SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — A judge has sentenced seven former government officials to more than a year of preventive prison as authorities investigate a $250 million corruption case involving ...

Dominican officials said the transformation centered on appointing a tough, results-driven rear admiral to lead the country’s anti-drug agency and granting real independence to the Public Prosecutor’s ...

The Trump administration will use a Dominican Republic air base and airport in its campaign against drug cartels, strengthening cooperation in the Caribbean, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said ...

The Dominican leader, Luis Abinader, said the Pentagon could use restricted areas within the San Isidro Air Base and Las Américas International Airport for refueling and transporting equipment and ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is traveling to Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic on Wednesday to meet with his counterpart and Dominican President Luis Abinader as the U.S. has amassed a ...

The UN says 1.4 million Haitians have fled because of violence and instability. Many crossed the border into the Dominican Republic. But there, they live in fear and limbo, and many have been deported ...

Power has been restored in some parts of the Dominican Republic, with transport and health sectors being the top priority. Power was restored in parts of the Dominican Republic on Tuesday after a ...

A rare blackout hit the entire Dominican Republic on Tuesday, snarling traffic and paralyzing businesses in the country of nearly 11 million people. Officials blamed a failure in the grid's ...

The Dominican Republic has experienced a nationwide power cut which officials said was linked to a failure in the electricity transmission system. At 13:23 local time (17:23 GMT), an issue at a ...

The Dominican Republic has indicated that a boat targeted by a U.S. airstrike had been ferrying "approximately 1,000 kilograms of suspected cocaine." That figure converts to more than 2,200 pounds, ...

Authorities in the Dominican Republic announced Sunday they have recovered 377 packages of cocaine from a speedboat destroyed by the U.S. Navy in what officials are calling the first joint ...