Tropical Storm Melissa is on track to threaten Haiti as a hurricane over the weekend, bringing heavy rains and life-threatening flooding to the island nation. Jamaica and Cuba also could feel the effects as the storm meanders slowly north in the Caribbean.

Six people have been convicted on charges related to the assassination and 51 are awaiting trial in Haiti and another five in Miami.

The Gang Extermination Force (GSF), approved by the UN, has launched its first field operations in Haiti, encountering “fierce resistance” from armed gangs in the Artibonite department, over 100 kilometers north of Port-au-Prince,