A gang that kidnapped 17 members of a US-based missionary group has demanded a $US17 million ($A23 million) ransom for them, according to Haiti's justice minister, as quoted by the Wall Street Journal.
Haiti's chief public prosecutor has invited Prime Minister Ariel Henry to meet him next week to explain why he spoke with one of the main suspects in the assassination of former President Jovenel Moise on the night of the crime.
At least 304 people are dead and hundreds injured or missing after a major earthquake struck southwestern Haiti, reducing churches, hotels and homes to rubble in the latest tragedy to hit the impoverished Caribbean nation.
