcohol, and cigarettes to pay for a new education fund. 2012-10-8
A ferry sinks off the coast of Haiti near Port-au-Prince resulting in at least five deaths and seven people missing. 2011-06-28
Transocean oil platform "Deepwater Horizon" sinks into the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana after an explosion two days earlier that injured 7, with 11 still missing. 2010-04-22
A 6.1 magnitude aftershock rocks Haiti a week after the 2010 Haiti earthquake. 2010-01-20