Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry Resigns

Embattled Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry formally resigned, officials said Thursday, opening the way for a new caretaker government that would welcome a foreign, U.S.-backed security force to combat the gangs that have laid siege against the state. 

The resignation came as a new nine-member transitional council was inaugurated Thursday morning in the National Palace in Port-au-Prince. The council is made up of seven voting members and two observers representative of Haitian political parties and civil-society groups.

Michel Boisvert, a former Haitian economy and finance minister who had been Henry’s deputy,...