Russia jails former US embassy worker for smuggling drugs
Marc Fogel is the latest American to be caught up in Russia’s legal system as tensions between Washington and Moscow soar.A Moscow court has sentenced a former US embassy employee…
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Malaysia to abolish mandatory death penalty
Malaysia is one of only a few countries in the world to still impose a mandatory death sentence for certain crimes.Malaysia has confirmed it will abolish the mandatory death…
Canada’s BC moves to decriminalise small amounts of illicit drugs
The westernmost province of British Columbia says the move, the first of its kind in Canada, aims to help tackle the opioid crisis.The Canadian province of British Columbia (BC)…
‘Everyday life now’: Sydney reels from organised crime turf war
Last week, a home in Sydney’s southwest was sprayed with bullets during a drive-by shooting.
No one was injured, although it was the second time in six months the house had been…
US authorities find major cross-border ‘narco-tunnel’ to Mexico
Tunnel from Tijuana to San Diego had rail and ventilation systems, electricity and reinforced walls, authorities say.Authorities in the United States have announced the discovery…
‘Terrifying’: Days of terror under Colombia’s Gulf Clan cartel
Bogota, Colombia – “It was terrifying.”
That is how a resident of Tierralta, in Colombia’s northern department of Cordoba, described a days-long siege imposed earlier this month by…
Overdose deaths in US hit record 107,000 last year, CDC says
With opioid epidemic still rising, tragic milestone translates into one death from drug abuse every five minutes in US.More than 107,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year,…
Paraguay anti-drug prosecutor shot dead on honeymoon in Colombia
Marcelo Pecci, 45, was fatally shot while relaxing on a beach on Colombia’s Carribean island of Baru, his wife says.Paraguayan anti-drug prosecutor Marcelo Pecci has been shot dead…
US: Walgreens reaches $683m opioid settlement with Florida
Pharmacy chains have increasingly been targeted for allegedly lax oversight states say spurred high rates of addiction.Walgreens Boots Alliance, which owns a string of retail…
US State Department says Griner ‘wrongfully detained’ by Russia
Brittney Griner has been held by Russia since February after authorities said she was carrying a vape with cannabis.The US Department of State has determined that Russia has…